Dover-London Return

In some ways this blog is neither a project blog nor a degree blog. It’s a bit of both I suppose, with the main project being my own developing focus on my practice and the way in which the MA is helping me do that. A key notion of the St Martins MA is the integration of research and practice. Although it makes perfect sense it is harder than it seems to actually do: what is happening though is that the practice is becoming much more of a research-based process and the research paper, even at this stage is acting as a check on wayward experiments. A kind of “What are you doing?” question that is always at the back of my mind.

Well, term has started and I have a tutorial coming up. I’ve just sanded all the paint off a failed painting I’ve been working on for days, so getting some kind of ‘finished’ piece is feeling quite urgent now. I have at least started writing the research paper but need to do some reading so that it actually reads like one.

Went to see the Jerwood drawing show, which I really enjoyed. One to aim for ….