Thoughts on Collaboration
During Open Studio today we were talking about the collaboration and things we had realised since we began in February. Documenting musical composition is different to visual arts and perhaps […]
Category Archives: Drawing
Collaboration Five: Chase and Retrace
Yet again I have been seduced by the large scale canvas and although the manifesto for collaborative working dictated maximum dimensions for works, I decided to go ahead with a […]
Collaboration Four: Animal
This piece is about shifting, metamorphosis, becoming and undoing form. I wanted to create a creature from shadows, shifting and blurring to indicate a fluid state. This was quick; sketching […]
Collaboration Three: Making Aeroplanes
It occurred to me that the way that we have planned to do the collaboration, bouncing backwards and forwards between the two making practices, isn’t really helping approaching it. I […]
Collaboration Two: Printmaking (Lino)
As part of my personal practice plan, I have planned to do some printmaking to create works on a smaller scale. The photos that I took with quite high contrast […]
Manifesto for Collaborative Working
We are exploring a creative challenge working collaboratively, initially for the next 8 weeks to develop dialogue between music and art. The proposal is to make work which directly responds […]
Studio: 18th & 19th October
I spent the weekend working in the triptych – Trace Dance 1.7 – and working on the new painting – Trace Dance 1.8. I am really pleased with the […]
Developing a body of work
I was thinking about my trace dance series. When I spoke to Angela she said she felt all my new pieces have their own identity. Considering this, it feels like […]
Studio 20/21st September
I spent this weekend going backwards and forwards from my studio. Although I am working with acrylic, which involves less drying time, I still need to leave stains and ground […]
Making Day – 6th September
I am now having to think more strategically about how my works sit together. Physically moving works in closer proximity to each other whilst making is informing the way that […]
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