Debrief

13th August 2009 I had a crit of my work up until now. I am pleased with my progress so far, leading up to my exhibition at the end of the year. I really needed the advice and critique of all my supervisors, I am in touch with my two supervisors quite often but it is great when all the lecturers are around for one crit so I could get a varied idea of what is working or not.

I finally put the windows together, I had to do some DIY, but they turned out really well and they are very successful works however I still need to decide how to exhibit them.

Above: Breaking the old glass to get ready to replace the new, retro sandblasted glass.

Above: Fitting the glass

Above: Instead of using a window putty I chose to fix the glass in with silicone and wooden strips

Above: Success! It was great to finally see them finished.

Above: I want the windows to be functional, so the viewers can interact with them, opening and closing them.

Above and below: This is a work in progress, experimenting with 'box art'

Above: These small blocks are the start of a new work which will culminate in one big work. Watch this space!


Above and 2 below: Im working on a big triptych, each canvas is 170cm x 140cm. These next two images reveal the underpaintings, all of which will be concealed beneath a transulent stitched veil.

The two taller figures in this image need to stand out more, I am also in the process of adding more darks to the very white smaller figure.


This image was always very unresolved however with the addition of the veil (to be completed) it is successful.

Above: Setting up for the crit 13 August

It was great to finally see my work up on the wall. For so long I have seen them sitting on easles but seeing them on the wall made everything seem very real.