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”
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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”
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”
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”