Ian Gibbon. MA Fine Art end of year show, University of Hertfordshire, September 2021 Get Off of My Cloud. 2021. Ceramic, wool, concrete, mummified fruit. 20cm x 20cm x 40cm approx. Honky Tonk. 2021. Mixed media. 130cm x 60cm x 60cm approx. Three Bowls and Two Rights Counterparts. 2021. Mixed media. 45cm x 45cm …
Tutorials log and Work in Progress Seminars 17 Aug 2021 – Paul Again, suggested I work in series To allow more space for chance To try variations of ideas Look at Doyle Lane’s ‘weed pots’, particularly the glazing Comments on the ceramic piece with bristles; – interesting changes from one material/surface to another; – from …
A Lucie Rie – studio pottery, ceramic art Karen Carnes –salt glazed, wood fired functional and sculptural work Yasuhisa Kohyama – hand built forms, wood firing, (anagama kiln) Hans Coper – studio pottery, ceramic art Phil Rogers – studio pottery, wood firing Billy Adams – sculptural ceramics, multiple glaze firings Kate Malone – biomorphic forms, …
Other Research 4 day pottery course with David Brown at Penrhiw Pottery Dave was head of throwing at Jersey pottery for many years, is a highly skilled and experienced potter and a great teacher. https://www.penrhiwpottery.com/ A selection of some of the material I’ve been looking at and listening to via YouTube Chris …
Notebook sketches I tend to write notes and take photographs rather than sketch or draw much. This is a sample of the kind of sketchy sketching I do in (or on) my notebooks. Plasticine ‘sketch’ notebook snapshot 8 notebook snapshot 7 notebook snapshot 5 notebook snapshot 6 sketch listening to “thrice around the cuckoo clock” …
2 Oct – Icebreaker presentation feedback: Kerry suggested I look at Nicholas Poussin and the use of differing degrees and types of detail; and consider how this relates to a sense of depth and space. Poussin, (classical French baroque 1600’s) applied more intricacy and sharpness of detail to the elements he wanted to appear most important and …
To start the course and introduce ourselves to the rest of the group, Kerry Andrews, (course leader) set a task; the Icebreaker Challenge. The brief was to focus on a walk or journey and record or respond to it in some way, then find a way, (any way) to present the outcome, (as a presentation on 2 …
Ian Gibbon Practice I. Initial proposal 9 Oct 2019 One of the primary things I want to do with this course, I think, is to develop processes and techniques for generating more specific starting points, and also ways of working that are more experimental and developmental; rather than outcome focussed. I feel that my primary problem is …
This is an ongoing project to record empty open spaces. It started in 2018 as part of an assignment to produce a short film, “Cirque du Solitaire” which can be viewed here. The first 8 images date from this. I then picked this up again in September 2019 with the idea of it becoming a long …
This post presents images of the main works produced in semesters A and B for the Practice 1 module. Discussion of the work appears in other related posts. Works: – Canvas sculpture : Black & White painting : Ceramic tiles : Rhythm painting : Colour painting : Lino cut : Mono print : Selected photography : Selected drawings. Canvas sculpture Canvas sculpture, …
The main thrust of my studio work so far this semester has been around two paintings; – one just black and white and one just colour. The aim with these paintings is to use the process of making explicitly as a form of research. Each is exploring a different theme and different techniques and modes …
For my work in progress presentation on Tuesday I showed a couple of early paintings, including my first one from 6 years ago, to provide context to where I am now. I was surprised how exposed I felt; not in showing them, but in talking about them. I didn’t feel comfortable enough to give the …
Method & Methodology lecture, Tuesday 19 Nov. This lecture was one of the more interesting of the semester. It raised some questions about what’s behind my work, and why I’ve found it so difficult to focus my research. The concept of artistic research is still quite new to me, having only quite recently come from …
The source I chose for my Critical Analysis element of this module is an article by Barbara Gillam, (2017) titled, ‘Figure-Ground and Occlusion Depiction in Early Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings’. In it, the author makes the case that: – Aboriginal art is sophisticated in its use of figure-ground and occlusion relations to depict depth, and …
Whilst doing some work on my R&E bibliography last night I was listening to Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone on Radio 6 music. He played a track by Anna Meredith called ‘Nautilus’ which made me stop and listen, so I thought I’d have a quick Google to find out more… So, Anna Merredith (MBE) is a …
We’re told it’s good to get lost… but I’m a bit lost. I feel like my ‘research’ and my ‘practice’ have got a bit separated. I’ve been busy looking for things to read and write about, and I’ve been working away in the studio. But everything feels a bit nebulous. On reflection, this was inevitable. …
The other day Heather Burwell, (fellow student) and I were talking about our work. Heather suggested I look at the work of Mel McCuddin… A bit of googling took me to the website of The Spirit Gallery, which represents McCuddin. McCuddin describes himself as a ‘figurative expressionist’. He started making abstract expressionist paintings in the …
I love music. The more unusual or ‘interesting’ the better. I like to find music from different cultures and perspectives, with flavours and structures that evoke the exotic and stimulate in new ways. I’m also interested in the parallels between music and visual art, particularly abstract painting. Perhaps because I’m deaf in one ear, I …
I was chatting with Beth, (one of the year 2 MA students) this afternoon and looking at her work. I really liked the lined patterns and she explained they were based on moire patterns. I went off to find out more as I’m working with pattern and colour at the moment; – specifically in terms …
Marion, (wife and primary sponsor) and I went to see the exhibition of Dale Chihuly’s glass work at Kew yesterday. I’d seen the piece of his that’s hanging in the foyer of the V&A and been impressed by its sheer scale of ambition and technical complexity. On walking around Kew this impression was reinforced. However, …
I had my first session with Paul Johnson, my personal tutor, on today. We looked at some of my previous work and talked about where I’ve come from and some of my aims and fears. I explained that having come to art late in life, I feel I have ideas, but am lacking in …
So, following a recommendation from Richard Heys, who I met at The Other At Fair, I looked up some online video interviews with Ian McKeever. This recommendation has proved to be an invaluable gift. McKeever’s paintings, and the way he talks about his practice resonates deeply with some of the very embryonic ideas in my …
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This is obviously a very commercially focused show, there’s nothing really avant-garde or ‘challenging’ here. Much of what caught my eye initially left me a bit cold after a closer look. That’s not to say there’s nothing of value. On the contrary, I chatted to several artists who had something interesting to say. The ones …