30.04.11 Play & Evaluation

 Having looked at the tea stains around my home ( see Contextual 15.04.11 Susan Collis ) , they represent comfort , nourishment, relaxation, somewhere I've stopped and have grabbed a moment to enjoy my home , I thought I would try to represent that feeling in an image.

Tea stain on the arm of the sofa

Why not turn it around and make the shape out of tea on purpose

Tea stain drawn in tea

and others images,

I scattered the loose tea onto the surface, as a mark making method it was really good for me as I couldn't play with detail and it was a bit like drawing in a quick sketchy way . I like the boldness of the line and the strong shapes it creates - it feels confident. It's very free and although simple it could be interesting worked in with other images in layers, as though they are tea-stains. Best of all it was fun and it smells great - Earl Grey - it actually made me hungry so I might have to try Earl Grey cupcakes !

I'm going to try developing this further by:

• mark making in the same free way but onto damp paper to see what image it leaves.
• making up some tea and using it to create images.
• seeing if I can find a way to stick the tea to something in order to try printing with the image.