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ArtIst project: tree drAwINgstiM KNoWles
the works presented on the following pages are part of a wider
practice in which i utilize apparatuses, mecha-nisms, or systems
beyond my control to introduce chance into the production of my
art. the pieces here are from a series produced by trees, most of
which are located in the Borrowdale and Buttermere areas of
englands lake District. i attach artists sketching pens to their
branches and then place sheets of paper in such a way that the
trees natural motionsas well as their moments of stillnessare
recorded. like signatures, each drawing reveals something about the
different qualities and characteristics of the various trees as
they sway in the breeze: the relaxed, fluid line of an oak; the
delicate, tentative touch of a larch; a hawthorns stiff, slightly
neurotic scratches. Process is key to my work, so each tree Drawing
is accompanied by a photograph or video documenting the location
and manner of its creation.
pages 28-29: Larch (4 pen) on Easel #1, The How, Borrowdale,
Cumbria,
2005. C-Type print; ink on paper (detail).
pages 30-31: Oak on Easel # 1, Stonethwaite Beck, Smithymire
Island, Bor-
rowdale, Cumbria, 2005. C-Type print; ink on paper (detail).
