Big thanks to Núria for taking these notes down in the group crit! PRESENTATION: – focus on memory but this time more personal – identity built into a collective well of memory, knowledge that is being passed on – collective memory from Diaspora context, growing an identity away from the context – female focus.. portraiture […]
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Conversation with Hira (a Royal Drawing School alumini): very static terrifying because my block really comes though in the carefulness and preciousness of my process need to loosen up set myself a time of 1 or 3 hours and try to produce as many drawings in that time as possible – don’t think about […]
As recommended by Chris Cook I decided to look into Susan Derges’ work for more inspiration with regards to my work. The similarity he found between mine and her works was the cyanotype technique as well as the need for fluidity in our works; he mentioned that she created these cyanotypes which she made in […]
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BARBARA HEPWORTH
“I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.” I remember first encountering Hepworth’s work on an Instagram post (quoted above) made by the National Portrait Gallery to commemorate her birthday. Then it followed by a post by Tate: “All my early memories are forms and shapes and textures. Moving […]
I decided to start off this term with trying to understand composition and balance a bit more before moving onto drawing freehand; these experiments can then serve as a reference point if I get stuck. In addition these have also helped me further my understanding of the visual aesthetic I started to develop last term. […]
Dustin Edward Arnold: Reasons for choosing: Movement – organic, traces behind, body, human existance, overlapping Monochromatic Generalised forms – along with the movement create an essence of the person, conveying their energy and living Palpability and ephemereal at once Ullstein Bild and Isaiah West Taber – Images of Loie Fuller: Reasons for choosing: High contrast […]
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Reflection on Term i Feedback
I wanted to go over the feedback I received from last term’s work, in more detail, to understand how to move forward within my studio practice. But before I go into that I wanted to briefly summarise and comment on last term’s practice from my own perspective; this will also help me establish better and […]
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Research: EMMA HUNTER
ARTIST’S WEBSITE: http://www.emmahunter.com/ As mentioned in the previous blog post, the conversation I had with Emma Hunter has helped me to see my work in a fresher and more refined way. Narrowing down the expanse objectives I had for my work last term; speaking to her helped me see that like the body, the mind […]
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Memory as Fluid Matter
Along with the decision to take a step back and have a higher focus in remembering nature, I also re-established my relationship and concept of memory and its activity. I revisited the idea of the flux and henceforth I decided to observe the behaviour and movement of water to increase my understanding of such constant […]
Recently I have attended a conference titled “Drawing Conversations 3: Drawing Talking to the Sciences” at The Ruskin Library, Lancaster University. It was a wonderful experience and a space to meet professional researchers and creatives, and to get an insight into what is currently being researched in the field of drawing, and how the tools […]
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