One of a series of life drawings. Each was drawn using only a limited number of lines from the fibronaci sequence of numbers.
We had to choose 3 different coloured materials from a lucky dip bag. pink oil pastel – orange felt tip – green oil pastel
Part of a series of mark making experiments. I used black poster paint and a cheap sponge dabber.
Mark making using only the number ‘4’
Marking making using only the letter ‘P’ Also experimenting with colour combinations and mixing.
I have worked freelance for many years and for the last 5 years I have worked exclusively for one company. Just before the summer my employer reduced my days from 3 down to 1 which was a shock.
Determined to find a new job that would fit with my art practice I applied for many different positions including Art Technicians at two Oxfordshire schools.
Just before I left for my summer holiday in France I heard that I had been offered the position of Studio Manager at Magdalen Road Artist Studios. This is a fantastic opportunity and I am very excited, this gives me the opportunity to be surrounded by working artists as well as working within a creative space.
Magdalen Road Studios have affordable studio space for 24 artists as well as a small gallery space Filament 14 that provides exhibition and research opportunities within a studio setting. They also run some classes from within individual artist studios.
Life drawing from this weeks class.
20 minute charcoal drawing.
I recently attended a Chinese ink painting and calligraphy workshop with Shoran Jiang. It was a simple but highly informative 2 hr course.
Bamboo By Shoran-Jiang Painted during the class
Intrigued by my previous research into resist printing I decided to experiment with the techniques and see if I could come up with a modern resist recipe that would work successfully.
flour and water
I felt my first experiment should be with the most simple resist recipe that I found. 1 part flour to 1 part water. This is easy to produce and goes onto fabric reasonably well but it warps the fabric and can crack. It also dissolves very quickly when added to the dye bath so is only really suitable when painting dye onto fabric.
At the beginning of July 2015 I visited Prague for the opening night of Memory of Textile at S.V.U. Manes Gallery Diamant. Where the second leg of the 17th Mini Textiles exhibition was being held.
I travelled to Bratislava for the opening ceremony of the 17th mini textiles exhibition at Umelka Bratislava. Excited to see my work in an exhibition with other exhibiting artists!
A fantastic exhibition with a wide range of responses to the title ‘Memory’.
I was so excited to find my piece of work in the students area of the exhibition.
During the week before our exhibition I had a day with another of the lifedrawers and together we curated and chose the pieces that we felt best worked together. With the help of Roger Perkins we put the exhibition up, hung simply but very effectively with bulldog clips screwed into the walls.
Textiles 3 learning log 