A Print From Memory
For this submission, I posted physical work to my tutor and we had a Skype discussion. Her feedback was positive, on the whole, and she felt that my work was well presented. She encapsulated the discussion in her feedback report. She commented that the project on memory using blind embossing was very effective at evoking … More Part 5 – Reflection on Tutor Feedback
Demonstration of Technical and Visual Skills Having completed the majority of this part of the course using my non-dominant hand, I have not been able to demonstrate the range of technical skills I aspire to. Conversely, I am pleased to have been able to call upon a subset of technical skills which have allowed me … More Part 5 Reflection
The assignment in this course part offers us two alternatives and I have selected to continue exploring the theme of shamanistic dance and entoptic phenomena in a large scale, collaged monotype using planographic techniques. The course notes suggest A2 but I am thinking big, probably A1. I plan to continue to get texture into my … More Assignment 5 A Print From Memory
My objective is to create a series of prints inspired by the memory of the Abbots Bromley horn dance and drawing on ideas of ecstatic dance, shamanism, entoptic symbols and Neolithic art. My approach will have to be technically simple, since surgery to my hand means that I am limited to planographic printing at present. … More 5.2 Unusual Textures
As part of my research for my parallel project, I have been reading about the neolithic landscape and people and what we can gather of their ideas. Considering the art which they have left us in Western Europe, mostly stone carvings, has reminded me of visiting the painted caves at Lascaux, France and at Altamira, … More 5.2 Unusual Textures – Research
I am sentimental about things and hang on to far too much family stuff because of its associations. Since I like old things, I have become a dumping ground for all the detritus from Grannies’ lofts. Consequently, my house is full of memories of people long gone and their houses. I have a couple of … More 5.1 Inspired By Memory
I have been sifting through memories, often in the wakefulness of the small hours, reviewing themes I might want to explore in this part of the course, ‘A Print Made from Memory’. This has lead to thinking about the significance of memories, how memories are evoked and how memories are formed and retained. Memories often … More Persistent Places
It is now three weeks since I had a joint replacement in my dominant hand, and I am climbing the walls because I can’t make work. I have been doing research and writing but I am desperate to work. This week I went to life drawing, working solely with my non-dominant hand, and it went … More Testing The Water
‘Memory is the essence of my work. If we do not know our past, there is no way we can live the present properly.‘ Doris Salcedo (Youtube, 2011) Memory is central to our identity and to our art. Without memory we have no sense of self, no personal context or experience on which to draw. … More Memory – Research
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