My blog commences during the last throes of my Fine Art Degree journey. My intention is to share snippets of my artistic journey along with exhibitions I have attended. My practice is process based, I enjoy the journey of experimentation […]
Unlike the title of the book by Julian Barnes, there is no sense of an ending. I am still inspired by the research I did as part of my Masters of Research in Art: Theory and Philosophy where my final […]
Dear Reader, My name is Alice Rose Crane otherwise known as ‘The Seated Artist’. I am a third year fine art student. My practice is about societal standards of beauty, disability and how the world views the less than perfect. […]
I document my life from a seated position, turning my experiences into art.
A blog about new my artwork, research and learning at level 6 of my Fine Art degree.
of course, i meant to write about intention and ideas before we started the delivery phase of this project. i didn’t. because the anxiety about whether anyone would attend was crippling. but we are up and running. session 1 […]
a plan devised by sarah filmer and katie daley-yates to make things with men experiencing isolation in a suburban southampton community, drawing on the resources found in the surrounding green spaces.
From unraveling the invisible to tracking the traces of the unseen.
I started my week with some quick sketches done with oil pastels on black card to test which ideas I wanted to develop further
The following two images show the evolution of an idea from an oil pastel sketch on black card to an acrylic and gouache painting on canvas.
I have these muslin squares, saved for 37 years. They were bought from Mothercare in Birmingham (alongside all the other trappings of a new baby) when the birth of my first son was imminent. So much fabric, clothing, other household […]
I think I might have entered a more settled phase of making. I am keen to wrap as many twigs as I can with the suitable fabric I have to hand… I really don’t want to buy, although I think […]
Start of the Idea It is the start of my final year at uni now and initially I was not looking forward to it. In the previous year I had gotten so worked up over what I am going to […]