carldurban

Feb 23, 20213 min read

'Can you read me?'

Every time I think about creating a piece of Braille art the first thing I consider is the message. It has to mean something, it has to...

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carldurban

Feb 1, 20213 min read

Thinking big...

After discussions this morning and in previous tutorials I have wanted to see if I can take some of my Braille messages and make them...

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The British Art Medal Society Student Medal Project

carldurban

Jan 28, 20214 min read

The British Art Medal Society Student Medal Project

I had originally intended to create and actual medal but the timing of the competition clashed with the production of my Braille piece...

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Paint Workshop - 3rd session (still remote...)

carldurban

Jan 28, 20214 min read

Paint Workshop - 3rd session (still remote...)

As 'homework' from our last session we are asked what other materials we could find at home to paint with, so I had a go... I tried...

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carldurban

Jan 20, 20214 min read

Paint Workshop - 2nd session (Remote)

It feels like and age since the first session of this 3 week workshop, mainly because it is. We've had the end of the previous term, tier...

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Paint Workshop - time to get the brushes out, finally.

carldurban

Dec 18, 20203 min read

Paint Workshop - time to get the brushes out, finally.

When I had to chose the second of my workshops for this unit I was really torn between Print and Painting. One I had a lot of experience,...

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carldurban

Dec 18, 202010 min read

Becoming curatorial via Teams...

As part of the 2nd year of my Fine Art Degree we have been tasked with the challenge of curating an exhibition in our Tutor Groups. We...

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carldurban

Dec 3, 20204 min read

Another message. Another metal.

After preparing the wax version for the bronze mould I was keen to explore other materials to use for different disrupted Braille...

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carldurban

Dec 2, 20203 min read

More Braille. This time in bronze.

After developing the plaster cast piece I felt there was more to explore in not just the language of Braille but also ways I could...

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Painting over a painting with someone else painting over a painting, repeatedly.

carldurban

Nov 10, 20204 min read

Painting over a painting with someone else painting over a painting, repeatedly.

Having not painted for far too long and being surrounded in the studio by work created by India, my daughter I wanted to try a little...

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Anish Kapoor at Houghton Hall. A grey day brightened.

carldurban

Nov 10, 20204 min read

Anish Kapoor at Houghton Hall. A grey day brightened.

I had wanted to visit this exhibition ever since I heard about it late last year. Then 'that thing' happened and time went ticking by....

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carldurban

Nov 6, 20203 min read

Communications/Networks/Disruptions

Following on from my Site-Specific Sculpture reflecting on my communication isolation when I had no phone, internet or mobile signal I...

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carldurban

Oct 20, 20204 min read

Sculpture - Site Specific

This project was run in conjunction with the piece-mould workshop. My initial thoughts were that it opened up all sorts of opportunities,...

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carldurban

Oct 19, 20205 min read

Sculpture Workshop - Moulds

This workshop was a game of two halves. The mould part is to understand the process of making a piece-mould with a view to making...

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carldurban

Sep 29, 20203 min read

And so it begins. 2nd Year Kickstarter.

In this strange new world it was a strange new NUA we returned to on Monday 21st September. Masks, antibac everywhere and everyone...

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Student/Staff Exhibition.
Anything you can do I can butcher.

carldurban

May 11, 20202 min read

Student/Staff Exhibition. Anything you can do I can butcher.

A ‘Call Out’ was emailed out from Carl Rowe that even though I had quite a lot on my plate at the time I thought I really ought to find...

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Week 23 - Soft Sculpture. The last week before NUA closed...

carldurban

Apr 15, 20204 min read

Week 23 - Soft Sculpture. The last week before NUA closed...

As the 'C' word started to take hold things at Uni were beginning to close down. Workshops were being cancelled, tutors were doing all...

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Thematic Exhibition - Process & Materiality

carldurban

Mar 23, 20208 min read

Thematic Exhibition - Process & Materiality

It's currently a mad, mad, mad world. Isolation, social distance, panic buying and worldwide cancellations and restrictions... However,...

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Drawing Workshop - Mechanical Obstruction/Collaborative

carldurban

Mar 18, 20202 min read

Drawing Workshop - Mechanical Obstruction/Collaborative

A multi-layered workshop this one. Individual and then collaborative and it could be extended even further, if so desired. First things...

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carldurban

Mar 18, 20202 min read

Drawing Workshop - Diagrams

Using a diagram in art feels very graphical to me. An area I try an avoid due to my background and 'other job'. I have a design brain, it...

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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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