{"id":12381,"date":"2024-03-17T10:53:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T10:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/?p=12381"},"modified":"2024-03-17T10:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T10:53:42","slug":"dancing-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/17\/dancing-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancing Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dancing Tree<\/span><\/p>\n

Another New Studio<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dancing

Dancing Tree 27 02 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

The sculpture I started last month<\/a>\u00a0has occupied all my time since apart from a trip away between the 7th<\/sup> and the 9th<\/sup>. I wanted the surface to be active and to give the piece the feel of the dancing tree that is its working title. On the 1st<\/sup> I worked on the surface with an idea of reflecting the way light shows between branches of trees and after a lot of work ended up with an entirely unsatisfactory surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dancing

Dancing Tree 01 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dancing Tree 01 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

So much so that I honestly felt it detracted from the form. The view above is more dynamic because the pattern is not flattening the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Studio 04 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

Back in the studio on the 4th<\/sup> I decided to take the pattern off by attaching new sheets to the surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dancing Tree 04 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

This had the effect of thickening the surface and also making it sit tighter to the form.<\/span><\/p>\n

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tree textures 04 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

As I still wanted to get the effect of the sun through the trees, or at least to imply a space seen through the object, I began to make drawings from the object, recording each stage as I went. So firstly I drew the object loosely on A1 cartridge, I make a set of five, then I blocked in the larger forms with blackboard paint and took a monoprint of each sheet. I added additional elements in printing ink and black gouache and again printed each of them. Then I left them to dry while I took a trip away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tree Textures 11 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

On my return I decided to split the images into strips and leave white gaps between to have a much more active surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Dancing

tree textures process<\/p><\/div>\n

The gif gives a stage by stage view of the process.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alongside this I also used the paper I’d put down to catch drips and spills to start a new drawing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Floor Void 04 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

Leaving the central space left when this was originally used for ‘tree flower’<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dancing Tree 12 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

The next thing was to put the black and white stripes on the surfaces and then print the pattern using strips of paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dancing Tree 12 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dancing Tree 12 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

The structure doesn’t look like the sun streaming through the trees, but does have some of the dynamism and will work well as part of the three trees set.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dancing Tree 12 03 2024<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s worth looking at the difference between the two states, one from the 27th<\/sup> February and the next from 12th<\/sup> March.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/27_02_2024-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.ian-latham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/12_03_2024.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

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