Wirral Met. Accredited by John Moores University, Liverpool

Here are more pictures from the Williamson exhibition. This body of work explores the vulnerability and fragility of life. I produce my own ‘organic forms’ from materials that offer different views of fragility, permanence and impermanence. Using these ambiguous hybrid objects I reference identity, gender, physical growth and subsequent change. Taxonomy, classification, evolution, and human responses to nature are key themes.

The last months have been so intense I have neglected my blog, again! After discovering that I received the highest marks in my year I am not sure I have a lot to say, as in the end it was all quite a bitter sweet experience. I feel totally drained. So I think I will just post what pictures I have at the moment and contemplate my next moves. More pictures will follow….

The images I have produced and print methods I used are certainly not what I would have predicted at the beginning of this year. I have simply followed each small development trying to be relaxed and not dictate in advance what the outcome should be. This form of evolution has made me work in ways that are unfamiliar and uncomfortable for me. The wax 3 dimensional forms did not work out, but I have developed another area of my work in the printed and folded 3d forms. Though I am pleased with the overall outcome there are prints that I would like to do again to make technical/spatial improvements needed. I used collage and digital printing, which became a very exciting way of working and producing some interesting and unexpected images. I feel I have now worked too closely, for too long with the Phyllotaxic pattern prints to be able to appreciate them fully and look forward to viewing them after a period of time has passed.

Well I have been away from blogging longer than I thought!

The deadline for our print work was 10am last Tues. 16^th. It was a far less stressful experience than my last deadline at Christmas. I have yet to decide whether this is a good thing or not! Obviously its great not to be worked up, but you can sometimes get a lot extra done under pressure. I am hoping it is just because my planning was better. The work was definitely produced steadily over the year. Here are some pictures I intend to post some more later.

Don’t usually say much about my print elective here, I keep this blog about my core work and it’s developments, but…

I went to the Manchester Artist Book Fair last weekend where our print Tutor had organised a table for those that wanted to exhibit. Staff and Students together. I managed to show some wax work I am developing as artists books and I was able to work out some further developments with my collision- based phyllotaxis Finger print patterns. (See pics.) I did have 5 other books on display but have not yet photographed them properly.