Work upload in preparation for tutorial 02/10/2017
Sketchbooks: video of two current sketchbooks.
Katie Venner-Woodbridge | Sketchbook from Katie Venner-Woodbridge on Vimeo.
Link to Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/217086445
Watching this video of my sketchbook, I feel uncomfortable about the first half as I feel I have moved on so much from this. It makes me cringe a little. My research really developed from the second sketchbook onwards and had a positive impact on my work. I do, however, feel that it’s time to revisit starting points and clarify the connection between subject and research as it’s feeling disconnected. The style can remain the same; in the essence that they are abstracted and fragmented patterns but I feel that the initial subject matter of architecture may not be the right one.
Retrieval Practice:
Retrieval Practice
Completed March 2017
cotton thread, ceramic
Various, Max: W6cm L7.5cm D2cm
Exhibited in ‘Made in Tashkeel’ group show at Tashkeel Gallery Summer 2017
The routine and repeated act of retrieving shells from a shoreline, curated collections of natural debris gathered into vessels to claim and suspend memories. An act that transcends class, nationality, religion, gender and age, it interlaces the presence of persons on a coastline and the removal of artefacts contemporaneously.
Retrieval Practice
Completed March 2017
Retrieval Practice
Completed March 2017
detail
Retrieval Practice
Completed March 2017
detail
Still intrigued with this piece. Really enjoyed working with ceramics and the process of mould making although since creating these I have access to equipment that will make that process quicker if I deem it necessary. The fragility of the weavings, the thread and the intricacy brought about a feeling of the fragility of the environment from which the shells were originally collected, they aspect that it is repetitively put through rigours of human use daily, grinding and removing the debris of its natural inhabitants.
Divergent Resemblance:
Divergent Resemblance
Feb 2017
cotton thread, cotton muslin, aluminium mesh
80cm x 80cm
Exhibited in ‘Mind The Gap’ group show at Tashkeel Gallery March 2017
Embroidered panels of household cotton and wire mesh, symbolically interlace sub-cultures. Sunlight exposes the layers, reflecting the daily navigations of different sectors of the UAE. My work questions the ease of communication and quotidian practices in an environment where these vary due to cultural expectations, and how this discord can be accepted in a harmonious manner.
Divergent Resemblance,
Feb 2017
Divergent Resemblance: Detail back, Feb 2017
Again, still enthralled by the research behind this pieces and wish to explore it further, by bringing the visual research into closer conjunction with the theoretical research taking place. Looking at whether to gain observational research from figurative, architectural or objects forms, whether gestural work is enough. Concerned about the obvious link between the genre of everyday studies and objects and thus have been avoiding that route so far.
The Entropy Series:
2D images (titles below each),
acrylic, archival watercolour paper
18cm x 28cm each
The Entropy Series aims to capture the gradual decline of routine through the repetitive cycles of discipline and disruption. I reflected on how the daily routines of humans transmute to accommodate unforeseen changes of circumstances, and how the chaos of life today provokes disparate reactions and actions in people.
87 Unremitting,
July 2016
84 Obstructed Pathways,
July 2016
85 Heavy Grasping,
July 2016
Initially a lot of pride and satisfaction with these pieces, it felt like I had turned a corner, which I still think I did to a point. However, looking back at them now, they feel naïve and not well thought out. There was a lot of chance in these although executed in a routine manner, as was my personal brief.
The Development Series:
This is the Development Series; photography is used to document the structures and repetitions of the ‘planned city’ and translated into digital geometric studies. Inspired by an interest in the daily advancement of the city through its construction, the repetitive frameworks of humans creating growth and changing outcomes. I am intrigued by the monotony that leads to a conclusion, after which the same processes are picked up and moved forward to another project and recreated to provide yet another outcome.
4484 (a) 2016
digital print
4484 (c)2016
digital print
I feel there is commercial scope for these and have had some success with sales through an online art site. I enjoy the process of making them and they fulfil the need for digital and commercial design work that I was initially trained in. I have considered recreating in paint, at a very large scale to see the outcome as I feel the monochrome would be engulfing and the size of the block shapes quite overpowering which is a state I would like to see created in paint.
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