In our tutorial it was encouraging to hear that the idea of using knots in the forms of lace was seen as an interesting idea. Thinking back to our lecture with Angela Davies last term, I remembered seeing one of her pieces that used lace and lighting, showing beautiful patterns made from the shadows of the cut-outs. Using this and the starting point of the linear rows of knots in my sketchbook previously, I raided the yarn store on the hunt for a variety of yarns, each with different textures/ thicknesses. Unsure what to do with them I began knotting, creating the linear forms again, which was interesting when seeing the outcomes- how some materials hung/ took to the knotting in their own ways, but it was plain. I placed the pieces of yarn underneath the photocopier, and found the white on white approach to be quite interesting. I am going to play around with this idea more next week, maybe de/reconstructing the copies into new linear patterns.
As I haven't started any drawing samples as of yet, I sat and placed some of the yarns onto paper, and with the lighting of the studio picking up the shadows, outlined the shapes created with a simple fine liner. The more variety of yarns I placed under the lights, the more lines and patterns that came out in the drawings. The yarn that caught my eye best was the pre-knotted mohair loop, as adding the extra knots meant that the piece was double knotted, creating the best textures.
The next day, sitting in my room I realised that my fairy lights created the same kind of effect that my previous samples had been doing, this time however they were creating multiple lines, depending on where the lights in my bedroom were pointed. Feeling inspired, I began poking holes into the walls, hanging my yarn samples from them, then drawing the shadows and all of their layers. I have done this using felt tip, crayon and pencil, just creating simple patterns that have a 3D effect to them. I really enjoy the outcomes of these pieces, and think that as a development process it will be interesting to see if I can produce these drawings on the cornely machines.
