INTRODUCTION This post will be a time-based blog in the form of writing/documenting and responding to conversations and discussing ideas about vessels and making between Annette Holtkamp (OCA textiles student and part of a crit group) and me. I share this work with the assessors as it shows peer interaction, discussions around work, and the […]
Project 1: Preoccupations Exercise 1.1 Return and Review “If you define yourself, make it vague” ( Laurie Anderson) Looking at my thinking, approaches and themes and (considering how this links to my Research practice) Listening to the interview with Philip Guston about returning to work, he talks about work which appeared earlier in your making, […]
Selection of most useful work The first work I select is a feather installation. This making process opened up ideas to work in 3d and explore site-specific work. I showed the work at a local art exhibition in April 2023 and placed a painting behind it. I think a lot of work with chance happened […]
Research point 1 Artists’ studios I am asked to read two texts and then consider my own working space and its impact on my bodyof work. This thinking should then be taken through to the next exercise in which I will explore these ideas more fully. Thinking about the previous exercise as I have shared […]
I present three separate blog posts dealing with the three projects and their exercises as presented in this course material, then a seperate post with research questions as well as another for Assignment Two. Project 1: Working Space – The studio as a subject EXERCISE 1.1. Working Space Research the studio of Francis Bacon and […]
Reflective commentary I hope with this writing, I share a broader context of my personal responses during the projects for Part One of this course. The learning came from taking time to reflect on my work up to the start of this course and the ideas I now have to develop into a new body […]
Exercise 4.1. Your initial work plan the idea is that this plan will help me to develop my body of work, and this will include actions like planning so that I can organize my time and research. I think my plan will differ according to weather and seasons. It is now summer and time to […]
When mapping the path ahead, I think of idea boards filled with ideas like found objects, photos and sketches. I prefer to work with a notebook, a sketchbook and a camera. When looking at conventional maps, I think about it as a way to a destination, but it can also be a pointer to the […]
Discussion on research-driven practice Exercise 2.1: A continuing practice Looking at the video with the photographer, Antony Cairns (suggested in study material), who predominantly works in photographic practice, I learned that his work involves older chemical-based techniques. I value his explorations, which showed him ‘endless’ ways to work within old and used photography techniques. One […]
EXERCISE 1.1: Audit your practice My immediate thoughts go to the financial auditing process in a business: I was part of a family business, and auditing was once a year when our appointed auditing company would visit the factory for at least a week and conduct a rigorous financial inspection of accounts and stock in the […]