It's all about the PINS!!!

Hallo :)

Today i have been feeling particularly poorly.  The lack of sleep, damp weather and just general down-ness has made me pray to the ever disastrous...common cold.  These things really do like to kick me whilst i'm down, so i've stayed in bed all day.  In any other situation this would open up much internet research opertunities, however our internet is playing up, so every 5 minutes it turns off...this is proving VERY disprupting.  These are 3 artists that i LOVE at the moment, so i thought i'd share them with you!

The above image is one of Anne Gibbs's pieces.  It is made in bone china and has pins pushed into it.  This is very similar to my current work!  I am very grateful to have met her a couple of weeks ago, when after she gave the whole of the Crafts Cluster a talk about her residencies in Philadelphia and Rhosneath (Scotland) I had the opportunity to have a tutorial with her...which was AMAZING! She gave me lots of confidence in my work, and we worked together to create a list of things to do for my current project in college.  Meeting her has made a great impact on me and my work, and i am excited to get back into the workshop to make!

This here is a piece of Anne Wilson's work.  Anne Gibbs recommended i looked at this artist to give me some inspiration, and to see other people's work that is similar to mine.  I really do like seeing work that is similar to my own, as it gives me a confidence boost, and it excites me to see other people interested in similar techniques.

This here is Debbie Smyth's work.  She uses pins and cotton to create images.  I really like this way of drawing (as well as pins and wire), it makes me think whether i actually need the clay at all, as really the clay is just a way of sticking the pins into place.  As i have been struggling with finding a form that i really enjoy with the clay (and i really don't get on with hand building clay) i might start thinking of developing it out of my designs.  Another thing that really excited me about all three of these images is that they're all monochrome.  I really like stuff that hasn't got colour in them...i don't know why, but i've always struggle with it, and i find it unnecessary sometimes.