Just updated my website and published the changes and I’m very excited by the way it is all progressing. Also rather pleased with the way the photos have come out (asked the lovely photography teachers at uni to give me a hand with taking some ‘swoosh’ pics), though I am a little disappointment with the photos of my glasswork… looks like I’m going to need some more practice in this area!
Went to the Frieze Art Fair yesterday in London and I have to say it was even better than I had anticipated and I still can’t believe how huge it is! Maybe in a couple of years time there will be some of my work up there…. maybe… maybe not. Really enjoyed the work there – I can’t decide on one favourite as I loved so many of the pieces.
Since finishing my latest painting (the piece currently on my home page) I have felt rather lost for ideas and motivation for what to do next as I was so used to thrashing away at that piece. Thankfully, I received the canvas material that I ordered this week and so this evening will be stretching and preparing it ready for painting so I can start thrashing away at something else. Other than that I need to be working on my dissertation which I have been successfully holding off. Fun times…
I have spent the last couple of days deliberating on how to proceed with my work. Since I finished the painting that I had been working on for the past year, I have been left in a rut of not knowing what to do and feeling rather lost.
After doing a little research, I have found that my work, particularly my sculptures, have strong ties with Arte Povera. This realisation has thankfully helped to kick me back into gear and I have decided to do some more work involving cement.
I have also been pondering on my glass work – last year, the majority of my work revolved around fusing and slumping glass. While the outcomes were striking and quite charming, I felt they lacked conceptual links and were overly decorative. Thus, I felt they were more in the field of craft than fine art and so the art/craft can of worms was opened leaving me struggling to know how to develop these pieces further. The more I thought about this dilema, the more I began to realise that the key in them being seen in a more ‘fine art’ light, as opposed to ‘craft’, lay in their presentation.
Take Sue Collis for example, an artist who I am very much influenced by. She mainly works with precious gems and inlaying mother of peal into things – these materials would usually be associated with craft. The actual pieces and installations she creates however, are firmly rooted in the area of fine art and hence the secret is in the presentation of the work and materials.
