My presentation went really well yesterday, I think my work has finally started to take shape. I discussed various ideas with my tutors in terms of where my degree show work is going to be installed on campus and I […]
Cardall Collection Residency continued today… I’ve also been working towards things for it as well as just conducting research! I’ve made animated GIFs, and have started work on an evolved version of the publication I sent out. I’ve began working […]
I’ve noticed on these blogs it’s not just me that lurches from the aesthetic, to the theoretical, philosophical, then over to the practical, material problem, then back to the aesthetic and round we go again. It’s like spinning plates. Over […]
I’ve now finished my degree show piece…scary! It’s all wrapped up and stored away now, ready to attach the hanging batons just before installing it for the exhibition. Because it’s so large I haven’t been able to find anywhere big […]
This post shows a selected few images of collages I have produced throughout the year. These act as ideas for future work, as well as document previous work by using found materials lying around my studio.
vintage wallpaper I’ve been thinking about wallpaper. I wondered if it would be interesting to use a strip my height and draw an image right about where my eyes would be. Grounding the drawing to a home scene I started […]
Our degree show at Brighton opens to the public on 9th June. We however, must have all our work installed and ready by 25th May, so that it can be marked by external examiners. Writing this out makes it seem […]
It’s that time… the final major project. I have always found an interest in the unseen and unnoticed within the Welsh landscape. In the past, my work was nature based. However, i have discovered a new interest in the abandonment […]
BA (hons) Design Studies: specialising in Fine Art Painting, Drawing and Printmaking
Taking over a housing estate – mural invasion After one year of operating Studio 75 we have begun something new. In late January, we received permission from the London and Quadrant Housing Association to take over the whole Kingsland Estate, […]
#Digital partners A-n’s recent focus on ‘digital partners’ is timely for People of the Eye. As a collective of (British) sign language poets and visual artists, we are based in various locations across the UK and may never meet. We […]
On Sunday I returned from a field study project in Ballyvaughn, Ireland. I will have more to say about this amazing experience shortly. What struck me on Monday when I uploaded 385 images from the trip was how my favourites […]
Degree Show. 9th of June, that’s the date of the opening of the Cardiff School of Art Degree Show, this makes it feel very real and not too far away. Exciting. The wood for the stretchers ill be using in […]
I have not had much time to blog lately; I have had to really pick up the pace with my work as the degree show looms ever closer. I have mostly been working on my painting and developing ideas for […]
Since last October I’ve been putting together a funding application for Lincoln Artists’ Network for a collaborative project with Apparatjik for the next Digital Arts Festival in Lincoln in 2013. I’m applying for a local arts grant, St.Hugh’s Foundation Arts […]
The lighting for the “secession” vitrine is approaching completion. One half will have simulated direct sunlight using a set of daylight LED GU10 lamps. The intense light on the inner edge of the arches and the associated deep shadows on […]
My crit on Monday went pretty much as predicted. The major issue with the work that I presented was due to it being unfinished work presented as finished. This meant that there was a level of confusion over what was […]
One of the important aspects of Modernism, for me, has been the idea of the Western Tradition. As an undergraduate I took courses that covered the arts and literature, studying everything from Homer and the arts of ancient Greece to […]
Leg 9: Days Inn, Clacket Lane Services, Nr. Sevenoaks to the Holiday Inn Express, Dartford. I’m adding to this 24hrs later, after having had a day of much needed rest. I arrived at the hotel yesterday pretty exhausted but relieved […]
never resting dry stones abut edge to edge shifting feet skim the surface audible scuffs, precise steps overlap and envelop me F sound1
Space. Managing the working space in the studio has really impacted on the work. Not on the content but the practicalities of making. As I wrote at the begining of the first semester we have less space. I don’t really […]
My response to one of Richard Taylor’s insightful comments on my last post was too long for me to post as a comment! Here it is: The shop front / window display aspect of my work and life is really […]
One draft of a film- check. several saved copies- check fully rendered film- almost check next I’m going to perch the laptop on top of the piano, or nearby at least, so I can watch the film and play the […]
