Project ‘Treeroots’
a research into processing a collection of treeroots
Dimensions: 1.50m h x 2.5m w x 1.10m d / Materials used: treeroots, cardboard, stainless steel / Year made: 2017
It started with this
roots were exposed
roots waited to be picked up
once a month a visit
condensing, intensifying
brought to the light
upside down world
accumulation, condensing
intensification
one, two, five
presenting
drawing
Dimensions: (59.4cm h x 42cm w) x 7 / Materials used: watercolour paper, rests of tree roots, ink, pencil, glue, varnish / Year made: 2017
Landscape - a series of 7
treeroots washed
'wash-out' left its story
paperprint
delicate
fixated
workeable
colour
subtle contrast
landscape of forgotten worlds
Dimensions: 42cm h x 29.7cm w) x 12 / Materials used: paper, acrylic paint, gesso, Indian ink / Year made: 2017
Just wait a second - a series of 12
preparing
action - effect
simplicity - patience
discovery - applied
completion - patience
just wait a second
Dimensions: (122cm h x 92cm w) x 2 / Materials used: paper, linseedoil, ink / Year made: 2017
Absorber - a series of 2
excess
excess - solution
excess - no solution
product
patience, discovery
fixation
patience, discovery
fixation
finish
discovery, added value
finish
Dimensions: 166cm h x 132cm w x 5.5cm d / Materials used: cotton, wood, treeroot, pva glue, acryl paint / Year made: 2017
Shroud
serious, construction, to stretch
patience
supporting, exhibiting, movement
exciting
liberated, fragile, stretching
fixation
reaction, change, surprising
impression, emphasis, print
highlighting
Dimensions: 90cm h x 180cm w x 2.5cm d / Materials used: cardboard, linseedoil, acrylic paint / Year made: 2017
Catcher - a triptych
too much, emergency, solution
danger
drying up, reaction
seeing value
leaving in value
showing value
reactions, fixations, vulnerable
highlighting
Dimensions: (70.5cm h x 60.5cm w x 2.5cm d) x 2 // 80.5cm h x 50.5cm w x 2.5cm d / Materials used: cardboard, coverfoil, linseedoil / Year made: 2017
Protector - a series of 3
underlay, own way, undergo
waste, added value
discovered, cut, presented
stretched, structure, fragile
presented, fixated
© Natascha J.A. Rodenburg