It’s really no joke that only until recently I discovered I’m able to use and build from my sketches or drawings. I only found out after building Race For The Prize, many thought that the other drawings I made in the show were studies for the installation. I always had that connection in mind too, but I never knew how they actually relate to each other, or how the drawings are translated into a sculpture or an installation.
So I made these drawings today and I know exactly what they meant. Some drawing marks meant branches, some meant twigs, some are ropes, some are wires, paper and so on. The experience from making Race For The Prize helped me to build a vocabulary of sculptural materials that I’m comfortable with. And now I’m able to use drawing marks to represent these materials on paper.
The drawing is actually a sketch of a boat I’m going to make for Long Kang racing.
There are two drawings here, one which is more unfinished, just marks and lines, the other one is a more finished drawing. How I work here is that I read the suggestions from my marks and they led me to a alligator-like boat.
I think it’s interesting to also google for the “Sketches of Frank Gehry”, his marks are turned into buildings. And since Shrigley is cited as my influence here, take a look at this and compare it with his drawings.(http://www.davidshrigley.com/images/sculpture/sculpture_pics2008/ladder.jpg)
It’s going to make things much easier for me now. Previously, building my installation was almost like making a drawing on paper – erasing, cancelling, redrawing, it’s wasting so much time and materials. I should be able to have a better vision of my sculptural works from now on.
