In search of colour

Looking to document outside colour examples led me on a short tour of surrounding areas picking out things that interested me. Colour has mainly been defined by interior space and plastic forms, pushed to the limit in my bold choices. Recently I wonder however if more muted tones and subtle shades could look just as good. I like the colours found on buildings - each place you visit seems to be different. When I lived in Spain the colours felt quite distinct to what you find in Edinburgh - the light contributes to this also but it all comes together to give you a feeling for the place. Perhaps bringing these kinds of colours into the work will give it a new aspect.

Overlaid with the lights from the bus interior

Blue rust

A hint of colour/dirt

Front door

Metal blue sky


Kms run last week: just 17...
Books on loan from the library: 4

TOMs exhibition

Another deadline for last week was the completion of work for the TOMs exhibition. I got involved with this a few months ago, after a call for local artist involvement. The opening was on Friday and the exhibition had about 20 artists who had put their own designs on a blank pair of TOMs (canvas shoes). These are to be auctioned with the proceeds going to local charity ARTLINK http://www.artlinkedinburgh.co.uk/.

TOMs have done similar exhibition in the US and in other cities in the UK. It was a bit of a protracted process dealing with the shoes but working on something completely different and on a whole new scale is usually beneficial and it is good to be involved in different things.

 

The exhibition runs until 25th Jan

 

 

 

 



 

At the opening

 

 

Next stage

The way the course is structured means that the written element to the course is now finished. Although for some it seemed like something which was time consuming and unrelated to their practice, I felt that it added to the first semester and gave a focus which related to my own research within the theme of my studio practice.
I think that if you have to do something as part of a course or project, you may as well tailor it to suit not just what you are interested in but something which is related and could be of benefit overall. I really felt like this year a lot of things fell into place in my own thinking about theoretical things which has given me the confidence to question things and apply this to my practice.
Although the academic writing is done with for now, writing is still playing quite a part in my activities at the moment.
The last week has been concerned with focusing on applications to residencies/prizes/proposals/graduate things and so on. There are so many and quite a lot of opportunities to take advantage of. It does take some time out of the practical art making side of things but one thing which needs to be done, if I want to follow these paths, especially after graduation.
In each application it is important to get across exactly what is relevant rather than have one statement for all. I expect to apply for a great many things before having success, such is the nature of these things - on the plus side this will give me plenty of practice in statement writing and proposals...

Other things - a trip to Berlin to visit my brother at ZKU http://www.zku-berlin.org/space/
He is completing a residency there - great to see the kind of things on offer.

 

On the tourist trail at the German parliament

 



Books on loan from the library: 5!
Kms run last week: 14 ... slow week