Work · 08

Labyrinth

A single tan line that runs the whole way round a child's room, turning back on itself like a track.

Everything is masked and filled, so every edge is hard. The line follows the door, the sockets and the skirting rather than ignoring them, and it passes behind the shelving instead of stopping at it.

One colour, no shading. The whole effect comes from where the line turns and where it stops.

Medium: Flat acrylic, one colour
Surface: Plaster, painted
Scope: Child's room, three walls
Finish: Matt, washable

The finished wall

The finished labyrinth lines in a child's room with house-shaped shelves — The line runs behind the shelves and out the other side.

The lines turning around the bedroom door — Around the door, and back.

Close view of the lines passing behind the shelving — Behind the shelving, not stopped by it.

How it was made

Blue masking tape laid out across the wall before painting — Everything masked first.

The tan lines part filled across the wall — Filling, section by section.

The lines complete on the pink wall before the room was furnished — Complete, before the room was furnished.

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