I shared my work with a peer in the studio I belong to, this is her feedback:
H: I love this so much, its starting to do something the white paper didn't do.I think the experiments with colour could also inform density/background.Try drawing with a thick ass Sharpie too. The thickest you can find. Just to see how that changes. 'Weight' on its own has so many possibilities, I'm so curious to see.With the stitches, I feel like I want there to be more density. I know you like the chain stitch, but I suggest going for something with more volume and relief like questions.Some of the drawings are dense in terms of weight & they are so beautiful. They overwhelm sometimes in an amazing way.I feel like that needs to come in with the stitches, I want to see thickness & more aggressive gestures. Don't be afraid - Unleash your dragon.Nothing wrong with 'design' things either, they came out of your mind and are worthy of showing. Don't segregate art & design, combined they yield a rich practice.
'The fold book' I would bind the papers but not make it a rigid book. The lines are crazy...what if you tried just binding things together in no order, as you write about order vs chaos. What if it doesn't conform to a book form?
The fragmented & reassembled pieces are starting to do that if you bind this way - try it!
Keep layering until you can't layer anymore. Take the chaos to a crazy level... then bring it back.References for density from a simple material: John Chamberlain - the Foam Sculptures,
Frank Stella - how they are constructed, protruding;
Frank Stella, k.162, 2011, 22 x 22 x 24 in. (55.9 x 55.9 x 61 cm.)
Anni Albers - weave & geometry.
Anni Albers, Design for Wall Hanging, 1926, Gouache and pencil on paper, 14 x 11 1/2" (35.6 x 29.2 cm)
I found this feedback very useful, although it is very specific in offering suggestions for directions to take the work I am open to them as many are already ideas I have begun to discuss in my sketchbook prior to the feedback. I found the reference for density useful as I understand the aspect of 'dense to bursting point' of being full and overflowing; this contrasts to the minimalism of my stitched pieces but the ink and paper overlays are heading in this direction, it would be interesting to consider how the overlays would work as densely stitched pieces. The aspect of the Frank Stella pieces that are 3D but have an element of 2D when viewed, they seem to encompass a 2D plane even though you know they are 3D.