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Degree show
Everything complete, finished Saturday afternoon. I was originally going to just have things under the glass top of the cabinet with sketchbooks in the top drawer, but I thought it would be a waste of some of the other work I […]
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Update
I haven’t updated lately, I’ve been too busy with designing the degree show catalogue and trying to sort out a cabinet so I’m a bit behind with studio practice at the moment. I’m so lucky to find this cabinet after […]
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box staining and sketchbook.
I got around to putting the last coat of stain on two of my boxes using my own wood stain that I made using steel wool and white vinegar. I made the mixture in October as I saw some good […]
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Art and artifact; The museum as medium.
A few months ago, I was struggling with finding artists to look at and I found this book in the library. Its about contemporary artists and having their work displayed and presented in a museum way. I found it easier […]
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge
some pictures of items when I went to the museum of Archaeoloy and Anthropology in Cambridge. Again, like at the Fitzwilliam museum, I was drawn to the small objects. On the top floor there were cabinets with just items, and no information […]
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Ring etching plates
These are the plates and to be honest, I like them as they are and the would look nice on stands. I did have a little go with printing on to plaster with them but wasn’t happy with the results […]
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Rings and things
Wanted to do something quick, so I thought doing a monoprint. this is now led on to some ring etchings that will be posted soon. I’ve also finished my crystal drawings but I just bought some more (oops!) and not […]
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Joseph Cornell
I’ve been looking at Joseph Cornell’s work before Christmas as I love his boxes and the fact that he collected stuff. I recently bought Wanderlust, it’s a lovely book on his life and beautiful illustrations of his box constructions and […]
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Digital drawing
I went on a walk a few months ago and found some items on the way. I’ve had them sitting on my shelf not knowing what to do with them. I’ve been wanting to get back into practicing digital drawing […]
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Progress
Over Christmas, I have been thinking of how I will display my work for the degree show. I don’t have much work at the moment as everything I’m doing seems to be work in progress but I thought it would […]
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Fitzwilliam Museum 06/01/2016
On the 6th January I went to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, this was my first time going there. Some wonderful collections and unfortunately ran out of time so didn’t see everything but I found I was mostly drawn to […]
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Final year…
My work has developed throughout studying at University Campus Suffolk as a Fine Art student. At the start, I experimented with natural and unnatural patterns, which then went on to looking at things we don’t really take much notice of, […]