In our one-to-one Michele mentioned Concrete Poetry and that jogged my memory and really appealed to me. The Poetry Foundation’s definition : “Verse that emphasizes non-linguistic elements in its meaning, such as a typeface that creates a visual image of the topic. Examples include George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” and “The Altar” and George Starbuck’s “Poem in the Shape of a… Continue reading Concrete Poetry
Category: 1.1 Nov
Stuff
First Impressions Stuff is a book by Daniel Miller. Caroline mentioned it last week during our discussion after ‘Making Day’. I’d heard of it, but couldn’t place it. I ordered a copy from World of Books and it came today. I haven’t even finished the Prologue and it has stimulated a lot of thoughts, emotions… Continue reading Stuff
One to One with Michele
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Heads and Pots
I’m not just a crap photographer, I’m a crap head and pot maker too! Made in the summer of 2020 Hi Lisa, he’s still here!
Form Frame Fracture
This section lasts from Week 4 to Week 9. In the first week we are to continue some work or start a new piece of work, and use the code ‘Form Frame Fracture’ in any order (but stick to this code) to produce a sketch of this work or use it to disrupt the current practice (in a positive way).
First Making Day
Our first Making Day was on 19th November 2022, from 9 am to 1 pm. I managed to get my Fuji XT4 camera set up as a webcam the night previously, so I could film the making of the images by camera as well as the editing of the images in Photoshop on my computer.