The thing with vessels: an object as a container

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,...

ADVANCED PRACTICE PART THREE: PROJECT ONE

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...

ASSIGNMENT TWO (Advanced Practice)

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...

RESEARCH POINTS FOR PART TWO of ADVANCED PRACTICE

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...

PART TWO OF ADVANCED PRACTICE: THE POROUS STUDIO

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...