My Name is Danielle Mayo I am a 24 year old profoundly Deaf student. I am currently studying on the B.A Hons Fine Art coursed based within Wirral Metropolitan College.
I have recently been looking at works based around slavery and how the slaves were deprived and badly treated. This had such an affect on me I decided to research further into this area and chose to look into Sensory Deprivation. This is something I can relate to personally as I am profoundly Deaf.
The work I have chosen to exhibit in this exhibition are taken from my developmental stages of work.
My first piece of work is my own transcription of Sir Eduado Paolizzi 1924-2005”Mandarin Head” to create this I used Navy blue, Black and white oil paint. I combined all of these colours together to create the bluey grey colours and used both dark and light shades to create a depth and texture to my work.
My next piece is a strong image which was very strongly influenced by Eduardo Paolozzi’s “Michaelangelo’s David “1987.I created this monochrome image using charcoal, the fragments of the miss jointed pieces were framed with much darker marks of charcoal. I also created the shadow, light and depth into the image by blending and removing marks from the paper. My third piece of work was my own transcription of Piccasso’s weeping woman. Which I also worked in charcoal to create.
By Fiona Philipps.
FA22- I am planning to continue throughout this module with my research into the human body. I looked last module in particular at our bones and the effects caused by the food we eat.
I have decided to research further into the human skeleton and also my interest in bacteria, blood, skin and our genes.
I have been looking on the internet and in books for images and information. It is quite a difficult subject to research from life without x-rays and microscopes. Sharon has lent me two of her anatomy books which have been really useful though a bit gory!
From my sketches I have started to develop a wire sculpture. I started off planning to make a large artery which I was then going to cover in a calico fabric I had painted to look blood stained. I made lots of different samples. I decided that this was a bit too literal and would maybe look just like a long tube. I have now decided to add more to my artery to create a larger freestanding structure. I have so far created a spine, arteries and part of the pelvis. The pelvis needs some alteration. When placed against the wall I really like the shadows the wire creates, they create another form.
I was really inspired by the work of Sophie Ryder whose work I saw at the Yorkshire Park and have wanted to try working with wire since then. It does take hours and hours though to produce even a small piece and it is also very hard on my hands, I have had lots of cuts, keep the plasters handy!
I am a bit worried that it is taking me such a long time and I am not sure yet if this piece will be a success and as I have to have work ready for our Gallery practice I am starting to get a bit panicky.
I feel a bit stressed and also nervous about our Gallery practice although I am also really looking forward to it. So far our plans and arrangements have gone quite well and I think that once I have created work that I feel ok about I will start to relax and enjoy it all a bit more. I think that it will be a really valuable experience for us all and we will learn a lot from what we do. It’s coming up a bit too quick though!
I have also started this week working on nine canvases which fit together to make one large rectangular shape. On each one I am planning to paint different sections of the skeleton to create X-ray type images. Again I am a bit worried about how this too and how will turn out.
I have lots of other ideas and would like to do some plaster work. I just hope I don’t run out of time.
A blog on the design of the Gallery Practice Poster.
5/01/10- Our first meeting of the new term took place in Studio 121. Amongst other topic of the agenda for discussion was the mention of the design for the gallery poster now that the date for the exhibition is confirmed on the 8th March for 10 days. Fellow students were encouraged to submit designs for comment. Information to be included in the poster is; A title for the student group , dates, venue, logo for Wirral Met, sponsors.
12/01/10 One design by Andrew Wu is offered for consideration. The title is suggested by Danielle is “Jigsaw” , representing the 13 students of the Level 2 coming from different socio- ethnic background of the region. Enclosed poster. Comments were discussed.
More designs were encouraged and displayed on the studio wall for opinions and discussions. Decision to be made next week.
19/01/10 One other design was submitted by Sharon Ross who had consulted Les Rowe for refinement . This design was finally accepted by the group . Andrew Wu will have the poster priced by different printers and will report back to the group. A5 posters for individual mailing and A3 for corporate displays.
Hello I’m Tommy Mc,now in my second year ( Fine art degree ) at wirral Met. I am currently working on a large stick and ink drawing. My first idea was to portray homeless people, but i have changed the format a little, I am drawing a whole collection of discarded items, a massive rubbish tip, and I am incorporating people living and sleeping rough.I am using black Indian ink and numerous twigs and Branch’s, it is more of a mark making exercise than a conventional drawing. It is very frustrating at the moment, a lot of the twigs are snapping plus I can’t always get the marks I want.
Venue Search Continued
The Novas Contemporary Urban Centre.
Both Tommy and I called at The Novas in person a few times because it was always difficult getting hold of the Arts Team on the phone. They were busy arranging exhibitions, I expect! I had emailed Carla Weaver a few times explaining our needs and she said we were welcome to go there and look round any time.
One of Carla’s staff members showed Tommy the larger exhibition space upstairs, and later took both of us (plus Des) round the smaller gallery downstairs. I took some photographs of this space, complete with current exhibition, to show the other students back at college. We discovered that this smaller gallery was the room which last year’s Gallery Practice Group had hired, and decided that this space would meet our requirements especially as we are a much smaller group this year. The rest of the students agreed and approved of our decision.
A few days later Carla and Tommy made the deal and a fee was agreed on. Fortunately this fee was to cover the hire of the room for ten days instead of seven which we had previously arranged. Tommy, Emma and I returned again just before Christmas to sign the contract. Stevie, a member of staff kindly took us round one of their exhibitions by an American/turned local artist. Extraordinary Drawings by Laurie Lipton was a large collection of amazing pencil and graphite art works, based on real life crimes and events, as well as taken from the artist’s gruesome imagination.
Tommy took the cheque to Carla over Christmas. Part of the money raised came from our Gallery Practice fundraising cake sale and Tombola – just before we broke up for the holidays. Michelle organized a table for us outside the lifts at Twelve Quays which we manned all day. And one of the third years kindly provided a huge box of fairy cakes which proved to be very popular. I made some flapjacks and everybody in our group donated unwanted gifts and festive goods for the table.
We are holding another Tombola event on the 11th February and will be donating unwanted Christmas gifts for this sale and raffle. I think this time we are going to improve on our system and have the winning tickets ending in a five or a nought (which is what the punters were all expecting last time!). We are aiming for a bit of a Valentine’s Day theme and are hoping for donations of romantic candles, chocolates and sexy underwear!
