There is a particular quality of silence in an empty room, especially a family home when the door slams loudly and voices dissipate along the street. It is as if the air exhales, released from its constant disruption, constant churning by children running up the stairs and through doorways. For a moment, it is given reprieve to settle into the spaces left behind.
Material Presence 2018
May 2019
Ceramics Art and Perception: article 'Pacing the Perimeter'
May 2019
Ceramics Art and Perception: article 'Pacing the Perimeter'
Eight Propositions
here are many ways in which drawing can be used as a means examine and develop ideas, this resource simply identifies eight of them. Their purpose is to imbed drawing as a means of working out ideas, as part of the process of creating rather than an afterthought. To this end, each approach is explored from a theoretical viewpoint - a discussion that places the approach into a wider field if ideas.
Each approach is demonstrated in three distinct ways:
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Illustration of indicative work - Images and student work offering a clear example of the approach
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Demonstrations of how it can be used as a developmental tool – students use of the approach in exploring ideas through a series of stages
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Workshop Exercises –a formal or step-by-step description of how to begin the approach.
All images are of students work, the identification of strategies the result of a collaboration between Dr Natasha Mayo and BA and MA ceramics from 2004-10, Cardiff School of Art and Design
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LINE AND GESTURE
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SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
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LANGUAGE OF PATTERN
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DRAWING AND ACTION
VALUE OF MATERIALS
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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WORKING IN A SERIES
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CURATION
Drawing has long been established as a conversational tool, as notation passed between individuals or with larger groups to create an evidence trail of ideas. There is a fascinating sociality to the activity, finding parallels with the dynamics of a conversation, as artists enter similar cycles of inspection, re-conception, and re-examination, pushing ideas forward, asserting focus, and altering original intentions.