Ahead of some renovation work, I’ve been clearing out one of the rooms in my beautiful home. In doing that I’ve come across a small clutch of paper weaving studies …. including one I shared late last year [‘O:S 001 absolute oblivion‘].
start of something?
Maybe time to get back into the experimenting ….
More weaving.
I may have a new project in mind.
‘O:S 001 absolute oblivion‘
‘absolute oblivion’
I’m hesitant to share too much about this idea until I get into it a little more; therefore the code title ‘O:S’.
New fledgling projects need nurturing and protecting at the start… yet somehow I’m impelled to share.
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After my previous unsuccessful attempt I braved the weaving again.
‘Study 011: by instinct‘
study 011
Silver, Midnight blue, Tiffany blue, Turquoise, Gold, Bronze, Azalea, Old Gold, another Gold. The colouring is a little brighter than this photograph suggests.
I tried not to overthink this one … just choosing colours I liked as I opened the pages.
I don’t think much of the outcome. Again. Pft.
I’ve returned to the experiments after a few weeks hiatus. This time I thought I’d play with chance and randomness – selecting the papers with my eyes closed, without intent, and using them in the order they were chosen.
‘Study 010: oh dear, it’s quite ugly‘
Study 010
You can tell by the awful title, I don’t like it.
I used the randomly chosen colours for the set of papers shown in the image as horizontal (though I refer to that direction as the ‘verticals’, as they’re that way when I weave them … I should probably do a bit of reading and use ‘real’ weaving terms). Then decided to order the papers in a more pleasing colour-order to weave the other way.
working on it
I really don’t like it. Though somehow I’m compelled to keep looking at at. Perhaps I’m hoping for an epiphany or a lead on the next experiment…
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