Sculptural drawing supports

During 2019 and 2025 I developed new ways of working with drawing and installation on Bakestonedale Moor, an area of the Peak District in the vicinity of Macclesfield. Being able to move around the environment and carry my artmaking materials was an important requirement of the emerging ‘mobile working kit’ (MWK), a collection of modules made from string, fabric, paper and wooden sticks. These photographs show how I have used paper to make three-dimensional drawing supports that can be folded or rolled for carrying, unfolded on site, and, if needed, attached to the ground so the wind might not blow the sheets away. I understand drawing on the one hand as the simple movements of a drawing tool on a surface, leaving a trace. On the other hand, I also consider drawing to be the process where traces are left on a receiving surface or where materials become reconstituted because things engage with each other - in nature or when humans craft objects. My drawing with the MWK on Bakestonedale Moor is an articulation of the engagement between myself and the outdoor world. I exhibit the artefacts that I use outdoors, together with photographs and videos, in indoor exhibitions so that audiences might be able to engage with them.