Scribble Mass
October 2004, Tate Britain
This workshop was a celebration of scribbling. We are told that
scribbling is a very naughty thing to do sometimes (especially
if you scribble over the walls at home, for example!) But some
very important artists have used scribbling to make their art.
Both Cy Twombly and John Cage loved to scribble.
For our Scribble Mass workshop, we covered the floor and walls of a big room
with paper. We made sure to cover the entire room so that there
would be no damage. Then we let visitors loose with an assortment
of strange drawing devices! We put pens on the feet of stools,
on the sides of goggles, and on the ends of sticks. Try out your
own scribble tools at home by inventing your own drawing contraptions.
Top tips!
- Make sure you get permission to scribble before you start!
- Use big sheets of paper and stick them together with tape. You could try using newsprint if you don't have lots of white paper.
- Fasten the paper to the floor or the wall, or both.
- Using sellotape, try sticking pens to a range of household items such as a plastic bottle, the end of a broom, a coat hanger.
- Try binding lots of pencils or pens together to make a giant pen cluster.
- Lay on a giant piece of paper and get someone else to draw your outline. Make yourself as big as possible by spreading out your arms.
- Try moving around as you draw. Have a race across the floor with pens.
- Scribble all over the paper using up every scrap of space.
- Try scribbling as fast as you can in as many colours as possible.
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