A SENSE OF PLACE
MURTON STEADS FARM KATIE GOURLEY
WHERE IS MY ‘SENSE OF PLACE’? WHERE DO I GO OFTEN? WHERE DO I GO WHEN I NEED “MY SPACE”?
MURON STEADS FARM
INITIAL RESEARCH // A SENSE OF PLACE
NOTICING HOW YOUR PLACE CHANGES. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT YOU?
HOW DO YOU
CALM
WATCHIG THE LAND ROUND YOU GROW OBSERVING THE PACE OF GROWTH
WHATS CHANGING?
FEEL?
TROUBLE FREE
MELLOW
RELAXED HEARTY UNTROUBLED MEUTRAL ADEQUATE CALM SOOMTHED SERENE AT EASE PLEASENT COLLECTED NALCYON COMPLACENT WARM INDISTURBED CONTENT DELIGHTFUL FULFILLED HAPPY INSPIRED AT HOME APPEASED WORRY FREE HARMONIOUS WELL-OFF COMFORTABLE MELLOW AT ONE
INITIAL RESEARCH // A SENSE OF PLACE
Painting with textures found from the farm. Squeezing different berries to discover what colours they produce, and using them to influence a colour range. Taking the grains, which grow in the fields and picking them apart to discover natural shapes you were unaware existed. Replicating the track marks made in the mud and using it to inspire print. Taking the notion of expanding into a space. Growth. Using this to influence texture. How will this fit onto a silhouette?
COLOUR & FABRICATION // A SENSE OF PLACE
A DIARY OF OBSERVATIONS
EXPANDING INTO A SPACE
G R O W T H
28th SEPT 5pm Very wet ground and a lot of track prints were still visible. Lots of muddy puddles. Growth of crops are still visible. A very quiet and peaceful walk.
1st OCT 4.40pm Very quiet walk, didn’t pass many people. The sun was beginning to set so the light was dim. I felt very peaceful and at one with myself, The crops were short, almost non-existent . The walk was about miles long.
5th OCT 12.20pm The ground was very wet ad the growth of crops and bushes has increased quite dramatically. Lots of tracks from cars, tractors, bicycles, horses, paw prints and footprints.
15th OCT 11am The clouds were amazing today. Every view was filled with a lovely sky. It was warm with a cool breeze. The ground was dry and the majority of the leaves were still green. The crops were still short, the soil was full of patterns from the tractor.
18th OCT 3.30pm The ground was wet and the growth of crops and bushes has increased quite dramatically. Lots of tracks from cars, tractors, bicycles, horses, paw prints and footprints.
HIGH NECK LINE LOTS OF FABRIC AROUND NECK
HANDS TO BE PLACED NEAR/ON TUMMY
LARGE ARM SPACE ABALITY TO MOVE FREELY
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT // A SENSE OF PLACE
19TH OCT 11am A hot day. Very dry and dusty. Lots of birds flying in circles trying to find food in the dry ground. This was a quick walk. Lots of people were also walking their dogs. Wasn’t as peaceful as normal.
EXPANDING INTO A SPACE
LONG ARMS TO COVER HANDS
FEELING LIKE A BALL
A SENCE OF FEELING CENTERED
A/W FLAT DRAWINGS // A SENSE OF PLACE
A/W LINE UP // A SENSE OF PLACE