You are the Fire 

Silk Prints from Studio Forrest “You are the fire”

Intuitive Drawing

A collaborative group drawing created on a 10-metre roll of cartridge paper using charcoal, gesso, crayons, brushes and found materials. A curated music soundtrack was created to act as an element in the act of the drawing. Artists working on the drawing selected words, phrases, and poetry to act as spoken elements influencing the action.

A devised set of Instructions was created describing how the artists were to interact with the paper:

• You are the fire

• The paper is a place and a space within which you move and interact

• The music is an element like the air that influences the body and the action.

• Be aware of the shape of the media, how it feels in the hand, how it moves on the paper, and how it is an extension of you. Be aware of and interact with the people drawing with you.

Studio Forrest participating artists:

Gillian Brew, Salvina Conti, Sally Fullager, Kylie Pollock, Jan Verouden, Lyndi Whalen

The artwork was then photographed and printing organized through fibre artist Anna Reynolds https://www.artistannareynolds.com. The finished product was printed on eight drops of silk chiffon. Each piece represents a section of the original artwork and only three copies were made.  A full set is kept for display with the original artwork, the artists were invited to select one drop to keep, and the remainder is available for sale on application.

We would like to thank Apollo Bay Arts Inc for the grant which enabled us to organize the printing.

Studio Forrest is a program of the Forrest & District Neighbourhood House

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