16 (–1) VARIATIONS ON LITTLE STONES by Elvire Bastendorff (30 x 40 cm)
Everyday, during 15 consecutive days, make a very simple and light drawing
Ingredients:
. 16 (-1) little stones
. 1 cup of cold green tea
. 1 pencil (thin)
. 1 brush (thin)
. 15 sheets of water-colour paper
. 15 quiet (and if possible, sunny) days
Recipe:
. find 16 little stones wherever you want
. make some green tea (infuse 9 minutes)
. pick 15 little stones among 16 (or decide the one to ignore)
. throw the 15 choosen little stones on a sheet of water-colour paper
. trace the border of each little stone with a thin pencil
. fill a cup of green tea
. remove each little stone from the paper
. fill in delicately all the empty forms in cold green tea using a thin brush
. leave the drawing to dry
. repeat this process until the 15th day
* This recipe and its realization are happy winks to John Cage's Where R = Ryoanji.
