Construction and Time

I have explored this concept of Fragility, and used a set of porcelain tea cups to represent this.

the studio sink

As I was washing my paint brushes, i started to look closely at all the paint that had started to build up...

 

This is gorgeous, (draining board) and actually looks like a painting.  There is something beautiful about the flowing, light, turquoise marks here.  I love how these are clearly accidental marks, as tutors often say anyway: mistakes and accidents are generally a good thing.

Since this is a pot which students have used to fill with water, it was evidently going to become layered with paint.  I do still find this interesting though, because the marks here are fine/delicate, in comparison to the acrylic layers left behind on the sink/tap.

This was the most interesting area that I discovered whilst taking these photographs of the sink.  These are stunning marks which was located next to the sink.  This is almost like a design drawing/illustration.  I could almost make textiles from this drawing!  My guess is that these were marks left from the bottom of a jar which has been used to dip paintbrushes in and it had been left there for quite a while.  Even so, where have all the circles come from? someone could have drawn/doodled into this, or was it just another accident...?

Exploring one object for a week through observational drawing.

Since I was aware of my upcoming brief, I had a sneaky peak in the studio at the busy table laid out for us.  I had my eye on this object because I knew I would have so many possibilites of drawing this intricate, mechanical object, with a very textured/rusty surface and the added contrasting scraps of material.

On day one I focused on the decayed surface, as that what initially drew my interest to the object...

they wanted more of this "tight drawing"

interested in some of these marks I quickly created using mixed media

The Exhibition!

My Time at Telford

So we were given our results yesterday, I say given, I mean written in a list which were posted up on the wall. I got a DISTINCTION =D. Very, very pleased with my grade and with the comments that Neil gave me. It's been such an amazing year for me and this tops it off nicely. Many people look down on college but I would'nt change this year for anything; I have made some brilliant friends and got to know fantastic tutors. I have loved the Foundation course and the challenges that have been thrown at us have pushed me to work incredibly hard. Because of this, I received direct entry into second year Textile Design at Duncan of Jordanstone as well as an unconditional for first year, an unconditional for first year at Gray's and a conditional for CAP. These were all such confidence boosts for me and now I can't wait to go on and study at Dundee! - This has always been my first choice of art school. But! I'm going to miss the "Telfy" crew so much. It's a shame that on the exhibition opening night I got to know so many more people that hadn't been in my classes all year. I really can't believe that the course is over! :(. It felt like a very long time ago we were all sitting in our first 9-half 4 day, Group B, with Neil Manning teaching us all about the left and right side of the brain; we then started drawing eachother with our eyes closed using our non-writing hand. But at the same time, where has this year gone?! I will genuinely miss everyone and god knows what I'll do with my summer!