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Untitled blog post from "Hildegard of Bingen ( 1098-1178)"
‘Virago’ – Julie Dodds Virago /vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ,-ˈreɪɡəʊ/ noun archaic – A woman of masculine strength or spirit; a female warrior Origin Old English (used only as the name given by Adam to […]
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Untitled blog post from "Hildegard of Bingen ( 1098-1178)"
A few months ago as part of my research I was looking at the Catholic Magdalene Laundries. I made a response by setting up an Installation and making some prints. The women in the laundries were made to work very […]
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Untitled blog post from "Hildegard of Bingen ( 1098-1178)"
JUST THINKING I have been working on various items for my degree show,this evening I have been using red cotton strands on a dress, and I was thinking of Louise Bourgeois Insomnia drawings for some reason , maybe its the […]
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Untitled blog post from "Hildegard of Bingen ( 1098-1178)"
The ups and downs of preparing for a degree show, well its the same for every one I guess! Today has been a day of preparation, I am not not exactly a dab hand with DIY , and I am […]
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Frida kalo
As I have been experimenting with tin bottle tops, and thinking about pilgrimage badges and folk art etc, my research lead me to look at Frida Kalo, she was someone who began to experiment with androgyny and cross dressing, in […]
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well not sure how printing is going, ill just keep going!I have been sourcing stuff for the degree show, and has not been a breeze,I am finding what you want and what you can get has been a bit of […]
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1450, Engraving on paper St Eligius patron saint of Jewelers and metal workers
From pointy hats to a dress, I was thinking how do I suspend the dress without using a half mannequin. After wrestling with a coil of wire and masking tape, I think I have come up with some sort of […]
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Off to pick up a projector for a bit of experimentation with a film I have made, the idea is to project my film on to a muslin dress,” part of my project” so plug in and let the magic […]
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On Tuesday I headed for the printing room thinking on how I could to get my prints looking good , preparation is the key here.. Thinking to myself this is rather like a ritual, I had my lovely new […]
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Thinking plan … how to display my degree show, what do I need , what works. what doesn’t, its time for sourcing materials and more experimentation. I cant believe how quickly this is upon us.
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This piece of work is titled Cocoon by artist Rebecca Horn, in this image Horn shows two stages of the morphing of the human body or the extent of it, one phase shows the body enclosed in a cocoon, securely […]
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‘Pope Joan’ – Medieval muslin undergarment, rice paper circlet breast pads – Julie Dodds. “The rice paper obviously alludes to the flesh of Christ in Catholic tradition and the breast pads reference the myth that she had a child. The […]