Joetta Maue blogged my work...JOETTA MAUE! Her work was pinned to my studio space and inspired my use of thread in 'connected' and now she is lookng at my work! AMAZING.
Read her blog entry here. make sure you check out the rest of her blog too!
Monday 27 February 2012
Monday 20 February 2012
Sample 12
To see the work of my fellow coursemates graduating this year please visit:
http://sampletwelve.blogspot.com/
The blog is continually updated as the academic year progresses. You can also see us on Twitter and Tumblr.
http://sampletwelve.blogspot.com/
The blog is continually updated as the academic year progresses. You can also see us on Twitter and Tumblr.
Sunday 19 February 2012
New Project
I did plan to continue this project on after Christmas, but then decided to change my theme.
My new project is about my one and a half year old niece, Chloe, who suffers from Diamond Blackfan Anaemia. DBA is a rare but life threatening condition that means she has to undergo blood transfusions regularly (every 2-4 weeks) to keep her alive. When she is strong enough, she will then have to have chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Currently at home in Sunderland, the local newspaper runs a campaign for Chloe (Sunderland Echo, Chloe’s Call-Up Campaign) encouraging people to donate blood, and sign up to the Anthony Nolan Trust. For my project, I will use Chloe and her illness to help raise awareness of the disease and its effects, as well as the need for more people to donate blood outside of my home town.
For more on this project please see:
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/leighlalovesyou
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighlalovesyou/
My new project is about my one and a half year old niece, Chloe, who suffers from Diamond Blackfan Anaemia. DBA is a rare but life threatening condition that means she has to undergo blood transfusions regularly (every 2-4 weeks) to keep her alive. When she is strong enough, she will then have to have chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. Currently at home in Sunderland, the local newspaper runs a campaign for Chloe (Sunderland Echo, Chloe’s Call-Up Campaign) encouraging people to donate blood, and sign up to the Anthony Nolan Trust. For my project, I will use Chloe and her illness to help raise awareness of the disease and its effects, as well as the need for more people to donate blood outside of my home town.
For more on this project please see:
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/leighlalovesyou
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighlalovesyou/
Monday 19 December 2011
Beefranck's Emporium
MrXStitch strikes again. My twin project is lucky enough to be featured by Beefranck, as part of Beefranck's Emporium! How exciting! Click here to see it!
Monday 21 November 2011
Double Imagery
Double imagery is all around us. Pattern is unavoidable in day to day life. I took a 96 pace walk from my studio space to the back exit of T2. In this short walk, I found 8 double images.
There are 3 images here that stand out to me the most.
The first is of the plug sockets. They have near perfect symmetry. The switches, the socket, the screws, but they all link as one by the single pipe like structure coming from the top (umbilical?), which then highlights the fact they are all encased in one frame (womb like?).
The second image is that of the boxes. One is upside down almost breaking up their identicality, but this is then reaffirmed by the way in which the blue stripe continues as one across them both, connecting them (conjoined?).
The final photograph is of the fire extinguishers. At first glance, they look the same, but each actually has its own unique identity. They put out different types of fires, but both have the same function (to extinguish). One is larger than the other (dominance?).
Sunday 20 November 2011
One Actor, Two Roles
I just finished watching 'Dead Ringers'. Other than the fact it was a weird and not very up beat sunday afernoon film, I found myself most concerned by the fact that film makers had chosen Jeremy Irons to portray BOTH Mantle brothers. This is also the case in another famous twin movie 'The Parent Trap' (both versions).
Why? Why not find two perfectly good actors who are identical twins to play the part of identical twins? Surely there are twin actors out there? Perhaps it is a gimmick by the film company to promote the cleverness of the filming. Maybe identical twins just weren't identical enough compared to one person.
To be honest, I found this really distracting and couldn't help looking for the join in the film where they sandwiched the same actor twice into the same frame, or looking out for the dodgy wig they'd put onto the 'Jeremy Irons from behind' actor whenever the brothers had physical contact.
I have been trawling the web to find answers, but so far seem unsuccessful. However, in my search I have also came across films that feature twins, but use non-twin actors. Which bring me back to my original question of why!?
Can anyone shed any light?
Why? Why not find two perfectly good actors who are identical twins to play the part of identical twins? Surely there are twin actors out there? Perhaps it is a gimmick by the film company to promote the cleverness of the filming. Maybe identical twins just weren't identical enough compared to one person.
To be honest, I found this really distracting and couldn't help looking for the join in the film where they sandwiched the same actor twice into the same frame, or looking out for the dodgy wig they'd put onto the 'Jeremy Irons from behind' actor whenever the brothers had physical contact.
I have been trawling the web to find answers, but so far seem unsuccessful. However, in my search I have also came across films that feature twins, but use non-twin actors. Which bring me back to my original question of why!?
Can anyone shed any light?
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