I was very happy with the space I was allocated for the degree show, it was a long corridor style space which actually looked quite over whelming at first. I’ve seen this space before, obviously, but never this bare. It […]
Well, I’m busy busy, on the 10am to 10pm shift, in preparation for the Degree Show, 2016 UCS. Working non-stop, till I drop. I am blessed with two amazing daughters’ that have dinner ready for me! #degree show, #homelife walls, […]
Deadline is fast approaching, busy doing the build, decisions, decisions, some visions are not possible …prepare, experiment, express! #degree show fill holes, Check paint walls, ongoing Measure, cut wood and fit fixtures, ongoing Make art, and finish …ongoing mind […]
I picked up my prints yesterday. Some will need to be stained with tea and aged by scratching into the surface. The original photos are pasted to a board with the photographers name printed on. The lettering is beautiful. I […]
Working in the studio My photograph taken at Tranmer House, Suffolk Along with the rooms, I have been working on an ink drawing which is based on a photograph I took at Tranmer House. What I like about the photograph […]
Room 1 I am lighting both my rooms using a LED wired to a battery. The light is turned on by pressing a switch down. I like the idea of the rooms being interactive. The viewer will look through the […]
For room 2, I decided to make an insect print for the wallpaper. Insects are used in forensics to determine the time of death and they can reveal to a forensic entomologist if the body has been moved. They are in […]
A tutorial with Robin led to the idea that I might include my photographs I took at Tranmer House in my degree show. I could display them in an old photograph album or perhaps a book. A trip to a […]
Running the race with endurance.
I went into uni today to work on a new ink drawing. The image I used for reference is a real crime photograph of a body which is falling onto the floor, all you can see is the shoes and […]
There is something very creepy about stairs at night. The way they creek and the shadows the bannister makes on the walls. And what is inside the cupboard under the stairs? Why is the door half open? Alfred Hitchcock taking […]
Last year I saw the Ai Weiwei’s exhibition at the Royal Academy. His installation S.A.C.R.E.D consisted of six large plain iron boxes. To see inside the viewer has to peer inside small windows which are situated on each side as well as above […]
Along with the rooms, I have been making ink studies of interiors. A trip to Tranmer House at Sutton Hoo has given me lots of source material. The house is what I would call the perfect Cluedo House – a […]
Room 1 Laying out printed mugshot wallpaper Wallpaper attached to card inside room 1 I have made 3 wooden boxes for my miniature rooms. I have decided to stick my printed mugshot wallpaper to card which will fit into the […]
Making my own version of the Nutshell Studies has been on my mind since I saw the Forensic exhibition last year at the Welcome Collection. I didn’t want to use premade dolls house furniture so I have been experimenting with […]
This week I had a tutorial with Robin which has really helped to focus my ideas. I was beginning to feel a bit panicked as the weeks are passing so quickly and I have so many ideas on different directions […]
The BA Hon final year students held an Art Auction on the 25th of February to raise funding for their degree show and raised a whopping £8000.
I’ve spent most of this morning clearing my busy desktop, both on my computer and my mind. With a clear desktop and clear studio I’ve been reflecting over my recent practice and have enjoyed the digital distance of working on my […]
A selection of blogs by artists whose final year at art school happened to be 2015! The collection includes people who studied at University Campus Suffolk, Cambridge School of Art (Anglia Ruskin University), Staffordshire University, University of the West of […]
I often struggle for a title when writing a new post – but not today – it springs to mind immediately! I have been waking really early recently (like 3am) my mind is wide awake and whirring like crazy. I […]
My blog has been quiet of late….life has been pretty hectic getting exhibition space prepped and ready to throw open the doors of college to the public. The exhibition space looked fantastic! I know I am biased (!) but I […]
New Visibility I’ve become newly visible in the university, wearing bright t-shirts that label me ‘artist-in-residence’. I chose this uniform for a couple of reasons: partly because the t-shirt is a good conversation starter with students and staff who […]
An Artist investigates the Critical Moment of the Degree Show
This year’s 50-page a-n Degree Shows Guide 2015 features more than 75 forthcoming shows across the UK, plus perspectives from artists, curators, academics and graduating students on what artist Bob and Roberta Smith refers to as an “incredible rite of passage”.
