with the deadline now in 4 days for this module we finally had the chance to go in to margaret street and set up. bearing in mind that its just been the easter wknd, and the week prior to that the studios were closed, and the week before that the workshops closed, plus the full time students have to hand in their research this week too, it didm;t get off to a great start. us part timers are in the full timers studios, whilst they are setting up all over margaret street in what should be more of an exhibition style approach. therefore we have to wait for them to clear out. i know they’ve had weeks of notice for this date, and have even had conversations with them about how it was going to work, they still had not even begun to clear out. the studios are working studios so there is stuff everywhere naturally, but it still go on my nerves. we’re part time in the main part because we have jobs, so imagine if this was our only day to set up? what would have happened then? it did annoy me, and i wasn’t surprised, but still ggggrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!

this then set the day off for being a frustrating one, and the final tweaks i wanted to make have all turned into a bit of a disaster, so i now need still more making time, when really i would rather have stopped by now. yes i cannot blame that on other people as it is only me that is responsible for my work, but none the less, today was a very, very frustrating day, and i would rather not be writing my critical evaluation whilst i’m in this frame of mind, but time ticks on, and waits for no (woman artist)man.

i was reminded of these…..

i’ve been a worshipper of le corbusier for years and when we went on holiday with our german friends to france to meet our french friends for a week away they offered to take me to see ronchamp, which was utterly amazing; once in a lifetime memories as far as i’m concerned. anyway what with all these cubes it reminded me of the little windows that run along the one side. with the depth of the walls the recesses make a cube almost, plus combined with the serenity of the space inside (going back to how this all started) and how in a tutorial we discussed referring back to the scale of a room in proportionally sized cubes inside they seems a few cross threads that should be explored.

these are my photos from 2009

whilst i’m working my way through all the different cubes it’s hard not to think of where i want to take this next. certainly the ones with intrinsic surface decoration are very interesting such as the beeswax, clay, wood block, granite and crochet and its whether its a case of just working with those as a smaller group. equally drawing, making illustrations of those surfaces to create prints or illustrations from is also very appealing. 

the materials that can be used on themselves to hold themselves together is very interesting; i’d prefer to be able to get away from all of this glueing which i don’t really have the patience for and so then make a mess of. having said that trying to glue some of them together has been quite a challenge and so does need improving as far as my actual skill levels go. but in the end its not what i am interested at looking at.

there are definitely links i would like to make with other artists work such as ronchamp, judd, lewitt and tudela, plus some of the things i’ve gathered on my pininterest boards. 

maybe a series of ceramic cubes that try to replicate the surface qualities of the other materials would be good. 

the glass sheet one

the old book pages one

the acetate one

the leather one