research journal (MA and beyond)
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 →
3 layer bitmaps for landscape 1 3 layer bitmaps for landscape 2 prep for print: just spent the last few days preparing my images for screen printing in the DFP Studios next week. this print series explores notions of a real and idealised or romanticised landscape through image and text. i am using images of... Continue Reading →
revising my plan: just making sure that i keep on top of the deadlines looming. here are the main elements i am working on and the important dates for them to be completed by. important dates: written work: 14th May, exploratory project: information sent electronically by 31st May, physical work sent on 31st May to arrive for 7th... Continue Reading →
how to spot fake news: facebook sent me this information. it seems relevant to my exploratory work on real / romantic landscapes and how the landscape is presented, represented.... 'how to spot fake landscapes'? how would the text look like with landscape imagery? could i apply the ways fake news is created to landscape imagery? anyway... Continue Reading →
artist statement: The Image of Her: This body of exploratory work looks at my relationship to the landscape. Through a variety of lens based work and 3d processes, I explore how the landscape is viewed and experienced according to gender. My exploration questions the validity of binary gendered relationships, in terms of differentiated male and... Continue Reading →
context for this post: this post relates to my screen print series which i developed as part of my exploration of real and ideal landscapes. here i looked at how images of landscape are altered or edited to present a more ideal version which is often at odds with real conditions of the landscape, the... Continue Reading →
context of this post: this making day, as well as other days spend exploring clay, plaster and 3d processes was an important part of the process leading to my video work ' i shiver and i shit' which i submit for assessment as well as a sample of the clay work 'saucer'. 3d processes became a... Continue Reading →
two short videos of the landscape that i recorded from the windows in gortussa; inside looking out on a very wet landscape. touches on a few things that i have been thinking about - landscapes & gender and their binaries; inside & outside, the domestic & the great outdoors, real & romantic, partial views &... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 