The idea for a piece of work based on the shipping forecast has been brewing in my mind for a few years! Sometimes the actual format and design takes a while to work out and I was keen to make sure that I didn't go down a route that was too obvious, with waves and shades of blue.
I wrote a short descriptive piece about my memories of listening to the shipping forecast as a child. Then I spent quite a long time figuring out the book design!
I decided to work on a large drawing using a linear process that when repeated, offers an image of gradient lines. I kept this to my usual black ink on white paper. I washed the reverse of the paper with a blue/grey ink and then, using another favoured process, I repeatedly wrote out the shipping forecast, creating undulating pencil lines of text over the wash.
Finally, I cut up the drawing to make 12 books and glued strips of the text onto the concertina folded books.
Finished drawing of cover
A1 270g paper
Journeys End 2019
5 x 7.8cm
Inside Journeys End 2019
5 x 7.8cm, inkjet on newsprint
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