Name: Fairy Wind
Format: Illustation
Size: 29.7 x 42cm
Medium: White paint marker on black card
Description: A piece of subject matter in nature that is deconstructed into various forms of data ilustrations surrounding that subject matter and then reconstructed in a collage of multiple images on one sheet. The illustrations are created on the computer and then drawn with a homemade xy plotter. The plotter consists of a Raspberry Pi 3, single stepping motors and a belt. The Pen is a white marker pen and draws on black card.
A sudden gust or blast of wind, or whirlwind, was thought in Ireland to have been caused by fairies. Several Irish phrases describe it: sídh/sí gaoithe, sídh/sí chóra, gaoth sídhe/sí, séideán sídhe/sí. The wind was sometimes thought to be caused by the passing of a fairy host; alternately, the wind may contain the host. Pious farm people would cross themselves when they saw the wind coming, as they were daunted to see a column of hay rise at one end of the meadow while the wind at the other end was perfectly still.
- Illustration
- Installation
- Painting
- Printing