Depths & Shallows Artist floor talk

Our exhibition is winding to a close tomorrow, but before it ends we (Spike Deane, Emilie Patteson and Alexandra Frasersmith) are having an artist floor talk today at 2pm. M16 Artspace.

Underwater

I have been looking at a lot of underwater photography, specifically people floating, diving and swimming underwater. I want to capture the delight of being underwater, that weightlessness in the poses. I'm planning a series of etchings that mentally i'm calling the Mirror series. I want a selection of underwater poses that are "mirrored" slightly by the seals (see the lower image), suggesting the dual nature of the selkie.

Now to work on the seals.

Basic poses, now need detailing

Forest light and the seal that almost wasn't

After my etching refresher at Megalo I went back to the Glassworks (a walk of 2 minutes) to continue polishing and shaping the Forest light with Eucalyptus oil. The scent elicited many positive comments and curiosity as I worked.

I got bored of smoothing towards the end of the day and started on an idea I have for the Depths & Shallows exhibition. It's one of those ideas that I'm not sure if it's going to be cheesy or knick-knacky until I try one. I was thinking of sculpting a selkie, the transformation shown with the female form as negative space inside the seal form. I struggled for an hour or so before my lump of wax started to look even vaguley like a seal and then it was time to go.

Polishing wax with Eucalyptus oil

forest light inside

Selkie in progress

Selkie sketches

Here is an idea i'm working up for a non-glass (maybe) idea for our Depths & Shallows exhibition.
Intended as a series of etchings, seal and woman mirror poses.