Showing posts with label collage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label collage. Show all posts
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Monday, 19 June 2023
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Sunday, 28 November 2021
Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Eyesore progress by marginendeavour
On Sunday we reached a milestone in the creation of our Eyesore billboard; we finished covering the billboard frame on the back of the board.
We have to do a few small tidying up jobs on the back before we give the whole surface a coat of varnish to protect it from the outdoor elements. Following that, we will need to build the structure that will hold the board in place. We intend to make the board detachable from the structure so that it can be easily moved.
We have to do a few small tidying up jobs on the back before we give the whole surface a coat of varnish to protect it from the outdoor elements. Following that, we will need to build the structure that will hold the board in place. We intend to make the board detachable from the structure so that it can be easily moved.
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Monday, 20 January 2020
Friday, 17 January 2020
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Eyesore progress by marginendeavour
The new year saw marginendeavour turn over a new leaf; we broke out and took things over the edge and back! We don't intend to cover the whole back, but will cover the edge of the outer frame, leaving the strips of newspaper as they are when wrapped around the board.
Thursday, 9 January 2020
Thursday, 2 January 2020
marginendeavour progress with Eyesore
When we began collaging Eyesore at the beginning of July, we could only hazard a guess at how long it would take for us to cover the entire billboard with the hundreds of different margins that we had cut off newspapers. It seems a little unbelievable that this momentous occasion (for marginendeavour, at least) were to happen on New Years Eve 2019, during our final marginendeavour session of the decade!
When we next meet up we will turn the board around and begin wrapping the margins round the rim of the billboard and onto the back. We want to differentiate between the front and the back of the artwork, and so do not intend to collage over the entire back surface.
When we next meet up we will turn the board around and begin wrapping the margins round the rim of the billboard and onto the back. We want to differentiate between the front and the back of the artwork, and so do not intend to collage over the entire back surface.
Tuesday, 31 December 2019
2019 in review
2019 has been a year of ups and downs personally, socially and creatively. It began with a serious foot injury which meant I was bedridden for a couple of months. During this period I turned to writing as my creative outlet. Over the past few months I have lost touch with this aspect of my practice, but writing regularly is one of my priorities for the forthcoming year.
My understanding of time changed during the months of my recovery and on my return to the studio I referenced this in the watercolour paintings that I made of diaries, calendars and notepaper.
Throughout March 2019 Caitlin Merrett King was resident at The NewBridge Project, working closely with studio and associate members to record Group Show, a podcast acting as an informal archive, giving voice to the inner workings of NewBridge, friendships and current collaborations.
Caitlin's podcast became the ideal opportunity for the group of women (see image below) who were involved in the realisation of Bobby Baker's Great and Tiny War, to talk about collaboration and some of the associated issues.
Episode 8
https://thenewbridgeproject.com/events/listen-group-show-caitlin-merrett-king/
The work of marginendeavour (David Foggo and Helen Shaddock in collaboration), has become an increasingly important aspect of my practice.
We also contributed to Caitlin Merrett King's Group Show podcast (episode 1) with a work titled 'The Back and Forth'.
https://thenewbridgeproject.com/events/listen-group-show-caitlin-merrett-king/
Much of our work in the studio has centered around the idea of an eyesore on a billboard. We produced a number of 'mock ups' for billboards, and are currently working on a life-size billboard to be exhibited in the Spring/Summer.
I was delighted to have my work included in a new publication WordPower: Language as Medium.
As life became more turbulent, drawing became one way in which I tried to deal with what was happening.
In August 2019 David Foggo and I hired the NewBridge Project Space for a small exhibition, Bits and Pieces, featuring some of our solo works as well as one work by marginendeavour. We collaboratively curated the exhibition to emphasise links between individual artworks and our practices.
Working within the grid structure of the Frieze listings page, I set myself the challenge of using coloured hole reinforcers in different ways to fill the blank spaces.
marginendeavour created a new eyesore artwork for the Newcastle University Fine Art Postcard Auction.
marginendeavour continue to work on the life size billboard.
After a few months of creation and development, we launched the marginendeavour website. Please visit it at https://www.marginendeavour.co.uk/
I also updated my own website http://www.helenshaddock.co.uk/
One of my artworks was included in the Gallagher and Turner Open Exhibition 2019.
https://gallagherandturner.co.uk/open-exhibition-2019
Another series involved collaging complementary colours in the blank grid spaces within the Frieze magazine listing pages.
In November marginendeavour and Lesley Guy from TOTALLER joined Theresa Poulton, Jill Tate, and Matt Pickering for a roundtable discussion in which we exchanged ideas and experiences with other artists with a shared interest in working collaboratively and collectively.
My most recent series of drawings has been based on the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each A4 sheet features one letter
As the world counts down to the start of a new decade, I am currently working on a series of number drawings.
I'd like to thank you all for your support throughout the year.
I look forward to continuing to share my artistic process with you.
May 2020 be filled with creativity.
My understanding of time changed during the months of my recovery and on my return to the studio I referenced this in the watercolour paintings that I made of diaries, calendars and notepaper.
Throughout March 2019 Caitlin Merrett King was resident at The NewBridge Project, working closely with studio and associate members to record Group Show, a podcast acting as an informal archive, giving voice to the inner workings of NewBridge, friendships and current collaborations.
Caitlin's podcast became the ideal opportunity for the group of women (see image below) who were involved in the realisation of Bobby Baker's Great and Tiny War, to talk about collaboration and some of the associated issues.
Episode 8
https://thenewbridgeproject.com/events/listen-group-show-caitlin-merrett-king/
The work of marginendeavour (David Foggo and Helen Shaddock in collaboration), has become an increasingly important aspect of my practice.
We also contributed to Caitlin Merrett King's Group Show podcast (episode 1) with a work titled 'The Back and Forth'.
https://thenewbridgeproject.com/events/listen-group-show-caitlin-merrett-king/
Much of our work in the studio has centered around the idea of an eyesore on a billboard. We produced a number of 'mock ups' for billboards, and are currently working on a life-size billboard to be exhibited in the Spring/Summer.
I was delighted to have my work included in a new publication WordPower: Language as Medium.
As life became more turbulent, drawing became one way in which I tried to deal with what was happening.
In August 2019 David Foggo and I hired the NewBridge Project Space for a small exhibition, Bits and Pieces, featuring some of our solo works as well as one work by marginendeavour. We collaboratively curated the exhibition to emphasise links between individual artworks and our practices.
Working within the grid structure of the Frieze listings page, I set myself the challenge of using coloured hole reinforcers in different ways to fill the blank spaces.
marginendeavour created a new eyesore artwork for the Newcastle University Fine Art Postcard Auction.
marginendeavour continue to work on the life size billboard.
After a few months of creation and development, we launched the marginendeavour website. Please visit it at https://www.marginendeavour.co.uk/
I also updated my own website http://www.helenshaddock.co.uk/
One of my artworks was included in the Gallagher and Turner Open Exhibition 2019.
https://gallagherandturner.co.uk/open-exhibition-2019
Another series involved collaging complementary colours in the blank grid spaces within the Frieze magazine listing pages.
In November marginendeavour and Lesley Guy from TOTALLER joined Theresa Poulton, Jill Tate, and Matt Pickering for a roundtable discussion in which we exchanged ideas and experiences with other artists with a shared interest in working collaboratively and collectively.
My most recent series of drawings has been based on the 26 letters of the alphabet. Each A4 sheet features one letter
As the world counts down to the start of a new decade, I am currently working on a series of number drawings.
I'd like to thank you all for your support throughout the year.
I look forward to continuing to share my artistic process with you.
May 2020 be filled with creativity.
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