After pressing, the set of bandages look very realistic hanging on the studio “washing line” (above) & it occurs to be that at some point in time (emotionally), ‘hearts’ often get broken too … QUESTION … was this significant too? As is quite normal when completing any creative work, there are invariably “mental blockages” that occur while working - minutes, hours or even days when what to do next is unknown! And now here's my first! Knowing that the panel was going to be textile based … QUESTION … what to do now with all the bandages just made? … & as ‘research the topic’ is often something that works well & perhaps something that should have been started immediately (rather than just follow first instincts)!
The Internet is a marvellous place for research - information is found extremely quickly, extracted & linked where appropriate. At the same time, creative thoughts generate in my head quicker than when researching using “real books” where I end up with a rather large book pile with bits of paper bookmarking different pages yet noticeably less creative! For this particular piece of work, it was also important to record my work & ideas with more spontaneity - especially as the topic being explored generally appeared to be one of this … viewed as I referenced the many Anger issues & their accounts !
