Author Archives: Tina Culverhouse

analogue photography patterns and shape in landscape

I have used my isolation walks to make some observational photographs. I initially just used the iPhone to shoot these, but decided to try to make some analogue photographs of some of my walks. I am interested in the tree shapes, their shadows and the patterns I find in these. I have used and contrastContinue reading “analogue photography patterns and shape in landscape”

7 x 9 drawings using life drawing

I spent part of my lockdown getting back into my home studio, and in the process of clearing out I found a series of life drawings. I decided to use these and take the figure into a more abstracted space by applying the system 7 x 9 to them. I divided the drawings up andContinue reading “7 x 9 drawings using life drawing”

From the post graduate studio to isolation in three prints

Printmaking has re-emerged in my practice as a major influence on my thinking for the other aspects of my work. It somehow weaves through my work creating a cross over thread that catches all the varied ideas and somehow makes the ideas seem to connect into a common tapestry that I see as my practice.Continue reading “From the post graduate studio to isolation in three prints”

Visual Research Group

31st March 2020 I was invited with others from the Masters Fine Art cohort to join a Visual Research Group run by Hayley Berman and this second meeting, open to all from our course took place on the 31st March. We were invited by Hayley to read an article: Christopher Bollas (2015) Psychoanalysis in theContinue reading “Visual Research Group”

Work in Progress Portfolio December 2019 to March 2020

Since my last crit and during Semester B I worked in the print room making some Lino-cut prints I cut during December and January. I went on the drypoint induction and made two plates shown below. For the Lino cuts I wanted to experiment with papers and colour, so I used some grey paper, graphContinue reading “Work in Progress Portfolio December 2019 to March 2020”

Tutorial February

Michael Wright Post Graduate studios 4th February 2020 This was an informal tutorial I have started a series of large drawings on the walls of the studio, both the Cells piece and the Falling Wall piece which is in two parts.  As well as the larger drawings, I am drawing from some stencils I haveContinue reading “Tutorial February”

Researching poetry in visual art

I have been researching the currency of poetry in art practice. I have always been interested in the written word and poetry. I appreciate poetry as performance but also how it can be visually portrayed. I had been aware of poetry in art, mainly in the form of Fluxus. Jumping forward I have been lookingContinue reading “Researching poetry in visual art”

Studio research, printmaking to generate visual ideas

Looking back over the first term at the University of Hertfordshire, I found that I have used printmaking as a way of working through my ideas both visually and sculpturally. I found that there were problems in my work that drawing on its own was not resolving. I had an introduction during a workshop withContinue reading “Studio research, printmaking to generate visual ideas”

Methodology Research & Enquiry

Considering my methodology the first questions are; what affects the decisions I make about my practice and what are the broader implications of what I am doing within the practice?  In answering, I realised that I adopt different experimental approaches to explore an idea, often emerging from that experience. The word “emerge” has been aContinue reading “Methodology Research & Enquiry”

Researching Folds Revisited

Since researching folds previously I have been looking out for current artists who are using folds in their work. I came across artist Ty Locke whilst researching the Turner Prize shortlist for 2019. He showed up on my searches of Margate artists and had won the Platform Graduate Award in 2018 at the Turner ContemporaryContinue reading “Researching Folds Revisited”

Visual Research Method Workshop

I had the opportunity to work with Hayley Berman from Art Therapy as a tangential workshop to the Fine Art postgraduate course on the 25th November 2019. The aim of the workshop was to ‘explore a visual research method “role consultation analysis”in thinking about an area of practice. This involves working in small groups, reflectingContinue reading “Visual Research Method Workshop”

Understanding the Ritual and Visual Language in my Practice

I have been reviewing my work following my progress crit. I have come up with some rough ideas about what I think the tentative direction my practice is taking within the context of the postgraduate study course. I have been making conceptual explorations and realise some of the following: There is a fluid and ambiguousContinue reading “Understanding the Ritual and Visual Language in my Practice”

Looking at complexity in Critical Analysis for Research and Enquiry

The excerpt I chose to study for the Critical Analysis in Research and Enquiry was complex. There was initial excitement at finding a piece of writing that expressed so many elements I am pursuing in my own practice. Taking the energy from that excitement, I had to get down to the nitty gritty of understandingContinue reading “Looking at complexity in Critical Analysis for Research and Enquiry”

Researching Folds

During my studio practice I have been developing three dimensional work that uses folds. A recurring theme throughout my practice, I have returned to this during my postgraduate studio work. I have been folding printed photographs, and I have been researching other artists who use folds and have been expanding my understanding of why otherContinue reading “Researching Folds”

Print induction workshop with Mike Wright 8th November

I spent the day in with L4 doing monoprints. Learning to mix printing ink with copper plate oil for the drypoint. Mike showed us a series of his mono prints. He used a mixture of techniques in his strong body of work. His themes are consistent to it was interesting to see how he hadContinue reading “Print induction workshop with Mike Wright 8th November”

UHArts – The Big Draw

spacial drawing workshop with Andrea V Wright I booked onto the Spatial Drawing Workshop on the 31st October 2019 with Andrea Wright. I had been told about the event by UHArts on the opening night of the Exhibition Extended/Line in the gallery. It was part of the nationwide Big Draw, as drawing is such anContinue reading “UHArts – The Big Draw”

Colour Photograms Drawing with Light

I spent a day on the 1st of November 2019 in the University of Hertfordshire colour darkroom and had a taught introduction with Michael Wright, postgraduate tutor on the experimental techniques he had learnt and use in his practice. Michael showed us how the colour enlargers work and the various settings. We started with themContinue reading “Colour Photograms Drawing with Light”

Visual and Contextual Research October 2019

During October I went to many galleries and found this all fed into my work in differing ways. MONA HARTOUM I saw Mona Hartoum’s ‘Remains to be Seen at the White Cube. The works from this show that affected me the most, were not the most popular pieces from the show which ended up inContinue reading “Visual and Contextual Research October 2019”

Tutorial with Kerry Andrews 22nd October 2019

Tutorial Kerry Andrews and I discuss that being lost is an important part of the process. There is a peculiar transition from making into drawing its a translation from one form of thinking into another. There are forms of translation and reference of translation. So, the transformation between states within my drawing mean I amContinue reading “Tutorial with Kerry Andrews 22nd October 2019”

Line / Extended

17th October 2019 – opening of UHArts Line/Extended show I attended the opening of Line / Extended, a group show at UHArts gallery. The artists on show were Rosana Antoli, Andrea V. Wright, Jane Grisewood, Lucy Brown and George Eksts. I was interested in this show because I use line, drawing and installation extensively inContinue reading “Line / Extended”

Practice Development Louis Bourgeois – Insomnia Drawings

research on drawing practice I first encountered Bourgeois in 1986 and her work struck a fear in me. It was her way of speaking the unsayable and finding a language for pain, but juxtaposed to that pain and unapologetic at a time when subjects she was addressing were taboo in a wider cultural sense. IContinue reading “Practice Development Louis Bourgeois – Insomnia Drawings”

Defining practice research, methodology and complexity

Following from being set a piece of work to define our practice, there was a seminar with visiting lecturer, Helena McGrath, to establish what our research should be about. We analysed our own practice, what we are interested in and what we do. I found this process a bit alien and difficult at first asContinue reading “Defining practice research, methodology and complexity”

Research on Kiki Smith and studio research and experimentation

I visited the Kiki Smith show at Modern Art Oxford after postgraduate tutor Michael Wright had mentioned Smith in the taught seminar I attended on printmaking. Michael had explained how Smith was a cross discipline artist and had made very spiritual works. I was curious as I started to research Smith and discovered how sheContinue reading “Research on Kiki Smith and studio research and experimentation”