Dream World of Dolls – Snoeck Ducaju & Zoon

“dolls and their accessories make us look back at out childhood years when toys played an important part in our lives.” “reference to ones childhoo years is an essential part of the life cycle and a theme that is frequently seen in folklore” also talks about sociological differences – simple self made dolls and luxurious, […]

Reflection – 22nd January 2016

saw bronze pouring in workshop for 2nd year medals researched ways to make/animate bird/ wings glue gun to start to make models feeling uncomfortable about what I’m doing feel embarrassed and self conscious so am trying to talk to others about ideas to gauge opinion – but does this really matter anyway?

Reflection after week 3 – 07/10/2015

Thinking about my work I feel there are many facets/places that I would like to explore. I enjoy humour I love laughing, I love being made to smile or laugh by a piece of art or poetry.  I enjoy exploring the little ditties I hear, the stories people tell and I would like to find a way […]

The Birds – thoughts & research

The Day of the Claw: a synoptic account of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (senses of cinema – issue 57 – Ken Mogg) Camille Paglia  – a wonderful thing about Hitchcock is his double vision.  he sees the tragic dimension and the horrors of life, as in Psycho, but he also sees the comedy –  The […]

The Birds 08/10/2015

It would have been my mum’s birthday today and I’m so poorly, can’t get up, my chest is being squeezed – and feel like I’ve been kicked in the chest – so I have given up and am laid out on the sofa. I watched Hitchcock’s The Birds, which I have seen many times – […]

Strategies in work – painting – theory

Painting can be made of lines/marks, areas and edges, layers/transparent layers, borrowed language. We discussed painting and looked at many paintings – the ones that interested me I made a couple of small paintings with all the paint that was left – I used masking tape, acrylic, chalk, charcoal an pen – I incorporated my […]

Teddy

He stands no higher than the top of my thigh. Standing there he looks a bit scruffy and gangly like a teenager. His long legs look disproportionate to his head. His chest expands and his waist is tiny as if it has been squeezed with a corset. His fur is tan in colour, perhaps beige, […]

4
Oct
C & A

Jackdaws

Following on from the text pieces I thought about other images to use alongside – the jackdaw is the perfect image as I see them every day – they are there every morning, they have fought off and replaced the seagull and have held their place firmly for the past year or so. Whilst doing […]

2
Oct
Chair in writing