Rambling Drawing Kin
The roll of drawing eventually collapsed with help from the rain and various animals that wander through the garden at night and a mischievous kitten who can’t help himself. I am trying to keep some parts in tact so there is a variety of sizes to include in the drawing - partly to keep it visually engaging and partly for authenticity as a reflection of decomposition and degradation rather than deliberate editing.
The marks I am making are a bit inexplicable and I like that, as someone who questions a lot and sometimes overthinks, I see this as a collaborative work with the compost and the natural cycles involved so my contribution is autographic mark making. I am hopeful that the work will be successful as an experimental attempt, a work in progress. The interest in the drawing is in the circularity, the materials and the rhetoric. It may not be visually that exciting and I have to think about the tape I will use to attach it to the wall - I will do that when the whole thing is complete and I can take it to the village hall and experiment with presentation and still have time to buy tape or nails or whatever I will need. Nails might be interesting as it will allow some distance from the wall and allow some movement as well as being more stable. I had previously imagined tape as in my earlier attempts but I don’t know that such a large, heavy drawing will be easily masking taped to the wall. I will have a play. I really like how the branches are holding down the drawing and I am wondering whether this is something I may be able to incorporate? It is certainly conceptually in keeping I just don’t know how it would work. I remain completely open minded on this drawing and will see how it evolves.
The drawing fragments will have to continue to live in the garden, albeit in a garden storage box, as it’s too big and a bit smelly and grubby so I don’t want it in the house. I like that it lives in the garden and will remain there. It will probably get wet again and that will affect its marks and also its integrity so it may continue to break down yet further.
