Tutorials, York and beyond

My first tutorial went well. Sculpture as a subject was agreed and we talked round the first few elements in the course booklet. So I now have an idea what I will be doing over the next couple of months. Key areas to start working on are : Artist and their working methods, a study of artist, research on textile artists who create structures and consider the materials which would survive outside...

I am not sure I will complete the work in 4-6 months due to being able to get to visit displays. Plus there is so much too =)

Good news : Kew Gardens are holding a Henry Moore exhibition which opens on 15 Sept until 30 March next year =) YEEY !!! Perfect timing. It is now on my list of places to visit. The Nash conservatory have an display which explains the artists working process and the developement of some of the pieces in the gardens.... They have a selection of 28 outdoor sculptures.

Last weekend visited York (see my main blog for details) but was disappointed at the lack of public art. Granted we did not go roaming round the parks , but my friend and I walked round most of the town .... =(

Wednesday - DH and I went to Surrey University for an opening evening for their adult education Language school. We were thinking of taking a German course.... Now signed up to Intermediate 1 =), while I was waiting for him to bring the car round sat looking at the sculpture outside the building. Made a quick sketch on the only paper I had - the campus map. As we will be going back there I will have a chance to capture a photo or two.

No idea of the artist or title ....I did a web search but no details !?!?!?

One thing I have found out about was a textile research project by the Surrey Institue of Art. Textural Space was a project involving contemporary Japanese textile artists. It featured large-scale work which explored the 3D potential of textiles within an installation format. I have contacted the department to see if they still have copies of the catalogue.

The department moved on from there to the Through the Surface project which was a series of Mentoring collaborations between 14 textile artists from Britain and Japan. 4 young artists from Britain and 3 from Japan travelled to work with 7 established artists from the opposite country.

Over this week, apart from the web searches I have been able to do while at work, I have been completeing the sketch work from Germany using my photos, added comments into the sketch book and starting to add work from UK.... I did add a page about Maman which we discovered in Montreal. Maman is a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois of a giant spider. This is just one , others are in places like New York. When Tate modern opened they had a Maman in the main turbine hall. My photo below.