As Development from Mark making, we intend to make a white box sculptural installation. The cube will have our mark making drawings on the inside which you view through 'Dice' Holes. We felt it linked nicely to common ideas, such as having an element of chance, light and shadow and also the initial Archiving game we played at the start the project.

Primitive Mark Making

Mark making development as a product of group discussion

Connecting the unconnected- reflecting on our film

Hand written thoughts and reflections re: our first film.

Observations without audio:

Observations with audio:

Observed connections between each individual project:

Blank Landscape 

Exploring mark making through the psychology of blind drawing

To explore mark making in this piece I further developed my exploration into blind drawing. I feel that blind drawing is the way to explore the psychology of mark making and how without the analytical function of our eyes we are able to explore a freer expression of our inner psyche.

In my previous project I redrew many of my blind drawings in order to bring back a form of control into an uncontrolled expression. I discovered that despite blind drawings having a more serendipitous way of producing marks and compositions we are still limited by our own bodies and the kind of movements we think to make. I tried to combat this idea of returning to my own archetypal gestures by asking another person to dictate what I drew whilst still remaining blind. This included the marks I made and the duration for which I drew them as well as what medium I used. This brought in a new layer of controlling my uncontrolled gestures whilst still introducing new and unexpected elements into my work. I then redrew it to produce a drawing that is both an expression and repression of collaborating two minds.

Further Mark Making Development

As part of our development, we set a task to create a mark making task for each of us. We aim to create a mark making piece relating to our previous project. Next time we meet we will collaborate and de construct these pieces to form a new piece. For my piece, I visited a local park, took videos and  made marks scrutinising shadows cast and the subtle movement the wind causes. My focus was upon the various elements of nature, as this appeared to be a key theme when linking our projects. I tried to emulate interaction and interplay of shadows within the park and the lack of control we have upon shadows and other elements of nature. I thought the park was a good location as it includes everything, wind, trees, plants and water and I was lucky enough to choose a particularly stormy and turbulent day to go.