by Kelly | 07 May 2012 | 6AD001 - Creative Industries and Opportunities, Additional Lectures, My Future Art Career..., Research
I watched an insightful video talk by Ken Robinson about creativity and education. To sum it up would not do it justice, so please follow the link and watch it for yourself! Ken Robinson says “Schools Kill Creativity”
by Kelly | 09 Mar 2012 | 6AA002 - Professional Preparation, 6AD001 - Creative Industries and Opportunities, Networking, Research
Today I met Jon Williams during the afternoon when three representatives from the Wedgwood Museum cam round to listen to a short presentation from a number of students for a global product project brief. Jon had also exhibited at our Royal Reflections Silent Auction...
by Kelly | 11 Feb 2012 | 6AA002 - Professional Preparation, Additional Lectures, Exhibitions Visited, Networking, Research
I have begun mock up’s of my promotional leaflet and postcard layout on paper. I have got my creative juices flowing now for the Professional module at Uni and am now on a roll! Having spent a lot of time travelling to and from Sunderland for the glass and...
by Kelly | 09 Feb 2012 | 6AA002 - Professional Preparation, Initial Ideas, My Future Art Career..., Promotion, Research
I have finally begun designing my website on paper and taking photos and manipulating them in photoshop for background images. I am going with a sketchbook approach as this is an element of my practice that is consistent throughout all materials. I am only in the very...
by Kelly | 10 Oct 2011 | 6AA001 - Major Project, Creating in the Workshops, Initial Ideas, Research, Tutorials
I have finally started doing some practical work after starting my sketchbooks. I am beginning to progress my kiln cast shoe/foot idea. I envisage a kiln cast clear glass sculpture of a shoe (unsure what type yet), with a footprint inside. The footprint will be...
by Kelly | 26 Sep 2011 | 6AD002 - Dissertation, Additional Lectures, Networking, Research
All the way from Australia to speak to us; Richard Morrell described his working career to us though a series of photographs. These were showing his work, work which inspired him to explore glass and places he’d worked and people he worked with. Richard’s...