landscape, body, text development: continuing to explore binary relations relating to landscape, gender and body. developing on from the last time where i used text from the weather forecasts to mirror write, this time i used text i came across describing the irish landscape in an ideal way, to attract tourists. its odd how... Continue Reading →

https://youtu.be/OwbYKvpYafM went on instinct when i was out on the mountains doing some multiple gaze work last weekend. i had intended to work again on the gendered gaze in terms of far and near perspectives but this time with an unframed rectangular mirror rather than the circular mirror i used the last time. when i... Continue Reading →

https://youtu.be/YA5JblFczZU exploring outdoor landscape as material to see how it relates to the domestic landscape. i took this footage last weekend and felt it needed a narrative of some kind - the real material of the landscape seemed to suggest something about ideas and ideals about landscape and about domesticity and their objects... some kind... Continue Reading →

context for this post: this post relates to my video work 'i sweat and i sweat' which looks at real and idealised ideas about landscape, body, femininity through movement in the landscape. i just spent the last few evenings going through some of the videos i captured last week on the galtee mountains. came across... Continue Reading →

continuing on my exploration of gaze and the landscape in terms of gender. here are some images i took while out walking the mountains this time with a square unframed mirror. i also took lots of video footage which may become part of a short video piece with narration. i also have some interesting footage... Continue Reading →

spent the last 2 days at Damn Fine Print Studios working on 2 editions of screen prints. part of my exploration of real and unreal landscapes tying into gender and how we view the landscape. the whole process of landscape image making plays with unreal, ideal and the physical reality of making an image. testing... Continue Reading →

playing around with domestic objects today. had intended to get back to my tea set but got side tracked with other domestic objects, objects to move with and to the body - spoon, handles etc. let myself be led by the process and materials rather than a decided outcome as i had wanted to make... Continue Reading →

got back to my 3d processes today and almost finished my tea set (again a problem with the jug mold so ill do that again tomorrow). turns out the textured molds worked fine for shaping the pieces. decided to smooth the inner surfaces as its impossible to shape to forms and keep the texture using... Continue Reading →

spent last saturday in Island Mill Studios in Thomastown learning how to make print transfers for ceramic ware. lots of potential for this type of work as it allows you to play around with print, text and 3d objects. could be a way to explore some of the landscape print series i am working on... Continue Reading →