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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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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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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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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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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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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