12 Project continued

The words in these photographs are often associated with undesirable emotions such as loneliness. With the words being placed with these images, this is accentuated. However, these images are one of positivity for me. The clutter in the corner of the room has gone and freed up a special space. The glass is empty because I have drunk the water and my thirst is quenched. To be with no-one/alone for me is often a luxury; time to lie-in and get much needed sleep or to sit with my own thoughts and in my own company. Alone is not the same as being lonely.

12 Project

A whole chest of drawers worth of clothes gone

Telly gone

A cellar full of junk gone

A vehicle gone

These four photos are of spaces emptied of various possessions. I made drawings of these for my series of 12 pieces, which I will photograph and add at a later date.

More Letters

Continuing on from the Stopping Time project and as part of the 12 Project, I installed the letters in the Holden Gallery and photographed them. I re-read the photos in the corner space, which prompted a desire to write back to my mother all these years later. The notepaper was an image of her letters spread out.

Stopping Time Project

I was interested in a theory that time really does speed up as people get older, which was backed up with mathematical equations. I used these as a basis to our experiments with paint. Having lots of ideas for this project I eventually focused my project on a bundle of letters I had unearthed during a de-cluttering of my belongings. The letters were written to me by my mother when I was at boarding school. She wrote hundreds of them. I had also photographed a corner of my room which was emptied in my 'de-cluttering' and was a great place to think and spend time. I re-built a scaled down corner of the room to house the stack of letters and created some images thinking about the emotional motivations of the letter writing.

Disappearance Project - Using photography, collage and effects to alter or conceal our appearance.

First we used magazine cuttings and photos of ourselves, then began to layer up photographs. The theme throughout this two day project for me seemed to be one of being 'trapped'. We used different lighting to vary effects and disguised the face and body. The above photo is cling film over my face. Other photos show chainmail projected over my body.

Site & Scale Project - waiting for a sunny, breezeless day on Hulme Bridge. The Project was to site and scale-up a previous project. I chose my spoon moulds project.

Wintry Trip to Crosby and Liverpool

                                           Frosted skylight on the morning of the trip

                                                   Less barnacled than others.