COLLECTION AND EXPERIMENTATION
Collection and experimentation are integral
aspects of my process; Materials collection occurs within
and outside of the machine – drawing sketches, finding
objects, creating images, forming words and sounds, all the
time placing these fragments in a loose mess like a stack
of papers strewn across a desk. By shuffling, cutting, breaking,
glueing and mending these collections, patterns emerge that
spurn experiments with patterns of their own. Not every experiment
is succesful or of immediate use, others serve their purpose
by helping me to hone a particular idea or thought leading
to renewed inspiration to collect. These are those experiments: |