In this series, I generate blind contour drawings in decaying / evolving series or layers. I start by making one blind contour drawing of a natural subject, then a second blind contour of that first drawing, then a third blind contour of the second one, and so on. The errors in copying result in images that change incrementally, accidentally, and the series goes in unexpected directions.

Cicada Wings Emerge & Decay, detail.

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I want to marry Fibonacci numbers (2019), linen, cotton thread, collaged book illustration, ink on tea-stained watercolor paper, typewriter on cotton ribbon, tulle.

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Above: Studies for Entropic String, ink on watercolor paper, pressed plant material, other materials

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Ground Ivy (2017), ink on tea-stained watercolor paper, red clay, mica, cotton thread.

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Entropic String is a continuation of a theme I started in Contrivances (2010) — see Older Work. I’m fascinated by emergence and complex systems — how small events lead to big changes. Emergence is everywhere: swarms, flocks, hives, cities, traffic, epidemics, evolution, the brain, the internet, the climate… I’m using blind contour series to play with ideas about emergent phenomena.