Discovery and Invention
The First Watered Ink Works
4 Small and 4 Large from May 1980
On May 4th 1980, as the reactions continued to the green paint, the most momentous discovery of all happened. Bloore washed out one end of an ink line with water. Close inspection reveals that in fact the washed out end of the line was lain in extra fine masking tape and reads white there.
1980 May 4 (802480504) 18x24" 46x61cm, gouache and ink on paper
Discovery and Integration
The Blue Watered Ink Works
Small Works from September 1980 and late 1982
In the last piece of the preceding series we see a hint of the next, as usual. After the water separates the ink into its constituent colours, the non-sumi inks that is, the blue ink gets absorbed into paper before the golds...
Perhaps some of the golds could be pulled away with paper towel...
1982 August 15, ink on paper, 18x24" 46x61cm (822190815)
