2nd May 2023
I found his chat quite enlightening with a few reaffirmations of things I already knew, but I guess needed to hear again.
Alistair Jones
Category: BA Art and Design – Year 1
Bec Prior of Prior Made
27th April 2023
She is local and her stores are in Bristol.
Creative Industies Print Works Weston
28 March 2023
This is a local CIC community interest company, that has set-up locally.
We also got to do a little practical workshop creating our own small sketchbooks.
Creative Industries SWOT
14 March 2023
We were split into groups and had to do a swat analysis on a report. Our group had the Creative Industries and Climate Change, how they are working towards Net Zero carbon footprint. A call to action report led by NESTA.
Quentin Blake
7th March 2023
I think most of us have heard of Quentin Blake and enjoyed his illustrations, if only from his illustrations of Roald Dahl’s stories.
A day out of college and a chance to see an exhibition of his work at Weston Museum.
I really loved seeing his sketches and illustrations close up and a better understanding of how he built them up from initial idea to the final illustration.
Printing – Lino Cut, Stamping, Rolling
30 November 2022
I loved lino cutting! I need more practice, I don’t do enough of it even though I have a small set at home. I get annoyed at too much noise – the lines in the areas I don’t want printed. This is just because I’ve not really done much and am a bit heavy handed in places.
As part of this session we also cut into foam rollers to make repeat patterns. Again this is something I just to enough experimenting with. Great for those long rolls of brown paper for personalised gift wrap.
Guest Lecture -Michal Iwanowski
7 December 2022
I found Michal really inspiring and I loved the reason and ideas behind his projects.
I especially liked that most of what you see is captured in camera with few edits and using a 50mm 1.4 prime lens.
One of the challenges I have decided to set myself is to only use my 2.8 prime lens 50mm and keep a record. This is such a good way to improve my photography technique and refine my knowledge of using the different manual settings on my camera. I love natural light and often struggle getting what I see reproduced in camera.
Pop Up Shop
December 2022
As part of our course we have the opportunity to display and sell a limited edition of screen prints in a pop up shop space in Weston Super Mare. The theme was a visual verb. I chose “to love” and the image I decided to use was the one I had worked on in our photoshop and screenprinting sessions.
I chose the colours gold for the bitmap photo image and moss green for the trace outline. The image had to fit a 10″x8″ frame. I am pleased to say I sold one mounted print and that small gesture has improved my confidence so much, people do like my work enough to put it on their wall.
Book Binding Workshop
23rd November 2022
I loved this! I have so many sketchbooks with maybe a handful of unused pages in, and what a great way to collate them all together and make new ones to be used.
As ever, I’m just a little uncoordinated with the sewing. I always seem to start things off back to front. Anyway, I made a simple stitch pamphlet and a Japanese stitch booklet.
The whole idea of making my own sketchbooks, really ties in with my decision to find a more sustainable way of working and producing art.
Two sketchbooks read and waiting to be used.
What do the Creative Industries mean to you?
28th February 2023
Helen Louise Art 