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
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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
Making Day -opening Pandora’s Box
Most of the contents of this box also dated from the 1970s. Some are from the ‘wallet’ period (75-78) at Brock University in Canada and some overlapped with it. I just had a quick look and will go back and do a more thorough check later. Could this give me a wider slice of time?… Continue reading Making Day -opening Pandora’s Box
Altered Book 2
I thought I’d make a start on this idea, so I made (in Photoshop) a few backgrounds. Then made a distressed edge Did this with a couple of my thesis pages These are incomplete, but something to ponder and try again. I think I need more colour, they are a bit bland.
Altered book
Last night I was reading “The Found Object in Textile Art” by Cas Holmes and the section on ‘Altered Books’ (p.80-81) caught my eye. It suggested using a found book, or cheap substitute, and using as a base or substrate for a series of collages. This seemed like a great idea to me. When I… Continue reading Altered book
Pandora’s Box
I mentioned last Thursday that I had taken my ‘found object’, an old wallet, from a box found in the roof space. Beside it was a packet of negatives and one or two prints from the same period. BUT, there were other plastic bags inside this box, and I haven’t opened them, I was so… Continue reading Pandora’s Box