Theoretical Drapery

I’ve been working on a number of pieces lately that involve drapery as an element. In the sketch phase, when the design is two-dimensional (with or without colour), the drapery is a kind of theory, a hypothesis about what drapery can do.

 

Once the piece becomes fully three dimensional, the drapery is no longer theoretical. It is an illustration of what practise tells me drapery can do.

As I move from two to three dimensions, there is a kind of discussion or negotiation that goes on between (or among) the image in my head, the sketch on the paper and the piece as finally realized.

By the way, the piece above has just come out of the kiln. I’ll show you what it looks like when it’s finished.