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Live print preparation (Photo: Skye Couzens) Lately I’ve been feeling on edge about the degree show, I don’t mean anxious, I mean literally thinking about the edge. Allow me to expand; both screens and prints have edges, edges which exist […]

Through my discussions with the Glen Finglas site Ranger Gwen, we both agreed that the Audio Interpretation work that is created should have a creative and more abstract slant, rather than being composed of factual information, as the trust already […]

  I found Ai Wei Wei a rather over-hyped affair, whilst my Fine Art colleagues seemed to be buzzing after seeing an art celebrity’s work I felt rather flat. To summarise my thinking; seeing Ai Wei Wei at the Royal […]

  Following a tutorial with artist Kimberley Foster back in February I decided to consolidate some of my thinking.   DISCUSSION POINTS: Language of practice Temperature When the work humms Process Scan vs. Print (the difference) Diagrammatic process Mapping (visual) […]

  On a group visit to London, myself and a few others went along to the Frank Auerbach retrospective at Tate Britain. Having spent time looking at Auerbach’s work in books and online, it was a completely different experience to […]

Setting up a website for the Professional Practice module has been another learning curve, taking into account my limited computer skills. However, having grasped the basics I have found it to be a great way of reviewing my practice and […]

Ghada Amer(b1963) Ghada Amer was born in Cairo Egypt and moved to France as a child and them went to live and work in the USA. I have looked a lot at Ghada Amer in the past as I can […]

This photo blog shows me making a 6ft square painting titled Semiotics in Praxis V – spraying (2014). It’s an enlarged representation of the HSE symbol warning people to wear respiratory protection. The running drips are encouraged and the canvases are covered […]

our branwen loves orangutans. she wanted to do something to raise awareness of their living environment being compromised by palm oil farming.  palm oil is even used to replace the peanut oil in peanut butter. on wednseday 30th march she […]

the photo society i’m a member of have a presidents exhibition to which i have submitted some images. getting the images ready has been good for me as i’ve gone back over the images i’ve made and reconnected to the […]

  As part of my research for the dissertation, myself and another student went to the British Museum’s archive room, to view a set of Goya’s ‘Disasters of War’ prints. The set was one of only two that were produced […]

So, to begin.  This was a project I didn’t plan on creating. Like my last project Burning the Books (a live touring work exploring debt in it many forms) it takes a central metaphor – the Wall –  and attempts […]

  works in progress… I’ve taken several images from YouTube videos, all with significance to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. I’m considering the idea of mixing images of the relevant world leaders in with the ordinary people, who’s lives […]

A few months ago, I was struggling with finding artists to look at and I found this book in the library. Its about contemporary artists and having their work displayed and presented in a museum way. I found it easier […]

Here are a few images of me in the creative zone, and helping put up art for the UCS art auction for our degree show. #loleithaart Pity the images will not rota on this. I will try resizing and replacing. […]

Post by Kay It’s been full on in the studio for weeks now. Therefore zero time for blogging! But I have been documenting the making process. It’s got to that critical time: one week to go! Can hardly believe it. […]

I’ve never really had much confidence when it comes to making ‘Art’ and yet somehow I keep on trying.  Most of my drawings never reach a point at which I’m happy for them to go out into the world as […]

For the past two years on the Fine Art course, I have mainly used acrylic paint and photography within my work and I have been wanting to explore other mediums, within my final year and make bigger works. I have […]

This series of photographs shows me making prints as part of a series of images where I have appropriated and adapted Goya’s print Great deeds! Against the dead! I create two prints, one a relief linocut and the second is a zinc […]

Reflecting on this blog… I find grammar a struggle. (I guess you may have noticed). #dyslexia. However, this medium has given me the platform to express my thought processes about my artwork and continue to seek out relevant artists that […]