The exhibition just opened is Making and Drawing curated by Kyra Cane to celebrate the publication of her book of the same name. Kyra is a ceramicist based at the Welbeck Studios so it's a fitting place for the exhibition. Both the book and the exhibition showcase the more private work of a variety of artists with both their sketch books and completed work on display. As someone who has struggled with the concept of a sketchbook this came as sweet relief.
I was reassured that sketching can be almost anything that helps the creative process along; collage, photographs, technology as well a pencil and paper.
The exhibition was presented with the same chapter headings as the book and they are worth listing;
drawing as reference
drawing as planning and design
drawing as surface
drawing as making
drawing as thinking
drawing with technology.
This helps my thinking as I realise that all my preparation work is drawing although in the end the majority is rejected. I also think that all the chapter headings necessarily apply to a piece of work.
Some of the artists were new to me; Simon Carroll was shown in an extraordinary video making huge images in the sand on a Cornish beach. The information said that he was a remarkably gifted "maverick potter" who died too early.
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| Drawing in the sand - Simon Carroll |
I liked the work of furniture maker Fred Baier. His work seems to bridge the gap between engineering and art and his drawings show this very clearly. His use of colour is very much like that of Ptolemy Mann. In the section devoted to his work we are told
drawing can happen in many different forms, its purpose always being to nourish his work (Cane 2012)
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| Staircase by Fred Baier from Drawing and Making by Kyra Cane |
From the world of textiles I particularly liked the work of Debbie Smyth. Her work looks almost like pen and ink drawing. She uses strategically placed pins to place thread around. It reminded me of the designs I drew as a child in geometry lessons.
Best of all I was introduced to the work of Matthew Harris. I loved the understated colours splashed with red and the way marks and patterns litter his work. Cane's book tells me that sketches, notes and photographs form the basis of his work and he makes many versions of the same source material. He then selects the best and assembles the parts into an order.
Upstairs potter Adam Frew had an exhibition called Drawing and Pots. It showed Adam's pots alongside his drawings. Adam has spent time on the Welbeck Estate and absorbed the landscape and woodland around. His pots are heavily marked and have very rich glazes. http://www.adamfrew.com/
Not all of the artists in the book were on show but there was certainly enough to keep me absorbed for a long time. And lots to think about afterwards.
Cane, Kyra 2012 , Making and Drawing. Bloomsbury, London
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| Debbie Smyth from artboom.info |
Best of all I was introduced to the work of Matthew Harris. I loved the understated colours splashed with red and the way marks and patterns litter his work. Cane's book tells me that sketches, notes and photographs form the basis of his work and he makes many versions of the same source material. He then selects the best and assembles the parts into an order.
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| Matthew Harris raggedclothcafe.com |
Upstairs potter Adam Frew had an exhibition called Drawing and Pots. It showed Adam's pots alongside his drawings. Adam has spent time on the Welbeck Estate and absorbed the landscape and woodland around. His pots are heavily marked and have very rich glazes. http://www.adamfrew.com/
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| Adam Frew ceramics |
Not all of the artists in the book were on show but there was certainly enough to keep me absorbed for a long time. And lots to think about afterwards.
Cane, Kyra 2012 , Making and Drawing. Bloomsbury, London
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