Project two: Recording and capturing: 1.3 Making marks (1)
- Juliet
- Jul 29, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 23, 2018
The Anidjah Patented Self-Adjusting Fire Escape
Mark making in response to the form of the fires escape chute when extended, reflecting the square metal frame that would sit in the window frame, graphite sticks on A3 paper:





Imagining the square opening of the chute, transforming into a cylinder down the length of the fabric chute, as it descends towards the ground:

Using ink wash and stiff paintbrush, again repeating the motif of the square spiral, as the chute extends:

Here, I am thinking about the coarse canvas fabric, its weave and the prickly nature of the fabric against the skin, friction; ink wash on A3 paper, using stiff paintbrush:


Here, I used masking fluid to create the stippled effect and the warp and weft of the canvas:

Here I made my own tool, a ball of scrunched up greaseproof paper wrapped in orange netting, dragging the ink down and across the paper (top)




This series of marks were made with a tool made from a wooden spatula with a piece of fruit netting wrapped around one end and taped down.

When dipped in ink, it would collect in the rectangular holes in the netting which could then be dragged across the page or dabbed using the very end of the 'brush':

Here the tool dipped in ink creates pools of ink that can then be dragged down the page:

Here I got the idea of using scrim to print through the fabric onto the paper below, in order to get the effect of the coarse canvas of the chute. I laid the scrim over the paper, secured it with tape and applied ink to the top.

When I checked underneath the scrim to see if it was working, there was not much of a mark so I realised I would need a less viscous medium. Using slightly watered down acrylic paint, I tried adding this to the ink that was already on the fabric and applied pressure using a paintbrush and the rubber end of a pencil:

I then decided to try wetting the scrim to see how this affected the amount of paint/ink that would travel through the paper, and the effect this would produce, I think you can almost see the way the dampened fabric shrinks back and little and creates wrinkles in the surface texture:

Here, I did not add any more paint, just added water to see the effect produced, using a variety of tools to create additional textures as the colour came through to the paper:

I think the way the ink pools together in some areas creates some interesting effects:

Below, I used the rubber at the other end of a pencil to create the heavy grid marks (top) and my finger to smooth the paint and ink mixture down (bottom):

The below is a series of sketches made focusing on using marks to capture the nature of the textile item:
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