Corresponding with Art Materials – Documenting Process

This section documents how artists combined natural and art materials. They did so without instruction. It was an intuitive, subjective process. Most artists tried more than one art material or built more than one material into their correspondence.

Several artists sewed with needle and thread.

strong lines around holes in the leaf sewn onto paper
Leaf monoprint on paper, thread to attach seeds and create lines. Little seeds glued onto paper
Layers and layers with thread, hand-lined papers, and small pins
Inspired by a drain cap, the circles are made with a template, ink, and brush, then embellished with link lines, thread, and wire.

These constructs with thread use natural materials from foraging.

This artist created a sculpture and used a leaf to print on paper.

One drew her puppy with ink (for the first time). Another combined natural materials only.

Artists added Post-its about their correspondence and interiority with art materials.

Correspondence

I was thinking about the texture and how to communicate it.

learning how much the ink bleeds and learning how much liquid each brush can hold.

camouflage, invisibility

wire and metal – circular patterns repetition, colors connecting

fragility, ephemeral, temporal

Interiority

excitement to learn and play with something new

finding joy in failure

twisting – splatter – dot making

repetition – pattern – slow down

emergence – slow change