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At 1am this morning I cut up all my previous pieces of work and reassembled them into a new piece. It's very messy and quite exciting (as things tend to be at that time in the morning)!
I have assembled the three stumpwork face samples at the bottom of the canvas to show the result, which is a departure from my other general election pieces which end on election night before the result is known.
This seemed to be appropriate this time as the election process thew up such an indeterminate result.
I deliberately made the faces of Cameron and Clegg very flat, compared with Brown's as their public character is still being formed.
I have enclosed them in a painted symbol which is one I drew many years ago whilst looking out of a porthole on a cruise. The effect I am aiming for is people caught in the limelight .
Mixed media. Stumpwork, fabric, embroidery, canvas, paint, paper and pen.
Work in progress.
"What shall I wear today - who am I?"
This final section shows a woman as a voter ( at last).
I have made it out of pleated shot silk and ribbons with added computer designed text. It is covered by a plastic dome which has the effect of ageing the sentiment.
Mixed media - less than 1 inch high
I'm running a workshop tomorrow and this is the mess I've got into whilst preparing the session.
You should see the laundry and the kitchen too- I've been spreading myself about somewhat.
Collaboration with ceramicist Trevor Lillistone for Arts Council funded 'Two Make' project with Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen. The project developed into a touring exhibition to Corinnium Muesum, Cirencester, Museum in hte Park, Stroud, Walford Mill, Dorset.
porcelain, neon acrylic
The announcement made in October 2009 by General Secretary Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean leader, to have built 100,000 apartments in Pyongyang by 2012 officially aims at facing the housing shortage in the capital city. But it also represents a challenge to give evidence of the communist regime overall prosperity. The Stalinian regime had already pretended to amaze the rest of the world in the 1950’s claiming its ability to construct an apartment for a family in 14 minutes only!
This time it might be a little different. Despite the university students’ conscription and the mobilization of the army, many observers doubt the ability of North Korea to complete the buildings by its founder’s 100th birthday in 2012. In fact, it is not only a matter of housing: the energy and water supply as well as transports for 100,000 families need the building of extra-infrastructure.
Lately, reports have emerged of construction projects having been downsized and sites idling due to materials shortages. By the end of 2011, only 500 units are built, which forces the authorities to reduce the target to 20,000 to 25,000 apartments in total.
© Eric Lafforgue
Porcelain One of a Kind Artist Doll. One of the china paint layers before firing. Each layer of china paints must be fired in the kiln to bond permanently with porcelain. Lightpainted Doll- WIP. Процесс. Фарфоровая подвижная кукла Lightpainted Doll. Lalka porcelanowa Lightpainted Doll #созданиекуклы #авторскаякукла #подвижнаякукла #кукларучнойработы #фарфороваякукла #art #artistdoll #lalka #bjd #doll #sculpture #ceramic #ooak #ooakdoll #detail #face #closeup #portraitphotography #portrait #dollmaking #painting #beautiful #young #girl #woman #feminine #female #wip #workinprogress #porcelain #porcelaindoll #porcelainbjd #collectable #notforkids
have been drawing in my lunchbreaks on some days over the past two weeks. Drawing old law books in the library I work in. This was completed over three sessions. I've posted the work in progress on my blog this week. www.alissaduke.com/2015/08/old-law-books.html
My drawings of Library books and shelves are available on Greeting Cards www.etsy.com/au/shop/AlissaDuke
These flowers were made from painted non-woven interfacing with centres of dyed kitchen sponge. The flowers were waxed with acrylic wax before they were sewn to the waistcoat.
Detail of work in progress, day 2 as resident artist for Open For Inspection, Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland.
The project involved making an installation with the help of the local community in an unoccupied and slightly derelict house over two weeks. By the 24th of november, the house will be filled with installations and art by around 20 artists. More info here www.nowanowa.com/
I am due to deliver a finished piece for exhibition on Saturday, and it isn't even started yet.
This is my first piece of panic sampling.
The theme is (of course) the suffragette, Emma Sproson, who was placed in solitary confinement in Stafford Gaol for her activities.
This confinement took place just after her "confinement" with child, and she was obliged to leave the baby with her husband as babies were not allowed in gaol in those days.
I imagine Emma yearning for her child and sitiching a cap for it for when she was released.
This small sample is worked on linen with crochet cotton and shows images of bars, crosses ( for kisses) and Italian knotted border stitch which appeared to me to look like nappy pins.
One of the pleasures of working a piece like this is that I get to research some unusual stitches.
Work in progress.
These hang around the studio, getting in the way and looking more and more bedraggled.
I have taken the bull by the horns and made a hanging display book so that they are now all in one place and out of the way.
This is the first stage.
As I wanted the pages to be easily removable I have safety pinned these to individual pieces of dyed blanket which will act as the book hinges.
If you join two motifs together.... you get a bishops hat!! Hah.
There must be someone, somewhere who needs a miniature bishops mitre.
What if you used these motifs to create flower trumpets for an exotic flower, or even make them larger and create a bag?
Shown here on top of my Jenny Oliver chest of heads, and with my Orkney triptych.
A convenient ledge for work in progress.
Just starting to gather possible ephemera and papers for a new piece which will be my contribution to the forthcoming "Adhesion" exhibition
I attended a class given by Anne Conybeare yesterday at Westhope College during which we looked at the work of Andre Gurtler and Denise Lach.
We had a session using a "Cola pen" which was fun, and then we did some "nonsense writing" using a medium of our choice.
I enjoy writing with correction fluid, so this is what I used, and I then ran an ink wash over it. I used cheap brown paper for the backing.
I am now translating some of the marks into stitch and making a small book to showcase the samples.