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A nature study

18/7/2018

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The Ancient South Downs Way,
dragonflies and butterflies abound.
we walk beneath the hot summer sun.


I am drawn towards a thing, I walk over and pick this up.
Curious, I feel the metal object’s weight as I change hands and alter my grip.

We shelter beneath a small tree with plump buds and small flowers, I love this tree and the respite from the stifling heat it gives us.
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In the studio I continue to feel this thing.

Uncovering a bright metal core, a jewel from out of the rough.

I refer to the nature studies of Da Vinci.
Then place small flowers in a vase on the workbench.

Drawings clarify what I feel beneath the surface,
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form, 
material,
substance.
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Digging deep whilst retaining the authentic object nature,
removing without detracting.

I am negotiating the terms to engage,
my part in the physical conversation through this object emerges.
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A flower.

The queen of a chess game,
a piece not to lose,
​this one was found (or perhaps reclaimed).
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