James Faure Walker: Dark Filament
Artist(s):
Title:
- Dark Filament
Exhibition:
- SIGGRAPH 2007: Global Eyes
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More artworks from SIGGRAPH 2007:
Collection:
Creation Year:
- 2007
Medium:
- Archival Epson Print
Size:
- 44 inches x 51 inches
Category:
Artist Statement:
“Filament,” a term that refers to thread-like forms in astronomy, botany, biology, and incandescent light bulbs, is a useful concept for a series of works that uses filigree patterns, hinting at shifts of scale between plant forms, distant galaxies, and painted marks. It is one way of approaching the question of how “nature” might be visualized with the power of digital tools. The Filament series alludes to the difference between liquid threads of paint spread by the brush and the filigree patterns of digital drawing, the play between physical material and the electronic image. It represents my continuing project of integrating drawing, painting, and photography into a digital process, a preoccupation addressed in my book Painting the Digital River: How an Artist Learned to Love the Computer (Prentice Hall 2006). The series began as a commission from the London Print Studio to produce four large-scale prints. Beginning with photographed drawings and watercolours, which were re-assembled digitally, the series developed a format where graffiti, folk motifs, botanical illustration, and rapid drawing were juxtaposed. In some pieces, brushes and paints are presented in the role of motifs.
Technical Information:
The Filament series consists of large-scale Epson inkjet prints. Each piece draws from a common set of sources: drawings, watercolours, digital drawings using customised pattern brushes, and photographs of brushes and palettes. Most of the drawing, painting, and assembling were done in Painter IX, but Photoshop and Illustrator were also used. The main point was to facilitate the integration between physical and digital media to allow for structured but spontaneous improvisation.
Other Information:
This artwork is also available in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224487/dark-filament-print-faure-walker-james/
All Works by the Artist(s) in This Archive:
- James Faure Walker
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A Pony in Clerkenwell
[SIGGRAPH 1995] -
Die Formes: Flight
[SIGGRAPH 1995] -
Undecided 2: Market Research in the Narr...
[SIGGRAPH 1998] -
Dark Filament
[SIGGRAPH 2007] -
The Song of the Revolving Drawing
[SIGGRAPH 2004] -
Frog, Greenwood Road
[SIGGRAPH 2004] -
Studio Chairs
[SIGGRAPH 2003] -
Drawn Trees
[SIGGRAPH 2003] -
Pigeons, Kyoto
[SIGGRAPH 2003] -
Figures in a Landscape
[SIGGRAPH 2003] -
F-G and the Iron Clocks of Film
[SIGGRAPH 2001] -
Global Coffee
[SIGGRAPH 2001] -
Colour and Drawing: From a Garden Table
[SIGGRAPH 1999] -
Blue Bowls
[SIGGRAPH 2002] -
From a Log Cabin
[DAC Online Exhibition 2011] -
Villa Dora
[DAC Online Exhibition 2011] -
Untitled
[DAC Online Exhibition 2011]