CaCO3 will be on display until 7th November 15 at the Theatre Royal Winchester as part of 10days chalk Winchester's art biennial. I will be in conversation with Sara Roberts and Jackie Bromley on Thursday 5th November from 5-7pm in the Theatre discussing Chalk in making. Follow the links to purchase tickets: http://www.10dayswinchester.org/article/chalk-in-the-making-5-7pm-i-thursday-5-november
This is a quick update about the work I'm currently making for 10days Winchester opening in October. Since my last post I've managed to move it along slightly with one of the three large canvas panels almost finished. After a conversation with Sasha this morning I'm still undecided about how the smaller test pieces will be hung in the space. I started photographing them outside in natural sunlight this afternoon and there are some interesting elements beginning to unfold, which has now made me think about lighting and possibly positioning them away from the wall in order to be able to see these details more clearly.
Chalk in three stages some of the process work will be on display along with some photography taken in Sombourne chalk quarry.
As for the larger panels these are going to be hanging from the red brick wall but I can experiment with spot lights once the work in installed. It's something to consider and will give the white expanse a little more depth as the marks made through making will have a stronger resonance.
Here are a few of my new material tests I have been developing over the past few weeks, looking at the use of raw materials particularly materials that would normally be used in glazes. For example china clay, cornish stone, dolomite, quartz and so on. I've selected white or cream raw materials to maintain a fairly clean palette these are the beginnings of my exploration into how each one reacts when applied to canvas. The next stage will be the addition of oxides where I can introduce some darker shades and compare the two where I can begin to build up the surface texture.
