Uni broke up yesterday for Christmas, which whilst I find it frustrating that the studio is closed for two weeks, it has meant that this last week I managed ot get myself into gear and do some more practical work. In the last semester, I have become so preoccupied with researching for and writing the dissertation that my practical work has become somewhat neglected.
This week however, I have actually done something with the dreaded girder piece – since finding a discarded and rusty girder in the local scrapyard, I have become rather attached to it and have been reluctant in doing anything with it for fear of messing it up. After many preliminary sketches in my reflective journal, I finally decided to cover the girder in gestural print. I am still deciding however, what to do next with it to encourage it into more of a finished work.
As well as doing something with the girder I have been creating sculptural paintings, incorporating paint, print, canvas and found objects – a process which I am quite excited about and I feel it has a lot of potential.
