Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour 1-4
I’m currently reading Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour This is a fascinating book about colour – from many different perspectives. I am highlighting quotes as I go – but […]
Category Archives: Research
Drunk Tank Pink
I recently finished reading Drunk Tank Pink: the subconscious forces that shape how we think, feel and behave by Adam Alter. It’s been fascinating to see how much we are […]
Electronic painting
Sometimes the very idea of doing something is more appealing than the doing. I’ve wanted to try out the electronic painting on my PC for a while now, but the […]
Polishing Poop – a convoluted tale of an idea thread
Mythbusters. I love Mythbusters. I’m watching a marathon of Mythbusters while I prepare 3 month’s worth of my colour diary into a format for printing into a Photobox book (so […]
Pitcher research
My initial ideas for this piece were definitely inspired by Damien Hirst‘s Midas room at the Tate Modern Show. These are rows and rows of cubic zirconia placed on glass […]
Tutorial with Angela 22/10
Reflection on outcomes since last tutorial At my request, Angela and I focussed mostly on research and writing topics and understanding where and how to position my practice. We discussed […]
Mental Health Links
These are all found on the Wellcome site page for the Bobby Baker exhibition on today’s published date for this post. Useful links A selection of websites related to the […]
Links for ipad/electronic art
All sourced on the published date of this post – from the BBC website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20028689 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11666162 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11582423 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19576763 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19786035
Touched with Fire
I’ve been reading Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison and in the early chapters, she talks about historical figures whose behaviour has lead her (and others) to believe they […]
BBC Mental Health and Creativity stories
There was a story on the BBC site today, that talks about the ‘closely entwined links’ between creativity and mental health. There were several other links that lead from this […]
Amelia Wilson Art 