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Assessment results
I have just received my portfolio back from my assessment for this unit, and that has reminded me to post about the results of the assessment. My intention is that it would be useful for future students who might read … Continue reading
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Critical Appraisal
For this final part of the course, my objective was to respond to the challenge set me by my tutor to create work which has a personal significance. I also wanted my use of materials to be a direct response … Continue reading
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mDNA
Following on from my earlier exploration into family ties, I wanted to make a work which celebrated my mother, her central place in our family and the role of mothers in general, without being sentimental. I also wanted to consider … Continue reading
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All The Mothers
Following on from my earlier exploration into family ties, I wanted to create a work which celebrated my family and all the its members back through generations. It should recognise time passing, people fading from memory, new individuals joining the cohort, the numbers … Continue reading
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Two Faced
As a child, the textured wallpaper on my ceiling frightened me because I could see faces everywhere in it. This instinct to latch on to any shape which even vaguely suggests a face is fascinating. But then faces are really … Continue reading
Masks – Plague Doctor
In the final part of the course, I want to return to some ideas or works which I felt were unresolved. One of these was a clay model of a ‘skull’ which was a hybrid of human and animal. My … Continue reading
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Giacometti Exhibition
The recent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery concentrated on Giacometti’s portraiture in sculpture, paintings and drawings. Whilst his sculptural style of thin, long bodies with heads balanced like flowers on a stalk, I felt that his drawings were (as … Continue reading
Playfulness
Studying Sculpture, I have found it hard to be as spontaneous and playful in my experimentation as I would normally be. As a warm up exercise for my project looking at masks, I decided that it would be fun to … Continue reading
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Masks – Research
Since this project was inspired by the idea of the plague doctor masks, I began my research with some historical background into the plague doctors. “Paul Fürst, Der Doctor Schnabel von Rom (Holländer version)” by I. Columbina. These ‘doctors’ were … Continue reading
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OCA Sculpture 1 Learning Log 