documenting the letters

I’ve started making large chinese ink and dye drawings of the forest letter sites. Feels good to be documenting site responsive work with drawing rather than with just film and photos. The image shown is of my last college evaluation, with the documentation of the forest site work on the walls and hand made books on the stands.

forest letters

ink, stitch, found materials, paper

Latest forest letters left near a burial mound in Witherdon Woods. The mound is kept clear of tree cover but is quite a hidden place surrounded by brambles and screened by an ancient beech hedge. I like the fact the mound was not easy to find and I came across it by chance. I’d hope the forest letters have some of that magic of  the chance encounter.

Site Responsive Artwork

forest letter

I am going to use this blog to chart my Site- responsive Artwork in Witherdon Wood, near my home in Launceston. This work relates to the environment and creates an ongoing dialogue. At the moment this is in the form of  scrolls or letters that are rolled into bark cases found in the wood from the current logging operations. These letters are transient and disintegrate over time. They are nibbled (I think by squirrels or slugs!) and etched by the rain. The audience are loggers, the forestry commission wardens, dog walkers and other visitors to the woods who may find them in the spirit of a message in a bottle. They rely on the chance encounter. I like this hidden element. These are barely there interventions.