This artwork was for the FEVA 100 x 100 exhibition held at Petersham Church to raise funds for the organisation. 100 artworks were made by 100 students across a range of disciplines where each work was sold for $100. The organisation is basically a ministry for students doing visual arts/design/creative courses across different campuses. Since I had been doing some bible study sessions to expand my spiritual knowledge I thought I might contribute and hopefully show my gratitude through this small gesture. I am really thankful to have the artwork sold during opening night ^_^ (to this day it's still a mystery on where it's currently residing!)
The artwork was inspired by 3 layers: it started with the doodles I drew during lectures (free form state of mind), the lacework of a crocheted doily I had and finally by 'mandalas' (in Sanskrit it means circle). I managed to get this done in one night (it was due the next day and I was buried in a sea of university work); it was really cleansing to do (breaking away from the heavy brain intensive workload). Initially I had directly drawn the pattern on the canvas but the ink was slow to dry thus smudging and becoming a huge mess! I ended up finishing the complete design on the canvas, scanned it, edited out the smudges, printed on cream textured paper then mounted it onto the canvas. Below is the edited version of the scanning.
While personally this artwork has a spiritual meaning, I want to leave it open for one to discover their own connection - if any (I hope). I'm really looking forward to doing more of these circled patterns :) I especially want to try something out with letterpress! That would be amazing!
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