My proposal specified that I wanted to look at touch and how it can be visualised. After looking at this texture in great detail and getting myself going with different drawing techniques, I realised that touch is not what I'm focussing on. I'm obviously looking at the patterns created within this texture.
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I don't see the texture as an experience of touching any more, I'm looking at the potential of the pattern and the possibilities with material. I think this is because after working on the fungi and playing with materials I have found a new interest in form and pattern that I was determined to brush aside before, thinking that I wasn't capable of producing anything interesting.
Saying that, I don't think this particular work is very interesting because the techniques haven't been used to there full potential yet, though maybe working on a much larger scale would help to see them in a new light. However, I do believe that if I allow myself to be playful with techniques and materials I could possibly hit on something worth developing into an installation or bring into a concept, like visualising touch, at a later date.
