Tutorial – GW – 1st March
Object Reader – book Haim Steinbach Trash Humpers Kasper Hauser I questionned if it’s a problem for my work to be too literal – is it? Perhaps the faces of the politicians on grater is too much – should try to reduce them – or perhaps not! play with the object – mouse trap, on […]
Ideas – 23rd February
Video – write on edible paper and eat/swallow the words peas, greens, shit, pride, anger, hurt etc – eat your fucking greens Fingers through fabric – mattress make a figure with TV as head – dress it so that tv is behind construction, painting and projection
Ideas – 19th February 2016
eyes in the mattress or fingers looking in and out in loving memory of ……………………………… (take from TED film) 2 sets of legs = can’t see the bigger torso – just adjusting in the seat with doll sat next to them project maps of homes of photographs onto objects Therapist – the rapist Don Glove […]
14th February reflect and research
have been researching types of movie/images that appeal to me and have added a few really enjoyed the Quay Brothers animations for their content and the way in which they animate and mix stop frame black and white with colour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtT3e3exJA0
14th February 2016 – reflect
Have made a positive start on printing onto my steel plates – used the screen printing process but with stopout – dipped plates for 15 minutes and took some prints – really happy with contrast now ready to weld into grater – and no worry of being flammable as all ink removed – can re […]
Reflect and do – 25th January 2016
order metal rods to make large cheese grater started to make maquette for bird wings for second grater – have researched kinetic wings and found a perfect design which I am trying to recreate and adapt (www.mymodernnet.com) looked at using balsa wood, cables/buttons, string/cables – looked at elastic band wind up mechanism. decided to make […]
Shoes
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 […]
Plaster shoes & socks
I found a shoe in the road on my way to college – it was a small child’s gym shoe. It looked like a scene of a crime, a car accident perhaps. I guess the only crime was that this child had dropped the shoe whilst crossing the road. It was still there when I […]