AUTUMN-WINTER '24

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FIRST SET OF STUDIES DONE & A FESTIVE BREAK​

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It's time for rounding up, finishing off pieces and planning for the future... I'm ​enjoying final tweaks on my set of works studying Fumi Kaneko as Odette, having completed my first sculpture and loved every second of it... and I'm enjoying working on a few final line works and a painting before taking a break in a couple of weeks. ​

Having enjoyed my first little exhibition just before lockdown, I started back after a long break for surgeries following a rather nasty diagnosis and as many people know, this kept me from my art for too long.

So as 2024 began, knowing and refining my style became the main task this year and focusing this in to this first set of studies has helped me realise that through such a beautiful subject in Fumi's outstanding dancing (see left)

I'm already chewing on the next two 'study sets' and feeling very excited about the coming year and opening the shop with some first finished pieces!

From a rusty but happy start back in January to now, I reacquainted myself with technical skill, now the line has become stronger and carries my feeling and response to the dancers performance as well as their technique.

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My passion and goal, my work’s purpose is to show all the incredible elements dance is made of, by breaking them down in to detailed study and reassembling them as artworks and editorial publications that reflect and respond to the fundamentals clearly - that being largely choreography, musicality, technical skill, expression, performance and narrative... and this includes recognising an individual dancers skill and interpretation of a role.

There’s so much that forms the incredible multi-faceted jewel that is dance and I’m trying to develop as many skills as possible to be able to talk about it through a visual language.
I’ve had dance in my life since I was tiny and I feel like it’s an old friend, in my work it’s an endless place to visit & re-visit and every time I think I’ve reached the edge of the map it becomes something deeper.

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I hope everyone has a lovely festive break - thanks to everyone who's been SO supportive & enthusiastic since 2020! x

 

JEWELLERY & LEATHER PIECES - I've also been working on a little range of OOAK leather bags in collaboration with my fiancé Elliot and my talented friend and jeweller Ruth Claydon - We currently stock a few exclusive pieces by Ruth in the JEWELLERY store, and will soon be adding the first leather pieces for sale. In the meantime, there are a few stunning pieces by Ruth available now, I recommend those seeking a unique jewellery piece take a look and check out her own feed at @mothandmagpie

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LINKS & RECOMMENDATIONS​​​​

 

@mothandmagpie Unique ups-cycled jewellery design.

@mick.wilson.artist - One of the best landscape artists I've ever seen.

@andrew.niblett.77 - Raku potter who's empathetic and precious works focus on peace through tangible, remembered history.

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SKETCHING IN CLAY - SCULPTING IN PENCIL - Read more about the work here 

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