After looking at the spaces in and around the plants in the garden I wanted to continue to analyse the delicate structure and the play with the idea of preservation. Two of my all time favourite plants are both Foxgloves and Anemones after deciding to work with them I wanted this artwork and exercise to …
Today I ventured out into the garden to explore shapes and shadows. I wanted to gain an understanding and idea of the rough state of the garden and the natural shapes that it provided me with. Materials I used to create these fast intimate artworks were Oil pastel, Charcoal, Pencil and Marker pen. I wanted …
Within my art I have been interested in having a level of engagement with a public. For that to be possible I need to gain an understanding of what it means to share portable art. Also look at and analyse the connections that It creates between plants and the seed share community both allotment sites …
collaboration one was the first of many collaborations to happen during the year ahead. It was a peer collaboration with fellow Art and Contemporary Practice students within the university from both the Perth and Inverness campuses. This collaboration worked under the act of call and response after being given a random sentence that was generated …
This talk by Devron Projects was carried out by Robyn Wolsey on behalf of the organisation. Devron Projects is based in Huntly, Aberdeenshire and is a socially engaged arts centre. The centre is a contemporary arts organisation that use the town of Huntly as a their gallery space as they don’t have one. Their main …
‘cross my heart and hope to die’ For the first of many collaborate projects on the Art and Contemporary Practices course we were sent a sentence at random from someone else in the year cohort. I received the phrase ‘cross my heart and hope to die’ and I instantly started to overthink what I was …
Ian Hamilton Finlay Overview Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, artist, writer and gardener. Finlay sadly passed away in 2006 at the age of 81 but was still producing work until the day he died. It could be argued that Finlay’s most famous work was Little Sparta. The name for the garden came from …
Contemporary artist Anthony Schrag main focus within his practice is Activism and using art to create an emphasis on this working with the community and also alongside the public to create contemporary artworks. Schrag’s main focus within these social projects is to produce work that an audience or members of the public can be a …
Performance artist Tinsel Edwards and her friends refer theirselves as The Fairies, becoming immersed in their practice making it part of everyday life. When leaving the house the fairies would wear a pair of fairy wings interacting with the public and being what reactions and thoughts this provoked. Wearing the fairy wings became part of …
Artwork Description and Inspiration. Going from the brief of an object not used because of the covid pandemic I decided to take inspiration form my passport. The choice of subject matter was due to the lack of international traveling I could do in the last year and a half due to multiple restrictions and lockdowns. …