Colour

Having fun with colour, Mark making is interesting. Opens up a new wave! I am trying to achieve a metallic look and colour response to these in paints are fun. Especially the vast amount of hints and hues. I could investigate this for a long time. Can you imagine trying to get all the colours from a disco ball down on paper. The Quality of the paint is a huge factor. I will do some quality control while experimenting..

3d

Got some lovely photos of several layers of colours piled up ontop of each other. Got in really close and the use of reflective silver paper paid off. Purples, Blues and wines shown out from the light on the green Blue and  Black mix.Could work away quite contentedly for a while with this. The challenge would be to get the same paint effect.

Take a look at Philip Taaffes work. I came across his on he IMMA website. They look amazing on the Gallery wall. I'll bet they'd live up to expectations up close. Philip, if your looking for someone to mind one of your large pieces, I'd make room in the Sitting room for it!!!!

Large it up

There is a super book in the Library called Vitamin 3D. Some great inspiration for large pieces. I really liked Mindy Shapero. Her use of Colours are right up this street.











Amazing images. They are much better up close. Check her out.

Lights, Camera, Action

Just when you think you are getting somewhere and have a plan in place. It all goes up in the air and off we go in a different direction. Back we go to the photos from the Roller Jam and dissect them. This could get interesting!

Out come the Black plastic bags, scissors, wire and shiny reflective materials, loads of playing with light to try and mix colours to get the right one. Will have to pay a visit to the haberdashery for some more supplies. If it all goes horribly wrong I could just use it to decorate the house for Halloween.

legs, legs and more legs

Loads of experimenting with wire, legs, boots, body profiles & textiles. Not keen on the outcome of the wire legs, but I am keen to do the legs in Paper. So far this has worked quite well. I can see it going in the direction that suits me. Waiting for it to dry currently so that I can round off the curves another bit.
will keep you posted.

Work Work Work

Monday was a good day. Loads to do and loads to catch up on, still swopping ideas from Dublin. A super talk about the fashion side of our course. Real hands on. Yippee.

Followed by a torrent of Workshops on Tuesday. Photoshop, Knitting, Weaving, felting, Ceramics and topped off by Print Making. Loads of ideas floating around again. All you need is an extra pair of hands.

Top that off with an essay list, this should liven us up for a while. Watch for the fireworks.

Bus to Dublin

A novel team building process. The funniest Bus trip to Dublin ever or should we say from Dublin. But the purpose of the trip was to check out the Dublin Contemporary Art Exhibit. Main base in Earlsfort Terrace, but we included loads of other venues also. I think the best by far was the Giant Squid on the top floor in Earlsfort Tce. The care and attention to detail on this piece was second to none. Paintings from each exhibit stood out for me. Some because they were very pleasant and some for other reasons. The Black and White Exhibit was up their as my second choice. Looking forward to our next outing..