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NEARLY THERE…………….
Wow….. suddenly I am acutely aware that I am at the end of a three-year process (well about two years and eight months to be more precise!). I am also very aware that this course has been about so much […]
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MAKING A PICKET FENCE……AND GETTING CLOSER TO THE FINAL ASSESSMENT…….
Our assessments for our final degree pieces are happening in a few days and it’s a frantic time for everyone. The technician’s time seems to be very limited and access to power in the workshops is also difficult due to […]
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FAKE GRASS DOWN AND AN ATMOSPHERE OF WORKING TOGETHER…….
After solving my astro-turf nightmare and it was delivered, I took it into Uni and laid it. I have now learned never to underestimate the magical powers of fake grass. As soon as I cut it roughly to size I […]
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ASTROTURF ANXIETY!!!!!
was bound to happen, but my order for astroturf from the internet became confused and I now have two rolls of astroturf arriving tomorrow!!! I just have to make sure the correct one gets sent back….. (Anyone need 4×5 metres […]
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Untitled blog post from "ThE ReFLeCTiVE NaTuRE oF CoNScIOuSnEsS"
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STARTING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
This is the point we have all been waiting for….the final show…. a major marker of the completion of our degrees. Yesterday started to throw up some technical problems for me and I realised that with a bit more fore-thought, […]
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THE WAY IT IS………. AT THIS MOMENT
It’s nearly the end of a three-year process and various thoughts and feelings are buzzing around in my head. I never, ever, saw myself completing (or ever starting!) a degree in Fine Art, but here I am at 57 years […]
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REFLECTING ON ASPECTS OF CURATION AND ON PAST EXPERIENCES.
I thought I had pretty much considered the curation possibilities for my final show quite a while ago, but as I have learned throughout the course, ideas and plans continuously morph and change for me. It seems that unless I […]
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I HaVe TO Go Now…….. The NUrSeS ArE CoMinG!!!!!!!!!!
It seems that one of the re-emerging themes from the degree-course has been, to not ‘overcomplicate’ our work. It’s not that I haven’t heard this, or that I don’t fundamentally agree with the idea; but it appears that my final […]
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NACHTRAGLIKEIT, NARRATIVE AND CHANCE…
Lothe,Jakob(2000) Narrative in Fiction and Fim P.3 (From www.slideshare.net) My evolving piece (an installation) for my final show, seems to have taken on a life of its own and there are many elements to it that have really made me […]
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Heading towards the Final Degree Show……My ‘CuNnInG PLaN’.
As the final degree show approaches, it is difficult to believe that this process has lasted nearly three years. Generally, apart from the blog, the written component is finished and the show is all that stands between ‘us’ and that […]
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ThE LoOmINg FiNaL SHoW (written on May 3, 2017)
As our final degree show draws nearer and the pressure should be increasing, I find myself really ‘letting go’. My ideas for a large zen-inspired garden installation have been curtailed due to a lack of a large enough space, but fortunately […]