Friday 28 September 2018

Conduits in the mind

I see conduits of mass movements as likely non places and nothing handles mass information like the human brain.  Tonight I used flameworking to create cerebral veins and neurons.  I like how these are shaping up.



Wednesday 26 September 2018

A penny for your thoughts

After racking my brain I thought, why not use a brain!
I'm now exploring how I can cast a brain in glass so have started my mould making; time to get clay and plaster under my nails.😏





Non Places

The theme for my next college brief is 'non place': 
Non-place or nonplace is a neologism coined by the French anthropologist Marc Augé to refer to anthropological spaces of transience where the human beings remain anonymous and that do not hold enough significance to be regarded as "places".

 I'm going to have to rack my brains for this one....

Tuesday 25 September 2018

I'm starting a blog!

Hi,

I'm a student at Forth Valley College, Stirling Campus and this is blog is my experience of the Degree in Art & Design.

I'll be blogging about my day to day college activities, areas of research and images that have captured my attention.

I'm also looking at a start up business under the name ...in glass and you can see examples of my work here

So, for now, here is the view from my college studio window this morning - it's easy to be inspired every morning 😃


Antemortem

Antemortem This piece portrays the culmination of six months of research and development into the meaning of life, death and the inf...