Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Gone Dotty

Hi Everyone I'm Liz, aka the grid girl or late Liz, but this year I'm early so maybe I should call myself dottie Davidson. While last years final alphabet is not finished, still in it's various variation stage, this one is. Of course I haven't quite kept to the rules but I'm getting closer. With Damien Hirst in the news with his dot paintings, my mind went a bit wild and I thought of confetti, settled on waste dots from a punch press and started to play. All the dots live in the box and can be used to shape any letter or words you want. In the spring I hope to take them outside and have a trail of dotted letters through the woods, but for now here they are.



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7 comments:

  1. Jo MurrayJanuary 24, 2012 at 2:27 AM

    Wow!... How do you keep those letters so neat? Love the concept.

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  2. TerrieJanuary 24, 2012 at 8:11 AM

    So very clever!That's hella lot of dots!! So you're going to have dotty woods in the spring? :)

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  3. rObfOsJanuary 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM

    I love the transient nature of your alphabet Liz, good for you for thinking outside the square (or dot in this case!).

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  4. Little bit of blueJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:05 AM

    Dots in a Box! How did you know to stock pile so many and so neatly. It is such a clever use for them.

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  5. marie heleneJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:13 AM

    so inventive ! I can't find words !

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  6. LaurenceBJanuary 26, 2012 at 4:05 AM

    Wow! it's great!

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  7. Liz Davidson / Artist NotebookJanuary 26, 2012 at 11:59 PM

    Thanks so much for the lovely comments Jo, Terri, rObfOs, Little bit of blue, marie helene and Lau. I still have not finished my final alphabet from last years ALAW and so decided that I was not going to get so far behind. I needed an easy solution, and I love the ephemeral and transient nature of this, plus when i do it outside the paper dots will eventually become earth. As you can tell I am not a calligrapher, but love the shapes of words and letters, and watch with joy and admiration what everyone does.

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