Is this spooky or what? I picked up a new book, I think it was recommended to me, Keri Smith’s “How to be an Explorer of the World”. Opened randomly at P.118 and read, ‘What we need to question is bricks, glass, our table manners, our utensils our tools, the way we spend our time,… Continue reading Perec is all around!
Author: Dave
A retired research scientist, a photographer and a Fine Art student
Beach Theme
Progress Oct-Dec 2022
This is a brief Powerpoint report of my progress It’s an overview of my blog, with a few extra images
Initial Thoughts August-September 2022
I’ve had a few problems accessing Spaces, but I’ve finally got in. I kept a notebook to record my thoughts, and these are some of the first impressions. I’ve been offered a place on the MA Fine Arts course at the OCA, Open College of the Arts. I’m excited, but quite nervous. My background is… Continue reading Initial Thoughts August-September 2022
Time in a Wallet
A slice of time in my pocket … What do people carry in their pockets? Nowadays it’s a mobile phone, containing most of their lives. In the 70s it was a wallet (for the males). BACKGROUND I belong to a group of former school friends, Co67, class of 67. We met this month and were… Continue reading Time in a Wallet
Feelings and Method of Working
Reflections on the Week 3 Task WHAT I WROTE PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE BEACH How do you feel when you make your work? Feelings When I leave home for a photoshoot on the beach at sunrise with my dogs, my surroundings will be dark and quiet. As we near the beach, the dogs will know where… Continue reading Feelings and Method of Working
A first post!
This will be my external blog for my MA in Fine Art course
Three Images, nearly
In Week 15 we had to show 3 images of our work for critique by the members of our cohort. I snuck in an extra one as the title page. I don’t think I’ve got this composite idea of thesis plus wallet content or photo from that era working yet, but I still want to… Continue reading Three Images, nearly
Pandora’s Box’s contents
State of the art in 1973 I just found this polaroid of a chip I made back in 1973 at GEC Hirst Research Centre in London. I still have some of the chips somewhere. It’s a 16×16 array of Ge-Te chalcogenide glass ‘bits’ that could be used as switches or storage. We were using them… Continue reading Pandora’s Box’s contents
Making Day – Altered Book 3
I made a couple of images combining a bit from my MSc thesis (the altered book) with the contents of the wallet or photo taken by the H2 from that time. I used a stiff bristle brush and a bristle brush (in Photoshop) to make the unfinished edges and to give the impression of motion… Continue reading Making Day – Altered Book 3