Updated: Jul 21, 2021
-candle wax (candles for nesting in my own home). How can I bring this into my nest at Uni?
-more successful than plaster and more poignant as a material.
-harmony between earth and myself during lockdown. That relationship being made part of my transition back to City dwelling.
-Broken pieces work well.
Updated: Jul 21, 2021
-Thinking of Martin Roth's Persian rugs, I want to grow plants directly onto the blanket to create a more organic connection between myself, the material and mother nature.
-To test, I have made small holes in a pillow case and layed it over a thin layer of soil in a seed tray.
-Using salad leaf seeds (as they grow quickly) I have planted a single seed in each hole.
-Ideally once grown, I can peel the material away from the tray, plantlets intact, like turf.
RESULT:
-Successful until I forgot to water
SECOND ATTEMPT
-Try growing in the blanket. Think Martin Roth.
-Successful rooting of weeds.
-Bringing weeds from Garden to connect more.
- Sewing incorporated and uses materials given by Grandma (personal) with Moss.
-LIVE blanket- organic connections. Some plants successful at rooting others not (need to be replaced).
-Importance of process.
Updated: Jul 21, 2021
- The blanket has maintained functionality and remains undamaged after use (technically sound).
-The action of clawing at the blanket to wrap its heavy material around my body to protect me.
-The brittle leaves meant it was difficult to move the blanket into different positons.
-To create a more supple/ moveable blanket, I should consider growing plants/ grass straight from the material.
-Think of Martin Roth's Persian rugs.
-Capture this performance with video as well as photography.
-Change scene to more unexpected. City's vs natural in New blanket.
Martin Roth's Persian Rugs: organic connection between man made materials and nature.