Hello everyone, I was wondering if you could help me.


As part of my art exam this year I have to work around a certain word, I have chosen 'erode'. As part of my research and development on this word I have to research artists that work in a similar way to me and inspire me.

I already have a few in mind but I was wondering if any of you had any ideas. Interpret the word in any way you like, whether it be the way the artist uses texture, tone, chipped paint, burns material, anything. Erode can mean a lot of things, from rock to river beds to time to rust.


Here is a definition to get your juices flowing:

to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.

to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.

corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.

To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion: Waves eroded the shore.

To eat into; corrode.

To make or form by wearing away: The river eroded a deep valley.

To cause to diminish or deteriorate as if by eating into or wearing away: "Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolution"

remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terrace"


There are just a few interpretations of the word, and although I'm focusing more on the geological side of things, working with textures and mixed media and book binding, please feel free to point me in any inspiring direction.


thank you very much for your help!



Annie