Monday 22 February 2010

Yet more dolls....


After the fiasco that was Leeds I decided that I'd better get a shibby on with some more work before my Manchester Interview (if I get one...fingers crossed!) so I took some photos of the dolls I've made in a Hans-Bellmerish way. I would post more images but Glee is calling me, so here's my favourite one of the day!

Friday 19 February 2010

So I had an interview...

...at Leeds Met. during which my interviewer said I couldn't draw, didn't like my photography and rejected everything that wasn't drawing or painting. We then argued over whether or not I was a feminist. I think it went quite well don't you?

Wednesday 17 February 2010

I've decided who to do my essay on....






Cindy Sherman - she's most widely known for her Untitled Film Stills, in which she photographs herself portraying various female stereotypes from 50's B-list Hollywood movies. However I find her later work more interesting, such as these also Untitled images which have become known as 'Sex Pictures'. Sherman wanted to explore how women are depicted in pornography, how they are objectified and placed on screen. By replacing women with these prosthetic dummies and body parts the images are no less shocking but instead they disgust the viewer - a conflict with the idea of pornography which needs to hold a persons gaze in order to succeed. 

Pin-up tattoos and ukuleles.






These images are all from a pin-up blog I found....I'm sorry I can't remember the exact address! I have always loved pin-up tattoos - especially sailors and pirate girls, there's a lovely old man named 'Leggy' who lives a few streets down from me with boobs out pin-ups all up and down his arms and I think he looks pretty awesome. (He also drives around in a beat up pick-up truck and owns about 24 dogs - a real character). My favourite is the very top one, a beautiful lady tattooed on a lady! I love the irony of pin-up girls tattooed on women - I wish I was brave enough! 

Now for the ukuleles... I had what was possibly the best dream of my life last night. In it I learnt how to play the song 'Louie Louie' - Toots and the Maytals version - on my brothers ukulele and decided it was a wise idea to play (and sing) it at a pub in town... in my dream this didn't go down to well with my friends. I then decided to play 'I Fought the Law...' by The Clash and dance around pretty manically to cheer them up. It didn't work so they took to ingesting large qualities of illegal substances. We then all wandered along to Aspire, me carting along the ukulele - wheedled our way past the bouncers then proceeded to get kicked out. Words can't describe what an amazing dream it was. Fear and Loathing in Thirsk. 

Saturday 13 February 2010

Alison Mosshart.








I have always loved Mosshart's style I think she's the perfect blend of rock and roll edgy chic. The first picture is my favourite, I think I actually may have to copy that outfit.....

Friday 5 February 2010

Manchester Blog.

Done and Dusted! Wahey! Here's the link if any of you want to see what I'm sending them. 



Tuesday 2 February 2010

Manchester Blog.





I've applied to Manchester Met to do Fine Art next year, and before you get invited for an interview you have to create a "digital portfolio" in the form of a blog. I'm currently setting mine up, I will post the link to it when I'm finished so you can see the work I'm submitting. But for now, here's a few bits and pieces.