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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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Nov 18, 20215 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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Nov 17, 20213 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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Nov 16, 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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Nov 8, 20215 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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Nov 8, 20217 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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Nov 2, 202111 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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Oct 13, 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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Oct 11, 20213 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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Oct 11, 20212 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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Oct 11, 20213 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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Oct 1, 20214 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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May 16, 202111 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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May 15, 20216 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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May 14, 20215 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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May 14, 202110 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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May 12, 20216 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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May 10, 20213 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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Mar 15, 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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Mar 9, 20214 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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Mar 4, 20212 min read

CARL DURBAN

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FINE ART STUDENT

MA Fine Art Graduate from Norwich University of the Arts as a mature student.

Sculpts. Paints. Creates. Walks. Lives in Norfolk. Visits Cornwall. A lot.

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Berberis House, Red Pits, Wood Dalling, Norwich NR11 6RS, UK

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