Metal workshop – collaboratively worked to begin structure for my grater – scaling, welding and finishing. Stretchers and Supports – made canvas stretcher and board prepared for painting Casting workshop – created a form in clay (arm) and made a waste mold with plaster Screenprinting
Trip to the second hand shop to pick up some shoes ready to cast. I felt a bit odd about picking up the shoes that will have no practical purpose. I think it will be good for me to step away from direct personal memory – perhaps a way to work that may be easier […]
Again using text of a story began to create the story of Daphne and the Gribben – a story of an amazing lady and the story that I remember from my childhood. It took a different shape to what I intended but I felt that the idea I had didn’t translate well. Would like to […]
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 […]
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 […]
now I had a clear space I was able to work on the C & A piece in my area – was great to play with the placement and structure of the piece and to document it – I recorded the audio of me writing out the story but there was too much background noise […]
Etching with hard ground and soft ground with some sketches generated from workshop
Casting Finally managed to cast in wax today using alginite – I decided to use wax rather than plaster as I think it will work better with the hair and the properties feel more realistic and less lardy/clinical. I practiced sewing into the wax but wanted a surface mark to show under the skin too […]