Wednesday, May 23, 2012
CAN YOU FEEL THE RHYTHM?
I am interested in translating movement to cloth. I take my inspiration from music and dance. This is a very broad subject so I needed to narrow my focus. My brush idea sprang to life while watching a Dale Chihuly video. He stands over his large paper and uses household brooms to apply his paint. What a wonderful way to apply movement and physical action to my artwork. I began using various brush marks that I make while listening to different types of music. I use commercial, found and hand crafted brushes. A few of them are shown above.
Here, you can see an example of these marks. In this piece, Continuum I, I was listening to the Bach Suites for cello. I placed the brush marks directly on the hand dyed fabric using black textile ink and a small wisk broom.
Another one of my favorite tools is soy wax, brushed on a 24" x 30" silk screen and also directly on the fabric.
The results after multiple layers of dye printing.
In my most recent work, I am exploring layering. One set of brush marks, made on one piece of fabric, inspired by one piece of music, and another set of brush marks, inspired by a different piece of music printed on a sheer fabric. This gives me the ability to combine multiple layers of brush marks and music. Like the notes on a music score, the possible combinations are endless. What is your creative rhythm and how do you get there?
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I love the idea of layering. Can't wait to see the results!
Love the work here xx I do some thing like this with my young artists..2 to 6 year olds. They love painting/making marks with large floor brushes and mops. They still is funny and a little wicked!xLynda
Thanks for sharing, I love using alternative tools for mark making.
I really enjoy visiting here, the posts are inspirational with gorgeous works. I decided to stop and comment when the idea of rhythm and music inspired brush work came up. Just yesterday I asked my husband his opinion on the placement of some pieces on something I was working on. His answer was simply "how would you place them in music?". It left me a little puzzled but his answer did lead me to my own solution. Thanks for another inspiring post.
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