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Lessons
The period supported by the grant has almost come to the end and this will be my final blog post. I stated in my application that by this point I would, possibly, have completed one finished object. Following a tentative […]
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Tweaks and lessons
This week I worked steadily on new abstract, worry doll/bricolage-type objects to cast, produced another mould of an existing object made drawings to aide these processes. It is a sometimes slow process and lessons are learned by making – for example, a shiny surface produces a see-through […]
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Metal
Last week I met with fellow GSS artist Beth Shapeero for a metalwork lesson. My intention was to build support structures for the casts I have been working on in my studio. I hoped to gain a basic understanding of […]
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Demoulding
This week I removed the first casts from the moulds. They are perfect in terms of shape and their lack of bubbles. Unfortunately the resin has yellowed which could be something to do with the thickness of the cast, the batch […]
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Casting
This is mostly a picture-led update. This week I met with Alys Owen, a fellow artist at GSS and experienced casting technician for a refresher lesson in silicon mould making. Alys was a great tutor – she ‘got’ the project […]
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Studio
In the last blog I described the development of jewellery-like supports for a ‘primary, sculptural object’ that would take the form of a body plan of a human, but be made up of “elements of objects that support the management of the […]
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More time
This is the last week of my residency at Hospitalfield. In the last update I discussed my research into the possibilities of displaying object-based work: “I’ve been researching techniques found in jewellery as starting points for thinking about hanging methods – […]
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Residency
I am currently on residency at Hospitalfield, Arbroath, for four week period. The residency is housed in a beautiful arts and crafts building close to the sea. There are seven artists taking part, including myself. We eat together at set times […]
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Exhibition and progress
Last month I finished an exhibition at Collective, Edinburgh. I then started work on making some new objects. I am trying to not be fixated on them being finished. Having exhibitions is often, strangely, antithetical to progress as there is so […]