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The project titled Sun Sufficient Drawing encompasses the symbiotic relationship between nature, shadows and the sun's path. Aided by photography and research, they explore these themes through interviews and explorations in the natural world. The project involves a process of trial and error, resulting in the development of methods for capturing shadows from foliage. Factors such as date, time of day, location and weather play crucial roles in this process. They devised a unique version of the Okta scale and colour scheme, which informs their drawing practice that relies on the availability of sunlight.
To facilitate their work, they designed a portable tripod drawing board with a handcrafted magnetic stainless steel top. Shadows, with their diverse colours and paths, ensure that each outcome is unique and never repeated. By collecting and recording each drawing as Shadow Maps, they can track their progress and refine the process over time.
Artist Letty Houldsworth collects waste from her installations. After interviewing her, we were left with a profound sense of the power emanating from the plants, both dead and alive.
Photographs were taken to observe the forms and textures created by the decaying and dried flowers in Letty's collection.
A tracing was made of the shadows as they progressed across the paper.
This is the final experiment of sun-sufficient drawing, capturing the hazy edges and careful marks that depict the soft power of the plant's shadows.