Our Feathered Friends

I made this video in response to reading  a short story which has some reference to Hitchcock’s The Birds.  The story is called Our Feathered Friends – a story of two lovers who, off out for a sunny drive, rest in a wood.  The sound of the birds around them become quite suffocating and the […]

Fear

Watched this really interesting piece about fear.  It had a haunting commentary throughout discussing fear, what makes us feel fear, why we seek it out, how we do it etc , through the use of various clips of horror films from across time and culture. Fascinating realisation that we create the supernatural as a way […]

Reflection 12/11/2015

Having had to clear my space is both positive and negative made me think about what I don’t need anymore or want gives clarity and space to work I worry that I will forget or lose certain ideas as visually not there I have by chance, been reading a book I got by mistake from […]

One work selected for studio crit

I chose this piece as primarily I wanted to conclude it but also I wanted to see it as a single piece.  I would also like to use the opportunity to hear views from my peers and to discuss whether the use of text would be a good idea – as I’m worried that the […]

Artists Room – Gerard Richter

Vist to Plymouth Museum  – exhibits from other rooms The exhibit was quite sparse and the wall of portraits of men didn’t really interest me.  The portraits intrigued me – they were so flat and photographic yet have an eerie quality to them.  The huge grey paintings were quite beautiful – in a sea of […]

Making a Mark – Strategies in Work

I really enjoyed today – it took quite some concentration to immerse fully into the exercises set and I did need to seperate myself from the group to concentrate.  It was a way I hadn’t worked before and I thought that I would struggle with trying to make marks with feeling and by different senses.  […]

Quick news slow sew

Newspaper clipping, stitching, canvas and muslin This piece took me a very long time.  It was quite a frustrating process and I think that that was the point.  The press was filled with this image yet it dissapeared from people quite quickly.  I wanted to keep looking at the image so that I didn’t forget, […]