Unraveled, snipped, twisted and hung (embellished), 2022, Zinc plated steel, copper, coated steel, feather, 190 x 60 x 60 cm Crit with Louisa Buck of The Art Newspaper, July 2022
Author Archives: Tina Culverhouse
Koppel X Hard Times Word Bank Somethingology, 2022
Weaving Thoughts And Things a Performance 15th October, 2pm Koppel X, 48 Piccadilly, London Tina Culverhouse’s Word Bank Somethingology, 2022, is a situational and collaborative sculpture. For the duration of the Hard Times exhibition, she invites visitors to place written words or found objects at the foot of the piece, which will be woven into the workContinue reading “Koppel X Hard Times Word Bank Somethingology, 2022”
Koppel X Gallery Group Show
Word Bank Somethingology, 2022, wood, steel, zinc plated wire, plastic, spider’s silk, dandelion seeds, gravity. The materials were added to during the installation and culminated in the performance Weaving Thoughts and Things on the 15th October in collaboration with poet Taylor McGraa. Roll up, roll up… Imagine a troupe of artists occupying a space, notContinue reading “Koppel X Gallery Group Show”
Verb Group Show Thames-Side Studios
Group Show, Thames-side, SE18, London 22nd July through Monday 25th July 2022, Mass HQ, Thames-side SE18 Curators – Nicky Hirst and Ian Dawson In 1967 Richard Serra wrote his famous ‘Verb List’, a series of what he called actions to relate to oneself, material, place, and process. Many of these doing words are apparent inContinue reading “Verb Group Show Thames-Side Studios”
Fool’s Gold
Interim Group Show Friday 8th April through to 11th April 2022, Mass HQ, Thames-Side Studios, SE18, London Curated by Programme Co-Leaders Ian Dawson and Nicky Hirst An interim show of work by participants on the MASS Off Site and Studio programme 2021/22 at MASS HQ, Thames-Side Studios, London SE18 5NR The glittering golden mineral pyriteContinue reading “Fool’s Gold”
Shortlist Show International Art Prize
Tebbs Contempory Gallery, Stoke Newington, London I was shortlisted for the inaugural Tebbs Contempory International Art Prize in 2022 with sculptures Place Holder I – IV. I won first runner up prize for this work and received an award of £500 from Tebbs Contempory International Art Prize and will spend this on developing my sculpturalContinue reading “Shortlist Show International Art Prize”
Working through wire and the dissolving of containment
Towards the end of December and through January I have been developing a series of sculptures and their installation in which I am working with wire, fencing wire and medical wire to draw and paint within a space. I have been working with the thought of dissolving the containment and deconstructing the modernist grid. IContinue reading “Working through wire and the dissolving of containment”
WIP 17th through to 27th January 2022
I met with Ian at the studio First gallery view below is the work I made before the break in December. I returned to the work in January. FEEDBACK from ID. Grow it and combine the pieces together. You are looking at it like they are or you are making very separate pieces of work.Continue reading “WIP 17th through to 27th January 2022”
Archive MA Works Fine Art UH
Shown in The Art + Design Gallery September 7th through to 16th, 2021 The Countervailing Balance I & II, 2021, steel, 63″ x variable Place Holder I, 2021, Steel Place Holder II, 2021, steel, 63″ x variable, shown on the left in order of appearance The Countervailing Balance I, 2021, steel, 63″ x variable TheContinue reading “Archive MA Works Fine Art UH”
Abstract for Dissertation MA Fine Art UH
The work I have undertaken during the Major Study project has been concerned with holding space and place. During my research into three major works for my dissertation I chose the works Metronomic Irregularity II (1966) by Eva Hesse, Friendship(1965) by Agnes Martin and Gold Field Paired for Ross and Felix(1995) by Roni Horn. IContinue reading “Abstract for Dissertation MA Fine Art UH”
July Studio Practice
Overview of Studio practice throughout the month I decided to make the next sculpture in the series of leg standing sculptures from 6mm steel. Below are some process shots of this.
Work in Progress 22nd June 2021
There was a great deal of discussion about what these “cages” were and we spoke about how they could be containers but also were about freedom. For some they felt that they wanted to break them apart and bend them. Others felt they were symbolic of freedom and the general agreement was not not haveContinue reading “Work in Progress 22nd June 2021”
Work in Progress Crit February 2021
Following the last WIP in November I spent some time editing the studio. I took both life-size paper cutouts that I had made during the summer made them into a pair. The performative installation I wrapped up in the pieces and the ritual of wrapping the pieces around myself and themselves. Barely Touching (2020) 300gsm paper,Continue reading “Work in Progress Crit February 2021”
Anne Hardy Talk
November 4th 2020 UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE Zoom Thinking through Making Hardy gave us a tour of her studio, pulling out models of exhibitions and gave a talk about her practice and described in some detail her sound work. I found it really fascinating that until fairly recently Hardy’s work existed only as a photographic printContinue reading “Anne Hardy Talk”
Work in Progress November 2020
Here is presented all of the work in progress since the handing in for Practice Two. Below is a video walk around the studio My most recent work are some drawings for sculpture I have been working on in the studio. I made a large scale pink paper sculpture, this is very much a workContinue reading “Work in Progress November 2020”
Starting Major Study Project
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 thatContinue reading “Starting Major Study Project”
Transitions a body of work drawn and written
This body of work is ongoing but I am presenting it here as a slideshow of completed work to date for submission for Practice Two. I plan to make this into a book by the end of Major Study module. I have previous blogged about these this work click here for the first blog andContinue reading “Transitions a body of work drawn and written”
Visual Research September 2020
Visit to Somerset Blue Anchor Bay, finds in the sand under cliff fall The weathered harbour at Watchet, Somerset Watchet Harbour and Marina, structures and shapes Blue Anchor Bay, Somerset, cuniform in the sand and mud Brutalist structures weathered by the sea at Blue Anchor
Visual Research August 2020
A journey around my room. I took these from inside my loft room that acts as a camera obscura. I am taking these over time and hope to do something with them and bring them into my project. 6th August 2020 Later on that morning I was trying the iPhone settings to get the reflectedContinue reading “Visual Research August 2020”
Studio Research Practice Two May to September 2020
The images below show work in the studio from May to September 2020. I have compiled this as a chronological visual essay which starts in my home studio, shows my rented studio, the outside studio I built at home and progressed to the postgraduate studio at UH Creative School. My studio practice and experimentation wasContinue reading “Studio Research Practice Two May to September 2020”
Lines and Cells 2020 Part Three
The installation started in the Postgraduate studio back in February and was going to be a piece of work I added to as the semester went on. However after returning from a field trip to Berlin, the studio’s were closed and I no longer had access to the piece. I spent time in my homeContinue reading “Lines and Cells 2020 Part Three”
Lines and Cells 2020 Part Four
I started to conceive this piece in June during one of the taught workshops with visiting lecturer Anna Ray. I blogged about this here. The final piece is yet to emerge from this process. For now the version it is currently taking is shown below The film below shows a close up detail of theContinue reading “Lines and Cells 2020 Part Four”
Lines and Cells 2020 Part Two
I have waited six months to return to the installation I started during Practice One and Semester B. I turned the work into maquettes to develop the project during lockdown. I had the opportunity to return to this work on a larger scale on September 23rd and wasted no time in realising some of theContinue reading “Lines and Cells 2020 Part Two”
Lines and Cells 2020 Part One
This first video shows the piece finally installed in the postgraduate studios in late September 2020. This is still a work in progress and the experimentation with pulling the shapes from the drawings is ongoing. I have started with making aluminium wire follow the lines and hanging these from fishing wire along the top ofContinue reading “Lines and Cells 2020 Part One”
Gaze Short Film Series
I have within my practice made short films. In the past they have been a comment on the gaze. This series have been made in the past year and all are out takes from my day, incidental gazes, short captures when my focus has been drawn to an episode in the day. I have simplyContinue reading “Gaze Short Film Series”
Building an outside work space
Following a tutorial with visiting lecturer artist Michael Petry, I had a decision to make about how to accommodate my proposed work. I had not been given access to the university studios as expected over the semester C. This had lots of drawbacks for continual study on the two year part time masters degree. MichaelContinue reading “Building an outside work space”
Short films ongoing
I have been shooting short pieces of film over the past few months and have started editing them. I have a page which you can access here which will have them all as I upload them, but I am also going to write about each piece with a short explanation and some indication of whereContinue reading “Short films ongoing”
A move back to/forward to colour
During recent work and whilst listening to Ambient 1 by Brian Eno, I have returned to the use colour in my work. I used to make vibrant watercolours, but having grown sceptical about the use of colour and maybe being overwhelmed by it, I had not used it for decades in this way. After discussionsContinue reading “A move back to/forward to colour”
Transitions a body of work continued
During the past month I have needed to go back into isolation to shield family members. Before this I managed to spend more time working on the transitions body of work and the result are below. I am beginning to tell my story and the work is developing into a new direction, one thread inContinue reading “Transitions a body of work continued”
Work in progress August 12th
Recent Drawing work I produced this set of drawings whilst away from the postgraduate studios. I used discarded life drawings, put my system of 7×9 ruled lines over the top and started to erase areas of the drawings and redraw them. I worked on 14 upright pieces then 18 landscape pieces. I made the piecesContinue reading “Work in progress August 12th”
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