graphite & putty eraser/30x20cm
And another new Japanese tea set picked up in a sale (this one a fiver: bargain), something of the opposite to the last one in that it's glazed predominantly black, the teapot having a white lid & a bold grey & white floral design. The shape of the pot, too, is different from any other in the collection, so, pleasing as such is, it was something of a must-have.
The colour scheme thus suggested being set up against a black ground, with my rediscovered old studio notebook (dating from immediately post-graduation onwards, the fundamental ideas & theoretical influences as they developed still mostly valid even though the form of the work has changed) with its glossy black cover serving perfectly for the horizontal plane & a satin-finish plastic folder providing the vertical one behind, the teapot & cup thus 'losing edges' & merging with the setting in the process & presenting the challenge of realising their forms in tonal terms, with highlights & reflections offering guidance to so doing. It's the sort of challenge I particularly enjoy working at, the dialogue between looking at what one sees (rather than knows, or thinks one sees) & mark making, transcribing the experience of one's empirical engagement with an object in space, reassessing this evidence all the while whilst the play of light shifts shapes.
Listening to:
Test Match Special Eng v SA 4th test, day 1
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