Digital Sketchbook-Micol Muratori

Flaying Body (Quarantine) , mixed media ( collage, pen, black paint, frottage, watercolour) , 2020 Process: 1.  Preparing surfaces:  I prepared surfaces for paintings by covering mesh wire with paper-machè, which will become ‘sculpture-drawings’. 2. Frottage : To develop my piece, I created 'frottages' of the surfaces of my house, which is representative of our being more in contact with our surroundings in the present situation of quarantine.   Our relationship with the place we live in takes on new meaning: I intend to express the idea that these surrounding surfaces become embedded in our skin, expressing how we experience everyday surfaces. S urfaces included pavement, kithen table, tables, walls, curtains, holes   3. Drawing over : Drawing a figure on the surface with the frottage technique The idea of using Frottage was inspired by Andrea Mastrovito 's new project, who also used this technique recently to express the strong bond with our homes, responding to the q

I experimented with the paper fold out book by making tiny harmonica books depicting 'carved' bodies- internal and external. In this way I was able to make many pieces quickly to experiment with materiality, gestures and the body