The very talented Isobel Williams has been documenting our work again:
I’m in Jay Graham’s photographic studio, a converted church in Camden.
Nina Russ and Bruce Esinem are tying the ropes.
“La Gorgone is the strong, supple model. She can curve her spine like a U-bend. She is so slender that she appears to have nowhere to store her internal organs. Naked, she is invulnerable, and turns up the blaze in front of the camera. Her skin is an even gold.
Down on the floor, my core tools today include bamboo brush-pens, bedraggled quills and a white gel pen. A grown-up Rotring drawing pen is auditioning to join the team. Other pens hang around on the subs’ bench but I don’t get so involved in their personal lives.
I protect the floorboards from spills and blots with the Financial Times which I like for its soft colour and absorbency. An upturned plastic cup is a palate for white gouache. I draw on cream cartridge, Canson Mi-Teintes and a Galaxy wrapper.”
All the drawings can be seen here: Boulevardisme: Drawing La Gorgone at a photoshoot of Japanese rope bondage.