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Making The Mannequins
Today I spent a lot of time adding the finishing touches to my mannequins. They proved to be a lot harder than first imagined because o the lack of stands. Once all the mannequins were painted according to their body […]
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Thinking back to my Dissertation…
I was reading over my dissertation today and I thought about the correlation between my critical exploration and my practical exploration. It is evident that critically I was interested in societies perception of beauty however I am now interested in […]
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Video
”Your camera is the tool, You are the artist, The rest is just an expression.’ I have been looking at the technicalities of shooting a video as part of my studio practise work. I have messed around with video on […]
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London Bound
A couple of weeks ago I spent the day in London hoping to get some materials for my mannequins and for the organ in jar sculptures. I spend a lot of my time in London, I love to people watch […]
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Mind Map
https://vimeo.com/161601718 Ive been posting on here for a few months now and I suddenly realised that I haven’t posted about my mind map. I love doing big colourful mind maps as they really help me to visualise my ideas. […]
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Response to TED Talk: How Body Language and Micro Expressions Predict Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWry8xRTwpo I find TED Talks very interesting to listen to, however I find this particular talk to be very interesting when considering my degree project. Patryk & Kasia Wezowski begin by explaining how America’s election winner could be predicted […]
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Photo Manipulation
This week I have spent a lot of time on Photoshop CS6 digitally manipulating medical illustrations. As you are probably aware from my previous blog posts I did struggle doing this to begin with, however persistence and step-by-step guides meant […]
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Bodies: The Exhibition
I was very fortunate in that the Bodies exhibition was shown in the Atrium Theatre of the Luxor Hotel when I was in Las Vegas. The exhibition has certainly served as a source of inspiration for my recent studies as it […]
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Mapping Emotions On The Body
This evening I took part in a computer experiment that was initially conducted by a team of scientists in Finland and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They asked participants to map out where there felt different emotions […]
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Ctrl-Art-Del Auction
After a fair bit of planning we finally held our auction on Thursday 25th. Things started to get a little hectic and we were all rushing around to ensure the smooth running of the evening. By 6pm everything was […]
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Controlling the Unknown
Over the weekend I spent much of my time planning. Anyone that know me will tell you how I feel the need to exercise control of the unknown. I struggle a lot with freeing my mind of structure and organisation […]
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Creating my portfolio
Today I have been busy setting up my artists portfolio online. I intend on creating a hard copy of my portfolio but I have always thought that an online blog serves to be the most functional. An online portfolio increasingly […]