It's reading week at college when I had planned to do my research for our exhibition at Crows Nest Park and get on with some practical work. True to form I am in bed with a terrible cold, sneezing and coughing uncontrollably. Why can't we find a cure for the common cold? Next week is our trip to London so I must be better for that...last year was great!
This year I shall be much more focused on what I want to see; sculpture! It may be a bit of a cliche to say 'journey' but that is what it feels I have been on since the start of my degree course in Fine Art. It is a gradual learning curve and one that can be extremely frustrating at times but eventually it seems to happen naturally and almost without you being aware. I am so much a 3D person, loving the results of being able to be fascinated by how I can now simplify the idea right down and feeling confident that it is enough. It's all about the materials and thinking visually. The old Ann was too literal; everything bar the kitchen sink, now the joy comes from breaking it down to the sculpture itself; the form, the material and very important, the space where it will sit.
From researching other artists: David Nash, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Wentworth, Richard Serra, Anna Barriball and many many others my knowledge and understanding of where my work is going is more informed and makes me feel more confident that what I'm doing is okay.
The enjoyment of taking an idea, however small and watching the process take over and realising that your hands can create a piece of work of some standard that gives me a feeling of pride ,and a great deal of satisfaction. Is it because I am a mature student? I can't answer that really but perhaps because I have waited so long for this experience that I am relishing it so much. The weeks are flying by now; almost like being on holiday for 2 weeks when the first week drags a bit but the next one flys by and you are at the airport on your way home.
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