by Kelly | 03 Oct 2011 | 6AA001 - Major Project, 6AA003 - Creative Realisation, 6AD002 - Dissertation, Initial Ideas, Tutorials
Today I had 4 tutorials! Helen Brown: Art and Design Mentor – gave me help with my proposals for Major Project and later with Dissertation Proposal Stuart Garfoot: Major Project – gave me some very helpful and reassuring words of advice and sketched out...
by Kelly | 29 Sep 2011 | 6AA003 - Creative Realisation, Initial Ideas, Tutorials
I didn’t feel very confident about what I was going to say in my tutorial today as I didn’t feel I had planned anything particularly well as it wasn’t written down. However, I had listened to what others had said about their own ideas and plans for...
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...
by Kelly | 21 Sep 2011 | 6AD002 - Dissertation, Research
I have spent hours and hours reading today in preparation for my dissertation writing. I am looking at material processing and its effects on the maker. I started by thinking about writing how the process is sometimes more important than the idea but I don’t...
by Kelly | 24 Apr 2011 | Additional Lectures, Research
I came across the Corning Museum’s website today and found a podcast where the curator was interviewing a glass artist. I then listened for 40 minutes or so and looked on iTunes and subscribed to the updates of podcasts. I downloaded all the available podcasts...
by Kelly | 20 Apr 2011 | 5AA003 Creative Applications, 5AA005: Specialist Practice in Applied Arts, Creating in the Workshops, Research
Well, I had a very busy and organised day today! I have finally looked out from University to the world of industry for my work. I visited The Glassworks in Birmingham to get them to laminate two sheets of float glass (which I have screen printed my dance sketches...
