Past Work - Thirty Works 2021 - First 10
Each morning I'm given a "prompt". Following it is optional, but I enjoy the process of trying to find a way of responding to it.
Here's the prompts and my responses for the first 10 days:
Day 1: Could your work have another function? What would it be?
Title: Sun and Sea
(Repurposing the results of a mark-making exercise for use as a greetings card)
Title: Sun and Sea
(Repurposing the results of a mark-making exercise for use as a greetings card)
Day 2: What brings you joy? Make a work by doing that
Title: Roots
Title: Roots
(The prompt made me think about how I've put my roots down in Looe,
how I've grown to appreciate the people, scenery and wildlife of my home town)
Day 3: Can you make a tool to help you to make your work?
Title: Damien Hirst's Tool
Title: Damien Hirst's Tool
Day 4: Make today a research day
Title: Rowing Boat Clothes peg Automaton
Video: https://youtu.be/uutmB4e0yYQ
(The result of researching ways of getting a clothes peg to generate a rowing motion)
Day 5: Is there a work you've been struggling to make? Give it a go!
Title: My First Ever Lino-Cut
Day 6: Do you have a guilty pleasure? Make a work from that.
Title: My Phrenology
Day 7: Make a work for your window
Title: Roots Reprise
Day 8: Ask someone for feedback and take their advice
Title: Fish made from recycled marine plastic
Video: https://youtu.be/R0FVdWzo9Rg
(Guy Cooper suggested making a fish from plastic rubbish washed up on beaches near our house)
Day 9: When you make or display your work do you consider how people will access it?
If not, how might this change how you make and display your work?
Title: Rowing boat automaton in Looe harbour
Day 10: Instead of making a work at work can you make a home at home?
Title: Shell Space