Occupy – Collage
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Play – shrink-wrap & chair
Play and shrinkwrap and chair are the medium again – no plan or outcome in mind just, create with what is in hand a different space, feeling or environment
Play as medium
faced with a piece of charcoal and some old pipes I decided to change a corner of my studio space – no outcomes envisaged, no plan or idea – just the materials and space
Abstract Expressionism Exhibition – Royal Academy Sep 2016
Apart from some pieces that were really quite magical to see in the flesh I loved the effect of these David Smith Sculptures where they threw shadows on the floor and spaces around. These were more interesting to me than the sculptures themselves . Unfortunately I was told to put my camera away but managed […]
Starting points and points to develop – Tutorial with Lucy Willow
discussed starting points and areas to develop Alice in Wonderland – Jan Svankmajer – Quay brothers – my interest in Metamorphosis Dolls – how dolls are used Play – Elly Thomas, Tony Oursler humour Limbs Uncomfortable
Dolls and Collage
By dipping my treasured Sindy and various other dolls from my childhood in wax – process of slowly building up layers of wax to morph the features into something odd and un doll like. Adding the cut up features of the face from fashion magazine – mixing up the “beautiful” and “beautiful” to create something […]
Painting
using face swaps photographs I developed into oil paintings general exploration with paint and collage to begin to create spaces, environments, anxiety and shape
End of First Year Show
I enjoyed exhibiting the piece in this way and found it amusing that people played with it. I volunteered to be part of the curatorial team to manage the First Year Exhibition. It was a really strong team and I thoroughly enjoyed being part of how the show would look and organising artists to take […]