Julia Turner

Another great maker that I thought I should share with you guys is Julia Turner! Whilst I alos love her physical work; it has such great mood -something which definitely resonates with myslef as a maker, she also explains her concept and process beautifully ad clearly.

"The flat pieces are made by scratching through white industrial paint down to black oxidized steel underneath. The feeling of drawing with sandpaper and a knife is totally different from that of drawing with a pen. It takes both arms, it makes a sound, it creates dust. The slight distraction of the physical work involved is just enough to keep me from overthinking what I’m doing- it’s the perfect way of tricking myself into drawing from my actual present experience rather than trying to corner distinct images and get them “right”. These start as large panels which I work on in all directions. I draw and then let them sit for a while, then later skim them with a small frame looking for places where a small interaction of shape and line suggests a tension or excitement or sadness that fits what’s on my mind. For me this secondary extraction feels like something between photography and cartography. The full frame implies something partially captured, rather than created to fill a space, and the choice of which areas to magnify and set apart make me feel like a mapmaker deciding what gets an insert: Which parts of this city do people care about the most?" -Taken from www.juliaturner.com [all credit to Julia Tuner]

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