This blog is shared on Gdrive for Assessment, Feb 2024. To the assessors: This work was taken from my website and can be directly accessed using the following link: https://karenstanderart.co.za/the-making-of-a-sociable-weavers-nest/. This blog mostly deals with my research into Ruth Falkenstein’s work and how I translated that into my making. I share learning techniques, work with […]
Exercise 2.1 Going back to the letter I wrote in Part One. My letter was never completed and left as work to go back to as I progressed through the course, I added more notes. The route and how it deviated from the planned path I cannot but refer to the death of my son […]
Preparing towards assessment The selection of work to be shared needs to consider who I will show or share the work with. I have to also look at the academic writing and refer back to the Harvard Referencing Guide and check the assessment requirements in the learning outcomes and subject specific guidance. Workplan I started […]
2nd Draft of a critical review on “how theories around interconnectedness can open new ideas for making in contemporary art practice.” Name of Essay: Concerning art and human and non-human entanglements The essay was shared in Word with track/changes so my tutor could comment. 3rd Draft of critical review on the question, “How theories around […]
I am unhappy with the The conclusive part is not completed and more work is needed. I need clarity if I should add a literature study. I will also add my Glossary of Terms(currently a separate blog entry on this site ) definitions for words used in the writing. I must decide if I use […]
I did some online research into her works on the Smithsonian Archives site. Here, they stated that they had extensive correspondence with fellow artists, collectors, critics, etc., as well as biographical materials like her personal records, writings, diaries, exhibition files, photographs, original works, scrapbooks and printed materials, which measure 42.8 linear feet and date from […]
She developed her own techniques that included filling balloons with plaster and modelling objects by submerging them in water or blowing air into them. She began experimenting with casting with balloons, a process she called “gravistimulation”. She poured liquid plaster inside a small balloon and shaped it, meaning she was able to model abstract forms […]
Monday 11 September 2023 My tutor set out generous time for the discussion, which mainly revolved around my making to reflect on this process regarding how the body of work will be seen as an outcome. The work that stood out is the nest I held up against the sun – time and other things […]
This photographer shares images of mostly seeds and plants and I was captured by a note on an image when she writes about this work as a project that took 5 years: “Can plants think? Eat, make war, or die? And, if so, what do they feel when they prepare for death? The project Flora Supersum […]
During formal feedback, I valued that my tutor reminded me of Learning Outcomes regarding aims and outcomes. I want to consider Spring 2024 as an assessment event for my work on Fine Art 3 Advanced Practice and Research. Learning outcomes for Advanced Practice Three assessment criteria are shown in the ASSESSMENT GRID, which I will […]