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After my meeting and group crit with my class on the 29/01/21, I decided to use new content in for the projection as said previously the film wasn’t working due to the change in colour, lighting when I walk – […]

today i’ve added the post to my annual blog.   it asks my future self many questions.   i reflect it shows where i am, the impact of the pandemic and what’s on my mind too.  i reflect i have some visioning […]

I have been away from the blog and the studio for two weeks. I’ve moved house. This has been more exhausting than I had imagined: physically my joints are shot; mentally I have had days when I couldn’t string a […]

Every year as part of my annual appraisal at the council I have to fill in a separate form about my ’other employment’. Along with asking for basic information concerning my name, address, and job at the council the form […]

I’ve created maquettes for  metal/ceramic sculptures on Adobe Illustrator because I’ve spent the first semester making metal sculptures. I didn’t want the work I’m producing now (drawings and sketches) to feel too cut off from the work in the first […]

We as a group decided to trial a continual walk film which turned out to be very difficult, the slight wrong move and a shot was ruined. This is a whole new aspect to learn/work with how to document my […]

Walking People seem fed up at the moment. Unlike the previous lockdowns, this one doesn’t really have an end in sight. The days feel long but they’re flying by, restless nights lag with unused energy reserves from days spent inside. […]

A window of opportunity in the weather this week meant I could take a couple of hours to wander and think. I was struck by my conversations with Anna the significance of investigating deep time in order to predict the […]

Spent a wonderful morning on the 22nd with Anna Keightley discussing her work and passion for the mosslands of greater Manchester. I am extremely grateful for her continued patience with my constant questions and limited understanding. Key things that we […]

I’ve practiced sketching with a stylus pen pen on iPad, and I’m happy with the results. I had to change certain aspects of drawing digitally. The marks made on the iPad was the same darkness regardless of the pressure the […]

After a decade of making screenprints of Oor Wullie and The Broons, my licence from publisher DC Thomson ends in June.So … everything must go! This is the last chance to buy screenprints and cards which have graced the grand […]

The theme for this session was ‘Relationship between art and society’ and it was our last bursary supported session. It was led by Catherine Harrington and myself. We started by looking at images of artworks that have a focus on […]

Karen Le Roy Harris reflects on our last bursary supported study session. Mirei and Catherine who were running this week’s session set us a task to find a piece of work that inspired us in relation to our role as […]

I began to experiment for the group film which was much harder than originally anticipated. Jane mentioned I should explore a multiple range of areas in the kitchen to position the clay breasts/projector to find the better angles/positions for the camera/viewers. […]