This is a selection of Watershed images I've got up on my studio wall for inspiration, mainly photographs with a couple of quick sketches and a cyanotype of Widdop water.
I'm still looking for a solution to the problem of how to convey a sense of the conduits winding across the moors. I guess I may have to settle for the Enfolding Landscape sculptural book representing both the reservoirs and the conduits. See post dated 10th June for photos of the artwork.
I've got so many ideas for work celebrating this landscape but time seems to be running out as everything must be completed by the beginning of September for the exhibition at Cliffe Castle. The main thing about the space at Cliffe Castle is that its huge and anything small will be lost.
I'm going to remake the Enfolding Landscape book - it will be twice as long and twice as tall, and be double sided with printing on both sides of the paper so there's no blank areas. This means it can be displayed on a low plinth and be viewed from any angle. I'll have to cut new, larger blocks and print about 30 sheets of A2 on both sides; so a major undertaking. I do feel slightly daunted by the physical effort required but know it'll be worth it if I succeed. I'm really excited by this new development in my work, the 3D print, getting away from flatness.
Another area of experiment continues to be using the router for engraved marks on paper as I love the tactile result. Here's a kind of sampler page from my sketchbook:
I'm wondering if I can include this kind of mark making in an extended flag book, either instead of woodcut printing or alongside it. I'm not sure I can achieve this in time for the September exhibition as I've already set myself another huge goal that I've not even mentioned here yet!
Technically speaking I'm Watershed artist in residence from April 2011 until April 2012, and it seems strange to have the exhibition this early on. I'll carry on producing work long after the exhibition goes up at Cliffe Castle.
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