Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorPlatz, William
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-14T23:19:12Z
dc.date.available2021-06-14T23:19:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2057-0384
dc.identifier.doi10.1386/drtp_00051_3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405130
dc.description.abstractThis essay is part of a wider research project that has introduced puppets into the drawing studio. Puppets are odd operators, and this is an unorthodox approach to drawing research. In this case, eccentricity is appropriate given that orthodoxies of skilfulness and good drawing are the subject of investigation. Unlike other contemporary practices that utilize puppetry as subject matter, motif and narrative device, this project invites draughtspuppets to make drawings. These draughtspuppets are distinct from automata and other drawing machines, and these distinctions are outlined. The paper focuses on the virtue and value of dexterity. In drawing and in puppet manipulation, dexterity brings scrutiny to the hands as the primary site of action and queries the relationship between ‘good hands’ and ‘good drawing’. The text begins by connecting traditions of dexterity, manipulation, drawing and puppetry before delving into the essence of puppets ‐ their animism and (semi-)autonomy ‐ and the tacit implications of dextrous hands. This article asks the question: can puppet ontologies expose the value of dexterity as a procedural component of (good) drawing? Connecting a range of puppet scholarship, the author’s interactions with the draughtspuppets and over 25 years of teaching experience, this article finally argues for the productive capacity of draughtspuppets to transform orthodox beliefs about the tenets of dexterity and good drawing. In the final passage, the motifs present in the draughtspuppets’ recent drawings are briefly analysed and correlated with this examination.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherIntellect
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom69
dc.relation.ispartofpageto81
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDrawing: Research, Theory, Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume6
dc.subject.fieldofresearchVisual arts
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArt history, theory and criticism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3601
dc.titleDrawing with numb hands: Dexterity and draughtspuppets
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPlatz, W, Drawing with numb hands: Dexterity and draughtspuppets, Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice, 2021, 6 (1), pp. 69-81
dc.date.updated2021-06-14T11:16:40Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPlatz, Bill M.


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

  • Journal articles
    Contains articles published by Griffith authors in scholarly journals.

Show simple item record