For the summer project I have been exploring highgate cemetery; drawing it from imagination; from life and from memory. While struggling to imagine highgate cemetery, I read "My fearful symmetry" for research. The book is a story of two symmetrical(not identical) twins who live by highgate cemetery. After reading the book and following on from my interest in pattern making, symetry and repetition, I want to make symetrical patterns based on my drawings and memories from the cemetery. As the images are reflected I also want them to fade slightly away. This is because of the twins in the book(spoiler alert). The twin Julia dominates Valentina; tries to control her; stops her from going to university because she wants them to be the same; to remain reflections of each other forever. In doing this she pushes Valentina away; and eventually dies trying to get away from Julia. I want my patterns to be a metaphor for the story which is why I want each time symmetry to happen; the image to fade away a bit....The following images are artworks which have used symmetry and processes which I may want to use in this project....
Daniel Eatock - Pen paintings
This is a process I definatley want to explore. Using pro markers he makes repeated patterns by letting the markers bleed through the pages. I like this process because it creates the fading away effect that I want.
Daniel Eatock - Marker Marks
These pieces use a similar process; he leaves the paper on top of the pens and lets them bleed through leaving marks and patterns.
What we used to do at pre school - squashing a painting together to make is symmetrical - again this could be a nice process for this project because the more you squash the images together the more it fades from the original image.
Corneilia Parker - Pornographic drawing
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