The ties that bind - more design work using clogs

Not wishing to use the actual laces from my clog in case it got damaged I instead 'liberated' a pair of laces from my husband's old walking boots and made some prints using a gelliplate with acrylic paint and inks. This worked surprisingly well giving a good impression, even picking up the woven texture from the laces. 

Cut out and applied to a tea stained ground

These 'ties that bind'could suggest a family link - maybe mother and child?

But it also made me think of my parents and their love of dancing. They were tied together through marriage, family, but also in a shared passion for Scottish country dancing. 

The Bluebell Polka by Jimmy Shand was their tune. 

My mother can still connect to music. I fear her dancing days are over.

The words to the songs are disappearing too.

    

'Ties that fade' 

The very last gelliprint - only the last residue of the image can be seen

Could this be a series of work?