What luck, having never witnessed an installation in construction mode before, it made me realise that as an observer, how calm and organised everyone is. Measurements and calculations, wheels with cross sections mirroring the wheel above. Artists assistants diligently working […]
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 […]
