With ‘In the Bleak Midwinter …’ in full swing and progressing nicely I attended a lecture given by Phil Brooks. The lecture was the first I have ever attended with people from mixed subject areas, I believe it was open for anyone to attend. Kay urged us to attend, I left my knitting quite reluctantly, feeling that I was on a roll so to speak, but after 5 minutes of the lecture I was listening intently and felt very interested and involved.
The subject on which he gave his lecture was his 14 year venture ‘Sixty Degrees North’, A photographic study of life between 60 and 70 Degrees around the world. I felt engrossed in the topic, his landscapes especially interested me. His social commentary images were also very rich with culture and message, but artistically I preferred his landscapes and cityscapes.
I think I felt quite a close connection with the lecture as travel photography is something I’ve always wanted to do, although travelling through Russia, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland etc in those incredible temperatures is a step beyond.
The imagery of his lecture was brilliant, I’m not sure it really made me consider my project in a different way, but it did appeal to me from a photographers perspective. And seeing those icebergs on such a grand scale and such vast icy bodies was quite inspirational in an artistic sense.
In all I thought the lecture was a fantastic insight into a practicing photographer living his dream, even if he admitted to not making any big bucks at it. But after all that’s not what it’s about is it? There is a difference between having a job you love and having a job that pays, a big difference.
Monday, 15 February 2010
In the bleak Midwinter …
A new semester and a new project begins, and still I’m attempting to catch up with my blog to focus on current work, a task that there just doesn’t seem enough hours in the day to accomplish!
The project, much to my delight, is entitled ‘In the Bleak Midwinter …’. The subject is very fitting as the assignment was given to us on a day thick with frost and snow, the landscape on my journey to university was the image of ‘bleak’, yet I did find myself, as always, looking to the trees and their bare twisted shapes on the snowy horizon. ‘Id love to do a project printing tree silhouettes and gnarled shapes’ I pondered, congering up all sorts of ideas in my mind. After displaying my work for assessment I received the next assignment, excited and eager I returned home to begin it.
After a little investigation I soon discovered that ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ was a line taken from a Christina Rossetti poem. Being a Pre-Raphaelite obsessive I jumped at the chance to drag my favourite art movement into the equation in some minute way. As the idea of the poem began to escalate I found myself painstakingly writing out the poem, one line on each page, with the intention of it being a running theme and a mild commentary on my work. Pleased with my flow of ideas (even if I was creating excessive work for myself as usual) my enthusiasm for the new project was quite simply anything but ‘bleak’.
The project, much to my delight, is entitled ‘In the Bleak Midwinter …’. The subject is very fitting as the assignment was given to us on a day thick with frost and snow, the landscape on my journey to university was the image of ‘bleak’, yet I did find myself, as always, looking to the trees and their bare twisted shapes on the snowy horizon. ‘Id love to do a project printing tree silhouettes and gnarled shapes’ I pondered, congering up all sorts of ideas in my mind. After displaying my work for assessment I received the next assignment, excited and eager I returned home to begin it.
After a little investigation I soon discovered that ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ was a line taken from a Christina Rossetti poem. Being a Pre-Raphaelite obsessive I jumped at the chance to drag my favourite art movement into the equation in some minute way. As the idea of the poem began to escalate I found myself painstakingly writing out the poem, one line on each page, with the intention of it being a running theme and a mild commentary on my work. Pleased with my flow of ideas (even if I was creating excessive work for myself as usual) my enthusiasm for the new project was quite simply anything but ‘bleak’.
Visual Studies (Semester One) …
As semester one was quite simply summed up in one post (not ideally what I would have liked to do if Id had more time) I have decided to post just a few of what I consider to be my best visual studies work from semester one. This is much more belated than I would have liked as semester two is in full swing and very busy but I’m trying to find moments to scan at every opportunity possible. Here are some of my visual studies and development work from my first three projects, I will attempt to add more text, time permitting, to discuss and consider each project, but sadly it will only be a retrospective.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Year One, Semester One ...
The resulting Practical work from my first semester at University studing Textiles Design.
'Money doesn't grow on Trees' collection ...
'Lest we Forget' collection ...
'Don't forget the label' collection ...
During my first semester studying Textiles Design at Derby University Knit, Print and Weave were the topics of study. I gained a basic knowledge of these areas and learned skills which enabled me to create considered samples relating to the given topics. The best of my final samples for each area can be seen above, Here are some examples of the favourite parts of my work from semester one:
'Money doesn't grow on Trees' collection ...
'Lest we Forget' collection ...
'Don't forget the label' collection ...
During my first semester studying Textiles Design at Derby University Knit, Print and Weave were the topics of study. I gained a basic knowledge of these areas and learned skills which enabled me to create considered samples relating to the given topics. The best of my final samples for each area can be seen above, Here are some examples of the favourite parts of my work from semester one:
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