by paper tears
June is often a cool wet month here on the Pacific Coast but this year it seems worse than usual, and has been cheekily renamed in the media as Junuary! Frustrated at being unable to garden, today I decided to tackle some more of the rolls of drawings from decades ago. As before, I took photos of some and proceeded to tear up the rest for composting. Beguiled by the images of the torn paper – what lovely edges – I turned my camera on these. I’m quite excited how these turned out.
June 7, 2012 in Drawings, Photoworks, Textures by Marja-Leena
It takes good quality paper to tear so nicely. The pictures are nice but I do hope there were no treasures in among the torn sheets.
Susan, these drawings and ink washes were done on better paper than many of the others I’d posted earlier, on cartridge drawing paper I think, as opposed to newsprint. It certainly tears very nicely, revealing some layering. I took more photos than numbers of works saved for not everything is worth saving forever. It was fun though to make some new photographic pieces from these!
You do find (and point out to us) the beauty in these “found” things. Thanks!
High quality torn paper showing the texture in the tears is a good idea especially the sheets where the charcoal lines show up. Lots to explore here. First time round I read tears as in those we weep.
We too are having a cold, wet and windy June.
Leslee, thanks to you too – it’s great to have you visiting again!
Joe, yes, I’ve been taking lots of photos – we’ll see where they lead me.
I’m glad you picked up on the word ‘tears’. I like the play of meanings depending on how it is said. But it is also a perfect example of the craziness of the English language – tears as in pears, or tears as in ears – I could go on….
As for weather, our recently returned daughter and family complain that it’s as if they had not left England. I only just last weekend put out my scrawny tomatoes, poor things, and the pelargoniums are still waiting.
I really liked these photos. The top one is very cool, a cascade of a paper.
Yes, cousins Bettie and Jerry just came back to Vancouver from their winter stay in Mexico and are feeling very depressed by the bad weather.
But in my recollection, it doesn’t get to be real summer that you can count on until after July 4, unless it’s one of those no summer summers like you had last year.
Hoping things warm up for you soon!!!
Marianna, glad you like these photos.
it must be a shock to return here from Mexico almost anytime except July to September, our best months generally. Yet there are times in between, like a week mid-May, that was hot like summer. This afternoon unexpectedly turned out beautiful and I did quite a bit of work outside – there is just too much to do this time of year when trying to do it between showers. But that is typically June here. I work better in cooler temperatures so long as it isn’t raining.
Number one is my favorite. Oddly, what ran through my mind was a Chihuly installation. Maybe one of these with the loose vessels: http://ruthlull.blogspot.com/2011/07/chihuly-through-looking-glass.html
Marly, that is odd, that these made you think of Chihuly’s glass pieces, though I do see what you mean… a little. I remember the first time I saw his work in a museum in Seattle some decades ago.
Must’ve been the bowl-like shape and the sense of stacking and profusion in the first one…
Marly – yes, and I’m still fondly looking at them every time I pass by them in the big brown paper shopping bag, reluctant to toss them… have visions of them flying in the wind like leaves…
Noted that you will “tear up the rest for composting.” Have you tried unearthing some later to see what had happened? Recall an artist who did that with fiber pieces.
Naomi, now there’s an interesting thought! I’ve heard of doing something like it with fabrics. Paper does deteriorate very quickly – if natural – for I have found tea bags (not the tea itself) that are still whole a year later!!?*