Walking Drawings
Whilst searching for a venue for the installation of Ticket Cylinder I began to Walk & Draw. Mirroring the walking process, tracing a movement while allowing the mind to roam exploring new thoughts.
To start each Drawing, the paper is folded so that only part of it can be seen at any one time while working. This stops ascetic decisions, allowing the drawing to take its own shape. The whole Drawing is not unfolded until the walk is finished.
The initial Drawings are filled with an explorative range of marks to represent foot steps. For every step during the walk a pencil mark is made. Each time the path turns the paper is turned the same way. The decision whether to turn left or right is dictated by the flow of people, traffic lights or some random event.
Each Walk, each Drawing leads to the next revealing a different way to express the event.
33 Days West
2011
Each vertical strip represents one days walk, at 20mins intervals the compass position West was Drawn.
33 Days West 2010
This is a series of photo copies stuck together of the original Drawing. Each vertical strip represents one days walk, at 30mins intervals the compass position West was Drawn. The original remains in 9 envelopes posted back form different stages along the Walk.
 This Ink Drawing ' WEST ' has been made from tracing the compass points of Drawing 33Days West 2010 |  Housing the Drawings |
Commute: 9 days commuting to work on foot Drawing West at every turn
These drawings are made in real time, a mark is made with a pencil for each step taken.
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I made each of these three Drawings over a period of eight days, while walking within the Square Mile of London. Each day would begin by entering the Square Mile, where I would walk the streets never crossing the boundary of the City.
The Square Mile holds great mystery for me, as a place where everyone seems to walk with great purpose. It became energising to have a reason to walk the streets during the working hours.
I became intrigued by the idea of how various cities' Walk Drawings would result in very different finished works.
The Square Mile holds great mystery for me, as a place where everyone seems to walk with great purpose. It became energising to have a reason to walk the streets during the working hours.
I became intrigued by the idea of how various cities' Walk Drawings would result in very different finished works.
