More Philosophy Module Sculpture

The sandstone has changed quite a bit....

.... and so has the soapstone.

Much filing and sanding has been the order of the day, and many of those days too.

Philosophy module sculpture piece

the beginning

The early stages of the sandstone piece.









This sculpture came about as the practical assessment for my philosophy module during the Masters course. The module itself was called 'Tragedy's Figures, Aesthetics, Politics, Philosophy'. An incredibly fascinating subject that involved much reading and inevitably, talking. The idea of making an artwork as part of the assessment process is only in it's second year and I think works really well.

More process images.

Once the sculpture got to this point, I then had to work on it's partner, which is a soapstone piece.

From here on, things started to get a little more complicated because I had to begin working the stone so that they would both eventually fit together.

'Flow II'

New sculpture........I said there was more to follow.

This is 'Flow II'
The research I do always influences the sculptures and this time I'm reading about liminal spaces and turbulent flow.

Long time No Blog.

Found myself all embroiled with life offline again, and I do think that is a good thing but, that means no blogging.
So here I am again.
Woke up too early to get into Uni, therefore time to add some pics.

One of my new sculptures, the piece is made from sandstone which had originally been part of a building. I like the recycling aspect as much as the colour.

The name is 'Flow'. Enjoying putting holes in my stones.
There are more to follow.

More Greece, more beauty

The first two images are me playing around on the beach with the stone. Gorgeous day and lovely to wander around by myself making wee sculptures. The large statue is situated outside a museum on the island.

Aegina Island, Greece

I was very lucky to be one of the artists attending an artist's residential on Aegina Island, Greece. What a fantastic place to visit and photograph and sketch and explore and I could go on and on........

The most beautiful blues that I used to gaze at and almost lose myself.

We did a lot of exploring and were taken to an exquisitely old olive grove. Some of these trees are said to be 2000 years old. Breathtaking.

I became completely enamoured with the texture of the wood itself as well as the shapes of the trees.

Self-portrait calendar

All these self-portraits were finally exhibited at The Bradshaw Arts Space at Dundee University.
The event went really well and feedback was excellent.

Here are the portraits in a monthly format.

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