by Kelly | 11 Oct 2010 | 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials
On Friday I started a painting using the stencil I have been working on and screen printing. While on Photoshop, I had zoomed in on a section and loved the section in view, so I decided that it deserved to be on a canvas. If I hadn’t run short on white paint, I...
by Kelly | 04 Oct 2010 | 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, 5AA004: Understanding Skills and Materials, Creating in the Workshops
I spent all weekend working on images to make stencils from. I spent most of my time messing around on Photoshop. I have already been creating silhouettes from photos I have taken, but I wanted to try to make some stencils out of them with more detail. As I didn’t...
by Kelly | 30 Sep 2010 | 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, Creating in the Workshops
Finally started one of my sketchbooks. Admittedly only the first page and it is only my silhouette and stencil images but we have to start somewhere! I have been in the workshops all day. A few hours in the print workshop after getting sheets of glass cut, edged and...
by Kelly | 29 Sep 2010 | 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, Initial Ideas
Have created my images for acetate and drawn on my glass with stencil and silhouette images. Annoyingly got my engraver out and the collet was missing so couldn’t do any of it. I finally got motivated after a phone call with a friend at 1am this morning to...
by Kelly | 29 Sep 2010 | 5AA001: Design Discourse and its Critique, 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, Initial Ideas
Tuesday 28th September 2010 After our group task sharing objects brought in to feel while blindfolded, encouraging us to explain the textures etc. of different materials I decided to get started with the practical work. Unfortunately I ended up deciding the work was...
by Kelly | 29 Sep 2010 | 5AA002: Integrating Practice and Materials, Initial Ideas
Thursday 23rd September 2010 Was up all night researching. First in Crafts Magazine, found an artist then went on the internet to continue finding out more about the artist who works in wire and WOW! I love her work! Her name is Cathy Miles and she is fantastic! So...