I am looking at the start of the Major Study Project.
I went back through my seven notebooks that I have used to plan throughout the masters degree and I found some pages that really I want to mark here as a place holder.
At this point anything can happen. There are no guarantees that I will be able to continue the degree in the way I want to. So, to combat these feelings of uncertainty I am jumping in with both feet. Some of these ideas have been here since childhood and I have had some excellent advice from visiting artists to the UHCreative School and some excellent interactions with artists online through Instagram with artists such as Matthew Burrows, who has urged me just to jump straight in. Mikey Cuddihey and strong artists I feel comfortable talking with have all said just keep making and don’t worry about revisiting old themes, motifs and ideas that never saw the light of day before. I need to leave difficulty behind, bringing forward only the most enriching parts of past work. I have been identifying areas for development, and finding my language, a shape for my work, give it space and a platform and preserving my core creativity is what needs to be concentrated on now. I need to treat the work with respect and give it what it needs.
The amount of work I made in just two short weeks at the end of Practice 2 really amazed me and I could barely keep up trying to document it all for hand in. With this Major Study module I am going to keep entirely on top of the making opportunities and I have learnt much from Practice 2.
The following images are a real insight into my core thinking and in small gestures we often find our truth. I think at this point in time all of my sculptural concerns are contained in these eight pages.
It is also important to mark where I have left Practice 2 and what I am bringing into the Major Study Project from day one.
This is how I left the studio and I am going to work as much as possible over the coming weeks incase we do have a local lockdown.
Tina Culverhouse 