Comments on: In The Beginning http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2008/05/in-the-beginning/ Artist & curator Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:58:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kirsty http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2008/05/in-the-beginning/#comment-5554 Kirsty Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:29:37 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=301#comment-5554 Hi Wendy, welcome to my blog. How's your statement coming along? I've not done much on mine since I wrote this post - there just always seems to be something else that needs doing. Ha, I bet Alyson would tell me to stop making excuses! I often don't draw my ideas either, other than a very rough pen sketch to remind myself of what was in my head. In my experience, sculptors often don't make detailed drawings beforehand, we tend to make little test pieces or maquettes instead. Some do, of course, but when I was at college on a dedicated sculpture course, most people were making rather than drawing. Hi Wendy, welcome to my blog. How’s your statement coming along? I’ve not done much on mine since I wrote this post - there just always seems to be something else that needs doing. Ha, I bet Alyson would tell me to stop making excuses!

I often don’t draw my ideas either, other than a very rough pen sketch to remind myself of what was in my head. In my experience, sculptors often don’t make detailed drawings beforehand, we tend to make little test pieces or maquettes instead. Some do, of course, but when I was at college on a dedicated sculpture course, most people were making rather than drawing.

]]> By: Kirsty http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2008/05/in-the-beginning/#comment-5522 Kirsty Thu, 22 May 2008 19:55:41 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=301#comment-5522 It's a pretty commonly used term over here, Alyson, although I wouldn't use it in a class paper or anything very official. It’s a pretty commonly used term over here, Alyson, although I wouldn’t use it in a class paper or anything very official.

]]> By: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2008/05/in-the-beginning/#comment-5495 Wendy Edsall-Kerwin Fri, 09 May 2008 15:41:35 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=301#comment-5495 I found your blog through Alyson's website and I too have been working on my artist statement. I just posted about it on my blog. I like what you siad about how you begin your artwork. I guess that since artists tend to be visual people, so often their ideas are sketched out visually. I like that you can start from a sentance. Working in a 3-d medium I have problems sketching out my designs adequately, but I have a better sketch in my head. Sometimes it's just a feeling that gets worked out in the metal, but sometimes there is some sort of sketch to get me started. It's really interesting to find out how other artists come up with their work. I found your blog through Alyson’s website and I too have been working on my artist statement. I just posted about it on my blog. I like what you siad about how you begin your artwork. I guess that since artists tend to be visual people, so often their ideas are sketched out visually. I like that you can start from a sentance. Working in a 3-d medium I have problems sketching out my designs adequately, but I have a better sketch in my head. Sometimes it’s just a feeling that gets worked out in the metal, but sometimes there is some sort of sketch to get me started.
It’s really interesting to find out how other artists come up with their work.

]]> By: Alyson B. Stanfield http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2008/05/in-the-beginning/#comment-5494 Alyson B. Stanfield Wed, 07 May 2008 15:42:37 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=301#comment-5494 I love "art wank"! Nothing we'd say across the pond, but spot on. I love “art wank”! Nothing we’d say across the pond, but spot on.

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