Photographs of my house

One of our briefs has the title 'Home'. We made some plaster cast houses a while back, inspired by Rachel Whitread's cast of a Victorian house.

I decorated my house with manuscript and a part of a violin (the tail piece) because of my musical interest. My family are musical so I often associate music with my family home.

Here is a photograph taken of my house on two panes of glass that were by the side of a shed on the College grounds. I love the reflections that have appeared in the glass. It has a similar feel to ice.

Ernesto Caivano

While looking through a drawing book in college today ,I discovered the work of  Ernesto Caivano.
 Although his images are very detailed, they look very clean and simple. I would like to have a similar style to my own drawings when putting ideas into my sketchbook.

Ernesto Caivano  Rope, Blooms, and a False Phallus, 2004 
ink on paper  (c)http://www.richardhellergallery.com

Digits and Pores, Petals and Philapores (c) http://www.anothermag.com

Ernesto Caivano is known for his narrative-based ink drawings. He takes cues from fantasy,science fiction, romantic poetry, classic myth and medieval folklore.  He has been inspired by art nouveau, modernist abstraction, Japanese prints and fractal geometry.

Chroma Block Immunity (Or Slow Union) - (c) http://www.anothermag.com

http://www.ernestocaivano.com/

Breathing Through the Code, 2009 (c) http://www.richardhellergallery.com

I can see similarities between Caivano's work and Aubrey Beardsley's work - both artists use just black and white and the images have the same bold quality. They have both have been inspired by Japanese prints and it is obvious that art nouveau has been a big influence on Caivano's work. I love the attention to detail that his illustrations have - there are so many interesting and beautiful patterns in the feathers in Breathing Through the Code.

Beardsley has also included pattern in his illustrations in 'The Peacock Skirt'

Manchester Trip

Last month, we visited the Manchester Art Gallery. A paper cutting exhibition - 'The First Cut' is on at the moment. The work was Fantastic! And so inspiring. The exhibition will be on until Sunday 27 January 2013.

(c) http://www.manchestergalleries.org

 The exhibition features 31 international artist who use paper in their work.

I loved Su Blackwell's book sculptures. For someone who is interested in Illustration an narrative, the work was very inspirring. 

These were the sculpures featured in the exhibition:

'Roses From Sonnets'

2010, Wuthering Heights. (c) http://www.sublackwell.co.uk

Here is some more of her work taken from her website - http://www.sublackwell.co.uk

2010, Jorinde and Jorindel.

 

2008, The Lake and the Boat

2008, The Wild Swans.

I was also facinated by Sarah Bridgland's work.

(c) http://sarahbridgland.blogspot.co.uk/

Food Diary

 When I was younger, my mother used to get me to illustrate what we were having for tea that day. I did this every day for a while on small bits of paper. Mum kept these in an envelope labelled 'Syniadau Bwyd' ('Food Ideas').

Here are some of my old illustrations:

As part of the theme 'Domestic Bliss', I  decided to re-create what I did back in 2006, this time in a Diary Form.

Front Page of the Diary

I will be illustrating what we have for dinner every evening.

Here are some that I have done so far:

For inspiration, I googled 'Food Illustrators'. Here are some of the images I found on http://www.illustrationweb.com/styles/food-and-drink#:

Mikela Prevost

Jonothan Allardyce

Daria Jabenko

Daria Jabenko

Hannah Davies

Sarah Beetson

A Visit to Ruthin Craft Centre

On Saturday, I went to the Ruthin Craft Centre.

 I Particularly enjoyed looking at the Shadows & Light exhibition
(1st December 2012 – 6th January 2013 in Gallery 1)

Ainsley Hillard was one of the artists work that stood out for me.

Ainsley lives and works in Carmarthenshire. In 2000 she graduated with a First Class Degree in Constructed Textiles from Middlesex University, London. The recipient of the James Pantyfedwen Scholarship in 2001/02 she continued postgraduate studies in Australia where she was awarded a Master of Art with Distinction from Curtin University in 2003.
Exhibiting nationally and internationally her work was most recently awarded first prize in the 3^rd International Competition of Textile Art, Belgium and the International Textiles Biennial of Scythia, Ukraine. Other awards include the Valcellina Artist Award, Italy and the Shell Fremantle Print Award, Australia.
Her work is included in the Lloyd Cotsen Textile Traces Collection U.S.A. and the Fiber Art Collection of the City of Chieri, Italy.

(c)  http://www.artswales.org.uk

This was my favourite work in the exhibition - 'Folds'


'Folds'

The artwork included a series of doilies and linens dipped in porcelain and fired - the firing process has burned off the material leaving a delicate porcelain ghost of their form. These are hung at table height from the original drying rack. I love the Ghostly effects this creates.

The patterns shadowed on the floor is art in it's self

There is a ghost of a table here

Name unknown. Ainsley Hillard



Another artist work I enjoyed looking at was Rhian Haf's work.


Rhian graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA (Hons) in Design and Applied Arts, specialising in glass. She set up her own studio in north Wales with the help of a start up grant from the Arts Council of Wales and has exhibited her work widely over the UK.  Her work is mainly kiln based using a variety of techniques; fusing, casting and slumping, creating site-specific installations, sculptural and functional work.
In 2011 she  completed her MA in Glass at Swansea Metropolitan University with Distinction and embarked on an invigilators plus residency at the Venice Biennale funded by the Arts Council of Wales.
Alongside her practice Rhian has worked as a lecturer, Arts Development Officer and co-ordinator for several arts projects; facilitating and delivering many school residencies.

(c)  http://rhianhaf.com/about/

Glass, Light & Space

Exploration of shadow, scale and light captured within cast glass houses, which have been cold worked to achieve different surfaces, highlighting various qualities of the material.

I love the simplicity of the tiny houses and the way she has experimented with light and shadow.

 It is interesting how the sense of scale has been played around with - there is no way of judging the size of these houses in these photographs.

This idea of the cast of houses is very similar to a project we did this term making plaster cast houses inspired by Racheal Whiteread. Rhian Haf's photographs have inspired me - I love how she has used light to create interesting outcomes.

We then wondered around Ruthin which is a very picturesque place. It had a very Christmassy atmosphere.

The Indoor Market

Wool Shop

 Here are some images from the antique shop

I thought this was more suitable for Halloween!

A Homemade Gollywog

Travel Alarm Clock