Collaboration two was my second collaboration of the year and was an intense experience. as part of the project we were to collaborate with Music students at the university. As a collaborative group we all got on well having similar ideas of how the artwork should look and what the overall structure of the project …
I had thought about including scented squares on the artwork titled Pocket Squares but decided against it as it created too much of a distraction to what the artwork was about. Continuing with natural dyes I have taken my focus on to the scents that we can capture during this process and our how we …
After revisiting the Fabric patchwork, I created earlier in the year I wanted to better my skills and knowledge when it came to fabric dying using natural materials taken from my garden and location to create an organic tapestry that represents my surroundings. I achieved this through trial and error and the use of Turmeric, …
Paloma Bosque is a Brazilian Contemporary artist who’s artworks are shaped around the ridged laws of physics and chemistry, whilst keeping an open mind towards change at the same time. The opacity of textures in a material or its pliability is what draws Bosques’ attention, as well as its weight and weightlessness. Once again the …
I have dyed this fabric using natural dying methods and using materials such as paprika, turmeric, red cabbage and indigo. I found that it was far easier to dye and dry the fabric when it was in smaller pieces (image on the far right) over the larger sheets as it was difficult to stir in …
I have always had a keen interest in gardening from a young age but I have never really considered it to be an art from until I came across Jarman. This for me rurally helped push the boundaries of art and what it actually is and now looking back gardening is a massive art form …
creating the resolved artwork was a lot of fun creating lines that interact with each other on the canvas and creating texture on the bottom half of the canvas also. To create the texture I used my handmade paper in this process sticking it onto of the emulsion paint allowing it to slightly dry then …
Jackson Pollock was famous for his extremely abstract drip technique splashing paint around the canvas to create these incredible works of art. His bold choice of colour, texture and line is something else that attracted me to his work taking inspiration from his techniques and adapting them into a way that works well for both …
The project to this date is in the very final stages of production. As a collaborative group (Stuart Doyle (myself),Martine dos Reis and Kayleigh Myles) we are waiting on a few things coming together to make the artwork more resolved and finalised. Martine and myself throughout the project have been working remotely in our homes …
For this artwork I wanted to go further a felid experimenting with an environment outside of the garden. A place I visit often is my local beach with my dog. The sound of the seaweed underfoot is something that really attracted me to make an artwork that surrounds the beach and seaweed in particular. I …