I’m a Fine Art student at the University of Suffolk and I’m now in my third year. This blog is going to explore and document each of my projects that I’m developing for my studio practice, to help me critique and understand my focus studies.
On Tuesday I met Klas for lunch to discuss a possible studio that he has found. We met at the vegetarian, organic, local produce cafe here in town – I was surprised and pleased to meet some people from the […]
Over the summer I went travelling to India for 7 weeks. I have been there before (I lived there for a year) and I find it a really inspiring country to be in. Its full of colour and culture. It […]
After being at the launch / vernissage on Thursday I am both inspired and envious! Why? Because he gets on and does what he does, he makes it happen – if there is one thing that I never quite seem […]
A chance encounter with the man himself…
During May I’m taking part in Brighton Festival’s artist development residency which enables a group of mid-career artists to intensively engage with the Festival, attending nearly 40 festival events. I’ll try to record some thoughts about this extraordinary experience here.
I find it really interesting that many successful creative people have the same personality trait in common: they are open to new experiences. Having an open mind, a willingness to try new things or at least entertain the prospect of […]
Botanical inspiration for synthetic sculptures
If you see the date in the Diary (The Red Book) you will understand the inspiration that got me thinking about this idea. This work was created out of me thinking about how much I hated reading at school. I […]
I often use Pinterest as a source for inspiration, whether it’s images of natural forms to inspire new hybrids for my work, or artists work that I like or ideas I think are worth examining. I came across Regine Ramseier’s […]
Inspiration from a trip to London last week. Rachel Lowe – the impossibility of drawing the landscape as it speeds by (1) Link to a shot of the film footage. Yuri Pattison – dislocation that results from a moving image travelling […]
Inspiration from last week’s London trip. Barbara Hepworth, from Tate Britain show on until 25th October – the architectural lines within this drawing. (1) Barbara Hepworth, from Tate Britain show – how the physical lines within sculptures like these alter […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here It was definitely the right thing to do to give up the permanent, albeit part time proper job. But this week I have been reminded why I loved it for ten years. I’ve been […]
The most precious find that inspired a range of new and challenging work
One thing I used to do on a fairly regular basis on this blog was tell you what I was listening to. I notice I have been so busy showing off what I’ve been recording and writing that I haven’t […]
This blog is in connection with the workshop I will be running by the same title Oct.5,2014
