I am slowly easing my way back into work trying to find my thread from before the holidays. I had been picking up from a project half started a long time ago back in the days of home school during the lockdowns... A project inspired by a Norse mythology book shared with my son.
One character captured my imagination, a Goddess named Ran (a personification of the ocean) who possessed a net which gathered sailors drowned at sea. She is both the cause and the consequence. I can't find many mentions of her in the texts that I have read and it is that most likely that elusiveness which has intrigued me....
I have so many notes and post-its and scribbles and thumbnails that I think it is time to start collating my thoughts together.
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| Sketchbook Snippet - Ran's Net watercolour and watersoluble pencils ©2024LisaLeQuelenec |
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| Sketchbook Snippet - Ran's Net watercolour and watersoluble pencils ©2024LisaLeQuelenec |
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| Sketchbook Snippet - Ran's Net watercolour and watersoluble pencils ©2024LisaLeQuelenec |
I have been going back through my notes and experiments - firstly a very textured detail from a collagraph plate using tile adhesive and aluminium foil tape. This was just a small part that I kept as I loved the texture and colours so much. It's not much more than a snippet but I couldn't part with it.
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| Collagraph printing plate section ©2024LisaLeQuelenec |
Second, a section of a ghost print ( a second printing of a plate without adding extra ink) that I worked into with collage, watercolour and coloured pencil. I regularly make a ghost print as fodder for experimenting with new ideas. I like the idea of work continuing, evolving and a continuous thread connecting pieces and projects - many tides, one ocean.
Another connection for these details is the strong 'V' composition that I seem to regularly circle back to.
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| Detail from a print worked into with mixed media ©2024LisaLeQuelenec |
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| Piddock shell fragments ©2024LisaLeQuelenec |
Broken but oh so beautiful fragments of piddock shells, inspiring textures and compositions.
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| Colour inspiration from beach finds ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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