MA Assessment Exhibition

Photos of the exhibition at BSAD Sion Hill Campus, Bath. The end of MA and the exhibition of the Master's project. The group of black parian vessels were inspired by the reflections of the white parian photographed in the River Clyde at the #timberponds next to the timbers that inspired the project. Making the plinth water …

Shetland glossary- visual poetry

I've worked on a few drafts of this. I began as always transcribing the words into a word document, this time from my glossary of tabu terms from the Haaf fishermen, found first quoted by MacFarlane, then in my Shetland Glossary bought online from the Shetland Times bookstore. ‘Shetland Words’, A dictionary of the Shetland …

Practical reflection

The organisation of the work final presentation has progressed in the last month. I’ve had a couple of meetings with the blacksmith Alesdair working out how to make the water trough for the top of the plinth. He had problems welding the steel plate, as he applied heat it was warping, so I’ve abandoned that …

Point of reflection

This project has been moving through different phases; research, exploration,  conception, development, model and mould making, slip casting, firing, photography, discussion, reflection, slip casting of black parian, firing, photography, reflection, and lastly the discussion of how to communicate the work in the final showing in the 'show'. At this point I decided to try to …

Language – negative space

I've been reflecting on the space the timber ponds occupy and the words I initially collected relating to this. Liminal space, intertidal sands and mud. Suggesting borders, contrast, shadow, reflection, shifting space, wet and dry, water and wind erosion. As I started sketching the profiles of the timbers the Japanese concept of Ma keeps coming …

Profiles/outlines/extrusion/reflection

I decided to sketch some of the profiles of the timbers. Looking at them closely they are much more rugged and covered in seaweed than I have remembered. I sketched groupings, in elevation, similar to the group below, concentrating on their outline and the space between them. then played with one of the profiles in …

Timber Ponds project

For the masters project I’ve chosen a place on the River Clyde called the Timber Ponds. These remnants of timber ponds, date back to the 18th Century timber shipbuilding. They remain as lines of vertical wooden posts sticking out of the mud, seen in the rectangular areas shown in the image taken in Google maps. …

Disciplines

in next week's Tuesday session we'll be exploring artists who work across disciplines. We'll be unpicking the language and definitions around such practice. See paragraphs 6 & 7 of the attached document. (I will upload on another page) In preparation for the session please can each of you: 1 -  identify 2 artists who work …

Week 4 – site of production

Write a paragraph about one of our own production sites. Focus on the conditions – space, how it makes us feel, size, the materials we are using, peers, other users of the studio. Does it push you etc According to Gillian Rose, within each site of production there are three modalities to each site of …

Week 3 writing workshop with Conor

Featured image: Affleck, mapping exercise, black ink, overlaid text in Photoshop CC 2018. Location St Benedict's Abbey, Fort Augustus ( built 1880)/ now The Highland Club Instructions . mapping exercise . site . orienting self 3 walks of 12 minutes each in the interior and exterior environments appropriate text follow same or different path, stop …