Wire and String Letters - Part Four

Testing colours with varnish 

The purpose of the varnish is to make the artwork weathertight, as I want to have the option of displaying the work outside as well as inside. However, the issue that I am facing is that the varnish changes the colour of the work, making it far darker - see the purple example below.

Before

After

This means that the colouring of the work becomes off and doesn't work with other artworks that might be displayed with it. This is not an issue for the black letters but I want the option to use colour within the work.

I am currently deciding which is more important the weathertight element or the colour. Should the letters just be black? This would solve both issues.

I like to create works that can be re-used and re-purposed and I worry that if these works are left outside for any period of time they would become unusable due to the string used within them becoming wet and weathered.

As I am unsure of the final outcome for these, these early decisions are more difficult. I usually like to work with a site in mind, but with this project, I am working the other way around.

Words with Found Letters - Part Twenty

 

Wire and String Letters - Part Three

My art practice is always driven by other things going on in other parts of my life and so when considering what words to create out of these wire and string outcomes I draw upon phrases that I kept finding myself say in recent research interviews that I conducted for my PhD. 

When typing up my transcripts, by interview three, it became clear that I kept saying the same phrases and thought these would be interesting extracted from that context and placed in an art context.

The phrases are not researched specific and as such like the rest of my art practice I believe that the text will be able to resonate with anyone who readers it.

I am currently imagining these are a larger collection that could take over a floor or a wall. However, the final aesthetic is yet to be decided. 

Words with Found Letters - Part Nineteen