SLATE, i love working and creating my artwork with this wonderful material!
My friends know me as the Slate person.
Like any subject when you have more knowledge of it, it becomes more interesting.
I work intuitivly and depending on what the slate feels like in my hands is where the pattern goes and just sometimes it refuses to play, luckily that is a rare event and i qiuckly find myself in the zone - the Slate Zone !
The tiny shards being laced together to create a natural flow, swirling around in motion or an exploding dynamic pattern is what makes me happy, that a static hard material gives the impression of moving infront of you very eyes.
Depending on wheather the choice of Slate is the plum coloured chunky slate or the blue grey delicate shards that i use determin a very different feeling in the finished piece.
I know for me as the maker an important part of my process is the tactile nature of handling the slate as i use it, each piece is chosen, handled, felt and then placed, as i move along in building the pattern my hand taps all the placed pieces to check they are secure and settled - there is a subtle sound that this makes that tells me it is right.
I used to listen to Josie Long on radio Four presenting a programe called Soundscape and it reminds me of that.
My friends know me as the Slate person.
Like any subject when you have more knowledge of it, it becomes more interesting.
I work intuitivly and depending on what the slate feels like in my hands is where the pattern goes and just sometimes it refuses to play, luckily that is a rare event and i qiuckly find myself in the zone - the Slate Zone !
The tiny shards being laced together to create a natural flow, swirling around in motion or an exploding dynamic pattern is what makes me happy, that a static hard material gives the impression of moving infront of you very eyes.
Depending on wheather the choice of Slate is the plum coloured chunky slate or the blue grey delicate shards that i use determin a very different feeling in the finished piece.
I know for me as the maker an important part of my process is the tactile nature of handling the slate as i use it, each piece is chosen, handled, felt and then placed, as i move along in building the pattern my hand taps all the placed pieces to check they are secure and settled - there is a subtle sound that this makes that tells me it is right.
I used to listen to Josie Long on radio Four presenting a programe called Soundscape and it reminds me of that.
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