Week 23: 15 - 21 October 1787

Drawing Prize at ANU

I am currently a Visual Art student at ANU,

and my supervisor has encouraged me to enter the annual drawing prize.

If you have a favourite drawing (or two), let me know.

Week 22: 8 - 14 Oct 1787

Artline pen

Week 21: 1 - 7 Oct 1787

My rope is large, heavy, ponderous

It is a superstructure like the ships

also like the journey itself

The women,

forming themselves into knots

of friendship

and survival

tied the essence of the journey together

they were fragile

and you had to look hard to see them

but they were there

binding threads

rope in the flesh

This pic shows very clearly the change in rope making style

at the bottom, each fabric strip was being twisted and twined independently

top of the pile, the fabric strips are twisted in groups of 3 or 4

then the 4 more complex strands are twisted together.

My current technique makes a more standard rope.