making a start

where to begin?: following on from my work from last year i have lots of possible starting points for developing work in relation to landscape, body and gender. why landscape, body and gender? suffice for now - because it has to be me and it has to be the landscape (articulation will come). so around these... Continue Reading →

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some questions to begin

starting points: i really want to continue my exploration of my relationship to the landscape and gender, with identity in an irish context as an overarching frame of reference. i feel that i only touched the surface of many ideas - body and movement in relation to landscape and gender, language in relation to landscape... Continue Reading →

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extending an art practice

some questions to think about ... how do we extend our art practice – towards what? extension as outward movement - an expansion of ideas, skills and knowledge. extension as an inwards movement - a honing, narrowing, compression or focus of ideas, skills and knowledge. how?: gaining knowledge of our work in context - socially, politically, historically... Continue Reading →

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‘room’ at the ranelagh arts festival

continued to work on the 'room' screen print series over the summer which continues my exploration of landscape and gender - room: indoors and outdoors, room: place, movement, confinement, room: partial views and of the domestic. there is a lot more scope to explore these juxtapositions further through image, print and as of course video... Continue Reading →

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IPE submission: ‘room’

  29.07.18: started to work on an edition of 10 screen prints for international print exchange IPE in the UK. the theme was open so i decided to continue my 'landscape and i' work, starting by simply contrasting inside and outside space in terms of form, pattern, symbol - something of the domestic (damask wallpaper) overlayed... Continue Reading →

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ceramic processes continued

9-13 july 2018. spent the week working on ceramic processes with brigitta seck at NCAD this week. started by revising the main clay building processes with an emphasis on technique rather than concept, although we could have worked with a theme in mind it seemed better to let the processes see where they took me.... Continue Reading →

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upskilling in 3d processes

spent the day in island mill ceramic studios yesterday learning how to throw clay and work the wheel. i had a feeling it was going to be challenging before i started and so it was. centring the clay on the wheel at the start is key. also working with 2 hands all the time and... Continue Reading →

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