I am creating a small series of lino prints related to the Nottingham Castle collection brief. I would like the prints to be a continuation of the pieces that I have made, so the above print is a view of the trees that hang over the castle gift shop. I am also in the process…
Month: February 2025
Komorebi Painting
Here is a completed ‘komorebi’ painting where I aimed to express the feeling of tranquility of the light filtered through trees. I think that the linework was somewhat successful in bringing a sense of movement to the piece, though it does feel over-composed in some areas. With the colours, I wanted to convey the freshness…
Soldering the Stained Glass Reliquary
This video shows part of the process of soldering the reliquary. The lead-free solder that I used melts at 400 degrees, so caution was needed when handling the soldering iron. I needed to use a heatproof surface to prevent fires, and PPE to avoid any burns from stray solder. I also wore a mask and…
Process of Making the Stained Glass Reliquary
I started out with the idea of making a fused glass dome, which I found was not possible, however it meant I still had the wax dome form that I had made as part of that process. This came in useful in designing the stained glass version of the dome. I started out thinking about…
Park Yunji
10:05am, Colour on Korean paper, 2024 Park Yunji is an artist based on Seoul, South Korea. She explores ephemerality in her practice, and while reading online I discovered her series of works depicting the shadows of trees. They immediately resonated with me because they reminded me of the cyanotype images I had been making using…
Komorebi – Light Filtered Through Trees
Komorebi is a Japanese term meaning ‘sunlight leaking through trees’. It can refer to the feeling of beauty and tranquility of walking through a forest. I have been testing out ways of visually depicting the feeling. I tried manipulating some photos I took to see the different visual effects and which ones most successfully evoked…
Printmaking Techniques – Lino Printing
This is a lino cut that I made of a view of Nottingham Castle where the trees overhang the gift shop. I feel that lino printing is an excellent medium for my current work that looks at the negative spaces of trees, because I can really focus on those spaces as I physically cut them…
Printmaking Techniques – Drypoint
Drypoint, is the technique of making scratches onto a surface that will hold ink, in order to be printed. It can create prints with fine, delicate lines. The design is scratched onto a plate by hand or etched using acid, and then printing ink is applied to the surface and pushed into the cracks. The…
Depicting Light
Inspired by the depictions of stained glass in the Early Nottingham Craft Gallery at Nottingham Castle, as well as the Blasted Tree painting, I wanted to refer to the idea of light being a representation of the divine. There is the idea of the divine within nature as well as a visual connection between light…
Walking the City – Investigation Board
I created this investigation board to document my photographic exploration of the city. I wanted to show the circular route that I took along with the contrasting zones I encountered. I find it interesting to see the quiet pockets dispersed throughout and I felt that it deepened my understanding of and connection to the city….