We have an exciting new exhibition opening at Inkwell on Friday 8th March.
“Out of the sketchbook” features intriguing and fantastical works by two Inkwell volunteers, Lorna Johnstone and Kate White. Themes of self reflection and escapism tangle along the detailed pathways and processes of the creative mind.
Lorna Johnstone explains a little about her work and her approach:
I keep a visual journal. I use drawing and collected words to document and make sense of my world.
For “Out of the Sketchbook” I wanted to share my creative process, linking my ongoing projects, challenges and observations together in sort of a big spider diagram. Some drawings evolve naturally, from a meditative state of mind; other times I set myself tasks such as ‘daily news drawings’, ‘a drawing a day’, or leaving messages on paper coffee cups for others to find.
What I’m interested in now is removing my drawings from the isolation of the sketchbook page and laying it out with work from different days, different sketchbooks. I’m curious to see how themes begin to link together and what patterns will emerge.
