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Well that is my second year of degree finally over and I am going to be extreamly bored for the following summer months. All thats left is to get feedback for a couple of things, hopefully all shall be well and hopefully getting funding for my 3rd year of degree will go smoothly. Big thumbs up.

But anyway. Ive been floating through youtube and I came across a piece of video work called "A Little Death" by artist Sam Taylor-Wood. It was made in 2002 and shows the decomposition of a Hare on a unit beside a peach... After watching the footage I wondered... Why is it, I am more interested as to the lack of decomposition with the peach and the way the walls changed colour from the moisture or whatever was going on in the background... I think Ive grown up desensitized to video image of rot and decomp and a few questions come to mind. Is it just the video imagery to which im not sensitive towards? and if I experienced this in real life where the smell and sounds of decomposing flesh were also involved how would I react and feel then? Do others feel the same way as I?

 

Sam Taylor-Wood

"A Little Death"

My Helix Final Piece

Final Piece

Concept in its location

Another Location Concept.

My apologies to my poor photoshopping abilities. But here it is :)

A huge thank you to Peter in the construction department for his help in making the large final piece.

doodling away here

Sorry for the lack of updates, its been a bit hectic these past few weeks, what with working on my case study and finishing off my final piece for contextual studies, being the helix project updating this blog has fallen behind.
Anyways, tomorrow is hand in day for specialist options so I've been drawing as much as I can, I'm worried there won't be much to show but ill find out once I get everything together.
Oh! Another fun note, finally found my final piece from the first project of the year my non places work. The glass frame didn't survive from something falling on it but I'm still very proud of the work anyways. I'll update the pictures soon.

With only a few weeks till the graduation exhibition I'm getting excited. This will be the 6th one I've seen and i can't wait to see my friends graduate their HND and degrees. Plenty of fun filled photos to be taken!

Anyway I had better be getting back to the sketchbooks.

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Thursdays Antics

Yes I know im late in uploading this my brain has been swamped with my current case study work. A few posts ago I mentioned trying out some Light Drawing. Well, yesterday that was the task at hand. The location was the drama suite within the middlefield building and I was fortunate enough to have help with my classmates and friends. So a huge thank you, to Brian Wilson, Eilidh Jones, Sheena (whos second name escapes me) and another girl whos name escapes me, However I will edit and post her name once i figure it out. Im useless with names.

 Recording my legs dancing about. Was a great laugh and I really like the aspect of recording movement, such as dance as a compressed video almost.

These are just a few of Thursdays Antics. And were a fantastic result of experimentation. Yet again a huge thanks to my friends and classmates. The knowledge gained from Thursday will stay around for years and who knows when more Light Drawing antics will show up again.

Back to work... again

Ive been slightly busy, working away on my case study for college and this is the first time Ive made a point to sit on my backside, (turn off facebook) and update this.

Ive got quite a lot of ideas for experimentation into the wonderful world of drawing. Watch this space for some gastropoda antics. This thursday Im hoping to have some fun antics with light drawing after finally finding some suitable torches and lights. Ive already asked my wonderful classmate Eilidh Jones if she would mind helping out with a few ideas I have. Might even pester a few other people for their assistance.

But today has been a day for the contextual practice, aka The Helix Project... Im feeling confident about my work and currently drying in the college classroom is one maquette which shall hopefully dry out fully by thursday (or atleast dry out enough to be removed from its frame without destruction). 

 Below are a few photographs for ideas on laying out my little log disks. Each one has a tiny section of a larger drawing enlarged and applied. But because I dont want to give too much away. There is only a few to be seen and the remainder of these disks are currently underneath all the plaster in the above maquette.

Like I said, Its just a bit of brain buzzing on how I could lay out my little wooden disks for the project at hand.

Oh quicky mention. Memorise this name Victoria Steven, you'll see it in Art Now books in the future. Fantastic willow artist in college and in several weeks, she and her classmates will be finishing their 3rd year Degree with the upcoming exhibition.

Now ive saved the best till last. Today at the Park Gallery was an artists talk by the fantastic Pam Smy. Her work as an Illustrator is fantastic and everyone should give her a google. Pam Smy illustrated the book "Follow the Swallow" written by Julia Donaldson, Creator of The Gruffalo.
Her fantastic talk really opened my eyes to the potential of being an illustrator one of the several ambitions i hold. Throughout my case study my eyes have been opened up to how professional artists, illustrators and draftsmen work and produce what they do. Seeing Pam Smy's work has confirmed that for me. I shouldnt be ashamed of my crap scribbles, Its all practice and I need to stop being hung up on how perfect my drawings have to be. Sketchy and Doodles, rock!
I just want to express a huge thank you for Pam Smy coming to the college for her artist talk, especially since I got my times wrong for the Artist Talk at the Park Gallery. However, I still need to go and check out whats on show at the Gallery.

Everyone should check out her beautiful work.

http://pamsmy.blogspot.com/

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This is one of a few videos recorded its an experiment with the Concept of Drawing. The action of drawing is when you apply ink to the waterdrawn medium. I love how the ink flushes through the water and once dried your left with the end result. An image. But the end result is never as interesting as the process of making the image.

some more sketchbookery

 The above are all quick sketches of a poor little frog which had pretty much been freeze dried in a shed during the last winter. The wrinkles and tonal detail it had were brilliant and i wish i had spent more time on drawing the little critter.

 Yes its not a drawing. I rolled up a weedy plant with some printing ink and then "printed" the plant onto paper. It didnt work according to plan but im happy with the detail i did get. Its rather fine and whispy. But still documented. Who knows, It may be a plan in the future?

 Yet again, some inked up gloves pressed out onto paper. gave this fantastic dotty detail and i love how it crinkled and creased lines and tonal detail.