I was lucky enough to get to the Gold Coast for a few days in May. Of course, drawing, painting and making were on the agenda! Precious time to devote to ‘arting’. The shells fascinated me, and soon I was off on an adventure, to capture the essence of the scallop shells in various ways. … More Gold Coast May 2021
How does this artist select, apply and alter their chosen materials? Overview Cas Holmes is an UK artist who exhibits, teaches and runs projects throughout the world, and in collaboration with other artists. The statement on her website: “Paint dye, layer and stitch are combined with discarded cloth, paper and found materials to create unique … More Cas Holmes
I needed to research using a soldering iron to further my TRANSLUCENCE investigations. What a boon to find Margaret Beal’s work! I purchased her New Ideas in Fusing Fabric: Creative cutting, bonding and mark-making with the soldering iron (2013) published by Batsford, one of their wonderful series of fabric covered textile art books. After an … More New Ideas in Fusing Fabric by Margaret Beal
Brief Develop a series of three stitched pieces showing: a sense of repetition, variety of scale and a placement design. Piece #1 Piece #2 Piece #3 Choosing Imagery The stitched plastic piece from Exercise 2.3 intrigued me: the serendipitous discovery that the straight lines took on curved edges when stitched into this medium and seemed … More Assignment
Drawing with stitch onto prepared paper surfaces. Sample 1 Pineapple Spikes Drawing Substrate I put loops around the snipped paper to mimic the overall shapes around the pineapple skin spikes: I wasn’t happy with this. It lacked the ‘scrappiness’ of the drawing and the fine detail. Using a finer thread to add more stitches was … More Drawing with Stitch onto Paper
Sample 1 Lightning Selected drawing: The main idea I pursued for this substrate was that some papers give a white mark when folded, to emulate the white check in the background of this drawing. After trialing several alternatives, I settled on tracing paper. Of course, the white fold mark only became obvious once the paper … More Composed and Developed
Overview Peter Clark is a British collage artist based in London, originally from Yorkshire. He held senior artistic positions at major television production houses and focused on television and advertising for most his career. However, in 1999, he began making commissioned collages. This is now his full-time occupation (EIL, nd). Artist’s statement: “I create in … More Peter Clark
One of weaknesses I identified in my drawing, was echoed by my lecturer: “These drawings have become quite controlled in your application of media so I would urge you to try and loosen up even when recording specific detail of your subject matter” I was referred to Angie Lewin, “as reference to an artist that … More Angie Lewin
My feedback from Assignment 1 suggested that I begin a ‘sketchbook’. I wasn’t at all sure what this was, or how it was different to my ‘learning log’ (my on-line write ups). My main finding is that they are NOT names for the same thing. Learning Log “Its purpose is to record and reflect on … More Sketchbook vs Learning Log
Translating to surfaces and textures. Here are my first thoughts/brainstorming list, as well as the papers chosen and the result of manipulating them. Drawing 1 – Edges and Seams (Coconut Inside) Paper Options Potential Treatments Translucent – Tracing Paper Drips, Watery Delicate – Tissue Paper Watercolour Paper Layering Tearing Laminating Melting Dipping, Dripping Wetting Results … More Paper Manipulation Library
Kathryn Kerr 