Paper and Ceramic Works

I have reached the first assessment point on my M.A.  It went okay, I passed.  What I think I have learned from the whole stressful process is that I need to focus; I need to focus on one or two key themes.  I have begun to do this and have concentrated on the forms you see below.

Time to calm down.  Time to concentrate and time to be serious about what I do, maybe then, other people might take me seriously too.

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Recent Inspiration

Here's a few images that have greatly inspired me over the past six months of my M.A.  All, but the aerial view of Fuji, were taken by me over the past seven years.  Things have moved on somewhat, in terms of inspiration and concept...but Japan, (and my experiences there), will remain at the very centre of my creative process.

Suizenji-Jojuen, Kumamoto, Japan

Kyoto Zen Garden

Flooring Studs Kumamoto, Japan

Exterior Wall Tiles Fukuoka, Japan

Mount Fuji, Japan, Aerial View, (Google Maps)

Where I've been and where I'm going to...

It's been a while, I know, but I've needed to work in private.  I've realised that a lot of what I have do, (up until recently anyway) is for other people. This blog was partly started as a result of that. The work I've been doing on my MA has been, (and will continue to be) for myself.  My process has become unhindered by external validation and I have had such alot of 'serious' fun.  I'll continue to post, but only at certain points in my own personal creative timeline.

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Paper

98 x Various mm

Pastry

98x98x5mm

Glacier 

(working title)

Plaster Malachite and 22ct Gold Leaf

98x98x24mm

EXPERIMENTS IN SHEET PLASTIC AND GLASS

Untitled...



100 x 100mm Copper Multiple (15 in total)

 

Detail



New Direction?

Kumamoto Stairway - Screen Print Silver 380 X 300 mm

 



Vinegar...

Copper form - Vinegar Patination
(Clean copper is exposed to vinegar fumes in a sealed cabinet for a week)

Copper form - Underside

Coppper forms