Touching time by John Sunderland
In the final days of the excavation I spent quite a lot of time gathering reference material for further works. This included the continuation of photographing people excavating with a variety of tools as reference material for drawings, the first of which is well underway, of Mikala experiencing excavating a pot for the first time. The two images have two different backgrounds; 001 is on a planning board I usually use for technical drawings. The grid of graph paper shows through the drafting paper, which is semi translucent. This was how I made the piece. The second image (002) is on a grey background, and my next stage is to work out which works best or if there are other alternatives. This is a beginning rather than an end for me, so, like the excavation, I am moving into a post excavation phase and will be continuing to work on all the works in my studio. First though is a period of reflection, after such a immersive exciting and busy time on site I am sure the relative piece and quiet of the studio will yield some new ideas and refinement of the works I started on site. This was a great opportunity and my gratitude goes out to all those who helped me particularly Matthew and Geraldine Stout, and John and Grace McCullen, for facilitating this project and bringing me on board the good ship Beaubec as an artist.
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