Over two years into posting one
dailymade a day and with nearly 800 of these under my belt, the thought that I am
starting to repeat myself has crossed my mind a few times.
Recent work however has put
this worry to rest.
A couple of weeks ago I started
reusing sisal twine which I have an abundance of in the studio. The plan was to make doilies with the coarse twine, but what
happened between start of the process (always the same sequence of 6 stitches
looped into a circle) and the finish (when my 10m bundle was used up) resulted
in a different outcome every time. The instruction I set for myself inevitably
seem to lead to freeform making and the range of objects you see illustrated above and below.
Sure, I could have been stricter
with myself and stuck to an exact pattern, but I decided instead to a keep soft focus on what I intended to
make and 'riff' with the material. As a result repeating the same simple tying and knotting manoeuvres lead to much innovation and discovery. So, worrying about posting the same old dailymades, I don’t see it
happening any time soon...
