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carldurban
Nov 18, 20215 min read
Making a medal.
I wanted to take part in this year's BAMS (British Art Medal Society) Student Medal after last year only making a proposal due the...
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carldurban
Nov 17, 20213 min read
An accidental picture. A deliberate painting.
I wanted to continue to paint after managing to start exploring Paint in the previous year and attending the relevant Workshops but I had...
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carldurban
Nov 16, 20215 min read
Creative writing.
As part of one of our Lectures/Briefings we discussed the idea of Creative Writing and what constituted Creative Writing. I am not...
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carldurban
Nov 8, 20215 min read
Non verbal communication. The eyes have it.
Following on from my work in Braille I wanted to see how I could explore other ways to use non verbal communication and the disruption to...
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carldurban
Nov 8, 20217 min read
Delivering art.
Something I have been been doing an increasing amount of recently is supporting, creating and delivering art based workshops, currently...
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carldurban
Nov 2, 202111 min read
Listen up. Hybrid Sound Workshop.
When the options to choose a workshop for this unit came along I thought I would naturally go down the sculpture route, even though I was...
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carldurban
Oct 13, 20213 min read
Open Studios. Or rather Open Church.
I had my reservations about becoming part of this for a couple of reasons. Firstly it clashed with my submission at the end of Year 2,...
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carldurban
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Make it Manifesto
Back in. Straight back in to it. A university wide brief and 'a collaborative project across campus to get the creative juices going'. By...
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carldurban
Oct 11, 20212 min read
A walk in the park...
A group of us soon to be year 3 Fine Art Students decided it would be a good idea to have a little get together before starting back for...
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carldurban
Oct 11, 20213 min read
Meeting Tony Cragg
I wasn't sure I wanted to go to Houghton this year as I knew little about Tony Cragg and his work and I was also not sure that I wanted...
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carldurban
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Keeping creative during the break
The end of year two seems an age ago and the summer has flown by with many life issues requiring attention, least of all to actually have...
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carldurban
May 16, 202111 min read
Alta Ego or 2 Faulty - Shh, it's a secret
I have found this the most fruitful, liberating and at times demanding of all the collaborations of this unit. Fruitful as I believe it...
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carldurban
May 15, 20216 min read
Visual Mapping & Collaborating
This collaboration explored several issues. Initially a map with no text, we wanted to keep everything quite visual. As humans we can...
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carldurban
May 14, 20215 min read
Skin. Deep.
I wanted to explore painting in oil further after knowledge gained in the Painting Workshops as part of BA2a. I had been avoiding oils as...
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carldurban
May 14, 202110 min read
Collaboration with Korea NUA x NUAD
You know you have enjoyed something because when it has finished you feel the void left behind. That is the case with this collaboration,...
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carldurban
May 12, 20216 min read
A Pop-Up Exhibition and Beyond.
As part of my 2nd Year Fine Art course we were tasked with setting up a Pop-Up Exhibition, this meant bringing in any already completed...
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carldurban
May 10, 20213 min read
The bronze is cast now the work begins.
With this being my first piece of bronze cast I wasn't quite expecting the amount of work and techniques required to turn it into...
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carldurban
Mar 15, 20214 min read
Paint, draw, hybrid, breathe, listen and react.
Another week and another workshop. This one was more about breathing, gestural marks and reacting to sounds whether that be by charcoal,...
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carldurban
Mar 9, 20214 min read
Back to school.
After nearly three months working completely remote it was time to make a return to campus. Apart from needing to find everything; bag,...
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carldurban
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Sculpture Matters - It's a workshop not a statement, then again...
As part of the NUA 2nd Year Intermission where a number of workshops, seminars and activities were available across the courses I felt...
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CARL DURBAN
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Re-engaging with my creativity. Studying Fine Art at NUA as a mature student. Lives in Norfolk. Visits Cornwall. A lot.
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