- recording
- exploring
- experimenting
- communicating
... just about anything goes, it needn't be entirely observational ... which can make it hard to start!
The first week was "inky day" and I blogged about it here.
The second week was a continuation of the pen-and-ink theme. Some luggage labels had come my way, and over a couple of hours a handful received straight lines, applied with various pens.
Rotring art pen; Stabilo whiteboard marker; glass dip pen; bamboo pen |
Small and quick; slow and deliberate; quick, light, overlapping; what happens with bamboo |
Tedious little circles; energetic but chaotic; horizontal=hard to control; simply unsatisfying |
Look what happens to the wodge of paper underneath! |
... but also on other types of paper -
Inked paper folded and stitched by machine, without thread in the needle, using an automatic embroidery pattern |
Tissue paper folded and punctured with a dressmaker's wheel |
I had imagined being in a group that went to different galleries in the British Museum (nearest to the college) and at first thought I might go there anyway. But without someone else's schedule to follow, the whole city of museums was open to me ... where to go first?
My choice, the Wallace Collection, was influenced by needing to return something to John Lewis, and to do a little shoe shopping along the way... so it was after 11 before I reached the museum.
In the dim, quiet, carpeted corridor leading to the lecture theatre hang four wonderful cloths in a glass case. I sat down and got out my oil pastels and was working away quite happily when the place was invaded by a class of schoolchildren, being told to line up against the wall. I was a bit in their way. They were interested in what I (sitting on the carpet with back to wall) was doing but I heartily wished they would hurry off to somewhere else ... which finally they did. Such are the perils of drawing in museums ...
Velvet applique and silk embroidery, with horizontal seams |
Views from far and near |
Signs of wear |
Embroidery is more intact in this area |
To escape the return of the schoolchildren I hurried to the nearby conservation gallery and got interested in how a boule casket was made, and the tools used to build, shape, and veneer it. The casket and tools were on a revolving display, which required quite a bit of patience to see properly ...
Spokeshave, gouges(?), gluepot, plane, clamps |
So ... I'd like to invite others (you?) to join me on one or another Tuesday, in one or other museum. Get in touch by adding a comment or via the contact form in the sidebar.
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