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Wednesday 13 June 2012

small worlds two


small worlds
is a pita-pata gathering
in autumn and winter
in the natural playscape

lead artists
rebecca russell
ken evans

















small worlds two

we created creatures and decorations 
for the tree trunk



one day we want to cover 
all the trees
and 
all the walls
and 
all the logs
with creatures and decorations

like Kusama covers with dots

the berries are hawthorn berries
they are everywhere here
growing on the side of the road
Yonke showed them to me
they don't lose their colour

the creatures have such personality
they seem to be 
characters in search of an author

the creatures, creators 
and other creations 
spread beyond the tree trunk


and my prediction has proved totally incorrect
the parents and children who have begun creating together 
have consistently continued to create
with a break for food
for nearly two hours

they work side by side
they work independently together
they continue to share
chat and fossick together
it's beautiful to see

pita-pata

it seems we have a resident possum
he or she
hard to tell 
made a dash across the garden
then appeared in our tree
with a friend

some more pictures from 
the gathering







looking forward to the final gathering in this series

Friday 22nd June 2012
10.00-12.00




Sunday 3 June 2012

scribble cat


inspired by william kentridge


















jude 4
and 
rebecca mama

played 
DRAW ADD*

we drew
scribble cat
scribble dog 
and 
scribble dingo
































*DRAW ADD
a game jude and i 'invented'
and 
jude named
where someone begins a drawing
and the other adds to it
we take it in turns until it's done
rules:
NO looking while the other person is drawing!



more on scribble cat






i went to the gallery
and
inspired by William Kentridge
i thought about
creating with jude

we will draw
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
scribble cats

together

charcoal black
a different black

on sheets of
black and white
news print
stuck together

jude loves working with
different blacks
he called them that


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sometime later...


i showed him scribble cat


we both liked 
william kentridge

we looked at his lines
and
what he drew on




we made paper



we looked at 
scribble cat
again




we looked at charcoal



then we played

DRAW ADD*

we drew
scribble cat
scribble dog 
and 
scribble dingo
































*DRAW ADD
a game jude and i 'invented'
where someone begins a drawing
and the other adds to it
we take it in turns until it's done
rules:
NO looking while the other person is drawing!