My portfolio just ticked boxes. Now I look at it, it is just a starting point and I need to dismantle and reassemble it from an objective position akin to the redrafting of my essays. It was a very different type of presentation that I haven’t considered before. It was like an exhibition in its…
Stage 1: Crit. Feed back. Module1: ADAS Learning
Sandwich. Beginning, middle, end. Aleya suggests I pin a note on my computer -it needs to become second nature. I have managed to make improvements in my writing but often it has become a list as I try and match the word count requirements. I need to think of the piece of writing as a…
Week 15: Celebrating what we are and hope to be.
Looking at the past and drawing on it for the future. Finding solutions. Finding asking and answering questions. Sounds so simple. The final Crit. Stage 1. Artefact. The objects thats only purpose was to generate a catalogue. The sign now deconstructed, folded and reformed- I liked it crumpled. The Haunting Photos – waiting. The lips….
Week 15: Jars urns and bowls.
Leach, Luci, Keats, and me. Connected though objects and words. Leach has handed me via his Moon Jar a better understanding of creating an Object that means something more than just the materials its made with. Keats with his Ode to a Grecian Urn has helped me answer the question why and how we do…
Week 15: List to fill forms to sign and lovely reference notes.
These have been such a help. On my shelf along with Vasari and Ceninni. Nothing can replace clear consistent instructions when learning and invaluable when creating. My notes are now trashed and being able to pop back on line and retrieve a new copy is great.
Week 15: Preserving your Harvest – Bonne maman
Gather in some home grown produce — Read on http://www.bonnemaman.co.uk/be-inspired/preserving-your-harvest Honestly I think I have a guardian angle. I chose my children’s favoured brand of Jam to form my Triptych of Elevated Artefacts– Bonne Maman. I chose the flavour my eldest auntie made every year in autumn. Guess what they refer to Keats in their…
Week 15:Lucie Rie: A Secret Life of Buttons • V&A Blog
Lucie Rie: A Secret Life of Buttons • V&A Blog — Read on http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/news/lucie-rie-a-secret-life-of-buttons I wrote about a button for our memory piece in the writing workshop. Remembered object Button. It had an anchor on it. It had lines, scribed horizontally across the french brass surface, blackened for effect. The button was attached to black…
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