This month I’m sharing some of my favourite posts from 2014 – I loved Kirsi Enkovaara approach to pattern creation – really clever, with stunning results…
I spotted Kirsi Enkovaara‘s final project Landscape of Gravity at Show RCA 2014, the Royal College of Art’s degree show. Being a girl who loves water and printing, I was intrigued to find out more.
Kirsi has created a printing technique that aims to capture the movement of water and used it to decorate vessels, shelving and furniture. She starts by placing a smaller bowl inside a taller one inside a sink, and then fills the whole thing with water, submerging both bowls. Then she floats an oil based ink on the surface of the water.
The next step is to slowly let the water drain out of the sink. As the water level drops, the ink is gently laid over the bowls, creating a pattern that captures the shapes the ink had made on the surface of the water.
“The process is very simple and therein lies its beauty – how a few simple phenomena and elements of nature as gravity, water and oil can create such complex patterns,” Kirsi told me.
“The idea of capturing the movement of water was one of those lightbulb moments. Understanding the process and learning to control it in some way took a few months. I am still learning the ways of water and I am still surprised and amazed by what the simple act of draining a vessel can create.”
“To me it is just magic when the water level goes down revealing every time a new pattern,” said Kirsi.
Further reading for the especially geeky:
- here’s one I made earlier :: samesame
- here’s one I made earlier :: utopia & utility
- here’s one I made earlier :: woven oak
- here’s one I made earlier :: wood tailoring
