Presentation Script : This presentation will cover where my practise was at the start of the year , the significant projects that changed my practise that helped me get to where I am now and what’s next. Slide one – Collaboration with refugee council. Very much a personal project – Wanted to work with a group of people who are directly affected by a political and or social issue. COLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS !! Proposed a series of workshops. COLECTIVLY DECIED - AMBITIONS !! THE STORIES! Own response to stories that they told me – Very simple technique use ink. Sensitivity was a big factor I was aware of and using a simple medium like ink works well for this, more figurative approach than realistic. Slide 2- Collaboration with refugee council. Series of workshops in the councils building and one here at the uni. Councils building painted tree on wall and drop in clients where asked to paint flowers and leaves to for on the tree. UNITY Girls dream – to live in a house with lots of birds. Very grounding and achievable dream. Slide 3- Ohh deer Heavy going last project, needed a break to experiment and play. Needed to get it out of my system in order to be able to regain focus again. Missed having a context, but still valuable to play. Started to seriously consider textiles. Slide 4- Sherlock illustration Going back to where I left off last year, lino and screen printing. Story telling and composition improved quickly. Got into the stories and enjoyed it more than creating the cushions. Much stronger Turn in direction Slide 5- wuthering heights and twelve brother’s illustrations. Two of the strongest piece this year. Two different methods , traditional and digital. Problems with detail . traditional not clear, digital much clearer. Adapting for working for fast turnarounds. Slide 6 Break down of building up the layers digitally , excaltly the same as screen printing but quicker. More control over colour and easily editable. Uneven textures but create a screen print catologe that got rid of this. Slide 7 Editorial with new found techniques. More depth to the images. Not as high quality but I have more time to work on the idea behind the piece which is more important.
Slide 8 Spy zine. A1. Slide 9- Social media Not great at social media . Finding techiques to work with it, delet it off my phone whenever I post something , not letting it dictate what I make. Treating it more like an online portfolio just a solely a platform for likes and promotion. Slide 10 – Website Slide 11- where next: Print club London, really excited about this Print is at the core of everything I do in my current practice. Work for Somerset houses summer festivals. Get a print room for a bit longer Gain more contacts. Slide 14 – REVIST !!! - Two SIDES TO MY PRACTICE but both work for editorial and publishing. Like to do more investigative reportage work. Slide 13-self portrait – This is me – Ambitions for the next 5 years Own make shift studio, and be hitting the big names. Slide 14 – Any questions.