So we’re now in to week 11 of my final major project based on self-identity and childhood memory, and it’s surreal to think how far I’ve progressed within the last 3 months. This project has been hard work, not only through the taxing workload bu through the emotional investment that the subject matter has demanded […]
It’s been a busy couple of weeks and I’ve been working on multiple pieces on the lead up till the final exhibition. To start off with I added some embroidery to the wall hanging I was working on previously. I wanted to reinforce the dream like imagery through stars and a moon. Later on in
I’m rolling a few weeks into one post this week as I’ve just returned from Easter break. I spent a large proportion of my break focusing on my contextual essay: Childhood, memory and art. I primarily looked at two key artists who have inspired me so far, Dorothea Tanning and Annette Messager. Before I went
For the research component of my Art Foundation Final Major Project I visited both the V&A Museum of Childhood and Pollock’s Toy Museum in London. It was an adventure into the enchanting stories of childhoods past, each museum offering a collection of the weird and wonderful: toys, dolls, doll houses, rattles, tea sets, puppets. If
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