research journal (MA and beyond)
end and start: i managed to get my work together for a submission yesterday and today I am now getting ready for some research gathering, which involves a bit of a road trip with cameras. so today the cameras are being sourced, cleared of files and charged, and my travel routes are been decided and... Continue Reading →
thought i'd work on my chair series but felt it wasn't working at that scale so am standing back from it for the moment. instead, i revisited some of the images i took over the summer on st. declan's way. i am working on 2 images in tandem and like how they are working so... Continue Reading →
moving it along: really trying to push this print series along. although making headway, perhaps not as much as i had hoped. its now at a 4 colour point on one image of the series and have yet to start printing the second one that's prepared for print. So far okay, although i am finding... Continue Reading →
following through: i had committed to doing a mail art project a few months ago and had almost forgotten about it until i got a reminder about the deadline. despite this, i really enjoyed playing around with the envelop format and the theme. i decided to keep going with the print run to make a... Continue Reading →
i've had a productive few days. nothing near finished but a few things started. i'm working over and back between continuing to develop a print series and starting to gather and research for a video/installation idea. i like how different ideas overlap, resonate and inform each other. and i like how things don't have to... Continue Reading →
this year: i have decided to carve out more time for my studio practice and, over the last few days, i have been making a plan on how to make the most of my time. so far, i have made a list of a few ideas that i want to work on, as well as... Continue Reading →
mountains etc: i am working on a few things at the moment. for the last few weeks, i have been developing a small series of screen prints of the galtee mountains - some elements are working, more to do. might park it for a bit and then return to it in a few weeks with... Continue Reading →
well well well: i have been busy printing these last few weekends, in the run up to Christmas. i had a good amount of orders and the repetitive process never seemed boring. i suppose it helped to switch designs between printing runs and printing in bundles of 5 - the number of cards in a... Continue Reading →
preparation: i am busy getting ready for some next things - preparing for a print fair, preparing for new card collection for sale, preparing for a submission for a text project - i plan on developing my print and embossing work for a possible book project next year. i am also keeping an eye out... Continue Reading →
making over the summer: it has been a few months since i posted, although i have continued to make, print, think on and have been in the studio most weekends. hopefully i will get back to more regular posts now that i have a routine. so to update over these last few months - i... Continue Reading →
process: i am spending most of the summer away from my studio but coming up from time to time to do a little printing, sorting and planning. i started working on a CMYK edition based on theme for an open call which i am happy to say is finished and posted to Spain to be... Continue Reading →
keeping busy: i suppose it has been a while since i posted but that's not to say that i haven't been busy, maybe too busy to post. over the last few weeks i have completed my psychogeography course 'investigating place through psychogeography' and that turned into a bigger than i thought video and text project... Continue Reading →
elaine crowe 