Whilst researching artists linked to Data I learned about an exhibition put on by the Stan's Cafe Theatre Company called "Of All The People In All The World"
When trying to come up with ways of visually representing the data from my receipts my mind kept coming back to the rice in this exhibition. And then I thought of using 100s & 1000s. I liked how they were all different colours and thought they would be fun to work with. So since then I have undertaken a series tests to see what could be done with them.
Dropping them into a bowl of water
Straight away the colours started to run and bleed into one another.
Dropping even more into water
I think this looks really interesting. It looks quite strange at first but the pattern the colouring has formed looks really good.
Dropping them onto wet receipts
Even without alot or moisture the colours still run anf the 100s & 1000s even begin to dissolve.
Dropping into clear glue
I love how the thickness of the glue allows the 100s & 1000s to sink really slowly and leaves a trail of colouring on the way down.
I am going to incorporate some of these qualities into my weave samples and well as drawing from them. I also want to do some embroidery.
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