Metal-Stitch-Sculpt

This Process has been exciting,
Even the cleaning process leaves me covered in paint.

I've been learning how the machine will respond to the metal...
Its taking time but its appearing how i had hoped!
Some images....





im going to add a few update posts in the next few days,
a lot has been happening!
thanks for reading,
son :)

dissertation

Dissertation

Some images from my dissertation as a book so far :)

Dissertation...

Well i have neglected my studio work to get this dissertation done,
just a case of finishing off now, sorting out and all that :) with over a month left to go...
for once i have used some organisation at got something done in advance!!

For the studio work, i am going to get the sewing machine out today :D
Also need to apply for an MA, that is the scariest thought ever!! Ow and a competition which will be cool!

Hopefully have a lot more to say next time i post...with lots of photos :)

My assessment went ok, still not sure of exactly how well atm....got a rough grade, but as they say its art and grades dont count.....hmmmm shame i dont see it like that, i probably should!

bye for now,
Sonya :)

4 days till assessment.....

well..........

4 days till assessment and im pretty chilled....i don't think this is normal!!!
I have just been making some video's to present alongside my work,
they are in the style of Gillian Wearing's work 'Signs' 1992-93...


I'm doing a little performance piece for my assessment...need to organise how it will appear,i've never done performance before properly, so its a bit of a challenge for myself.....I seem to enjoy making things difficult, also need to organise my work.....*fingers crossed*

Might be doing a collaborative piece as well, see how that pans out :) will be exciting,
yet another thing i have not completed before....i will update again soon...

Thanks,
Son

brrrrrr...

Well its deffo winter now!...
Done some more work, some textiles some digital,
think i have managed to bring the racism idea in my project to a close now,
hopefully my tutor will feel the same....we will see today!

its 8:45 and ive been up since 6:30....deffo third year now...
Below are some process images that ive been experimenting with....some of the do look a bit scary i must admit...
The idea is to present an event that ended in several arrests, this even happened in Leicester on 9th October 2010,
it was meant to be a silent protest....but didnt really go that way, the two groups involved were the EDL and the UAF...
The whole event was a target for racial abuse....so theres a little info and here are some images....in the images i have made masks for the people, which are re-workings on recognisable media imagery...."The Immigration Channel" as i found mentioned in an EDL blogpost....




I intend to take an image of these 'masks' on 5 people lined up infront of a police line up height chart,
i will add some of my textile images later today :)
thanks for reading,
Son :)

"Monkey to Man, Needle To Mouse"

Some images from my current project....
My project is called "Monkey to Man, Needle to Mouse"...
I am exploring the effect of technology and time-scale on the textile process,
i intend to produce an installation for our degree show,
i am currently in the process of beginning each stage of the process exploring different textile methods including digital print making.

I am also considering the elements i have previously about being Asian-British and am including this in each stage of my installation. I am also giving myself rules, to abide by, such as the amount of minutes i can work on each colour....
ill add more pictures from different stages soon :)
thanks for reading,
Son :)