ARTIST STATEMENT

 Alice Falvey

      To present myself as an artist is a difficult task at hand, due to the sensitivity, individuality and preciousness of your own art there is a vast feeling of vulnerability in sharing with others. The art world is competitive, as, within reason, everything has been done before; one cannot stand alone as an artist, but are formed and constructed by other influencing artists, people, places, media and history.  It is therefore; who has inspired me, what inspires me, and contextualising my place within ‘ART’, that suggests who I am within my art world.

      Contemporary Art is emphatically broadening, allowing an expressive interdisciplinary attitude suited to my method of creating art. At the age of 16, I Found enjoyment in drawing with anything but pencil, this led me onto stitch and into the idea of fusing together fine art and textiles in any way possible.  I began to use stitch in the way pencil or paint may be used to define line, shape or direction. I am, to suggestively pigeon hole, a textile artist.

      Colour is possibly the most integral aspect to my work, colour affects mood, atmosphere and allows pre assumed connotations, which assumingly allows the viewer a personal connection or empathy with your work. I find that my colour palette is influenced by fashion and interior design of the moment, as it is what makes an art piece contemporary, and contextually of that time.

      My art works of present are developed ‘collages’ of mixed media; paint, print, paper, fabric and oil pastel. I play with scale and enthuse in layering, seeing the progressions of work clear within the actual art piece. I also suggest ‘art for art’s sake’, allowing the beauty of the piece to speak for itself without need for analysis or interpretation. The direction, thickness or style of line or stitch express the movement of my hand or arm, motion can portray personal mood. I tend to work in an abstract way, but often use a primary stimulus of an everyday object, or sometimes work from the figurative.

      Influenced by the four P's; past, present, people and places, my work is ever expanding, evolving and developing but remains within the textile/fine art area.

Molly Gibbons - Artist Statement.

I am currently in my second year studying Art and Textiles at Bath Spa University. These two creative subjects allow me to express myself within a range of different materials.  I have enjoyed the opportunity this course has given me to focus on the work I feel most passionate about; something which I feel is reflected through my art.

I specialise in hand and machine knitting which is influenced by the shapes and patterns of maps.  I use computer aided design to create my own patterns and knitted words in an efficient way. I enjoy mastering complicated patterns and experimenting with different types of wools and colours. The medium I use dictates the type of wool I favour. When using the knitting machine I prefer lamb’s wool and when hand knitting I prefer to use acrylic. The quality of these materials combined with my favoured techniques produces pieces soft in texture.

More recently I have been inspired by three dimensional forms, sculpture clothing and text and image.  Experimenting with different materials has developed my ideas through the use of recycled fabrics, wool, paper, wire and wax.

The artists which have influenced my work include Cat Mazza, Liz Collins, Ruth Cross and Lisa Anne Auerbach.

http://www.mollyswork.blogspot.com/

Cake Sale at Sion Hill!

The poster for the cake sale was created by Molly Gibbons.

CAKE SALE TODAY AT RECEPTION!

10AM - 2PM

All profits will go towards our group exhibition 

called Esoteric Illusions.    

Fundraising for our exhibition!

Today our group held a cake sale at our university art campus at Sion Hill in Bath, everyone in our group made a variety of cakes to sell. We raised £43.70 towards the cost of our exhibition. As a group we have already raised £112 from two cake sales which were held at Newton Park Campus.

The group has been impressed with how much money we have raised from our three cakes sales. We have now made a profit of £155.70. 

Thanks to everyone that supported our cake sale!

esoteric illusions goes on tour

Esoteric Illusions has been given the opportunity to display their art work at The British Inspiration Awards on Friday 8th at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD. Hope you can all come see it, and do some celebrity spotting with us, winners last year included;

Alexander McQueen

Matthew Bourne

Sir James Dyson

exciting stuff!

Work in progress

by Amy Jones

'Skinhead Stamper' A small preview of a comic strip by Andy Hughes.

My good chum is creating a zine for the Bristol music scene, and rather stupidly, asked me to come up with a comic strip for it. I have made a rough drawing to give him an idea what the front cover for it will look like...and hey presto.

Skinhead Stamper follows the misadventures of a moronic, beer swilling, racist, ignorant English football fan. The locations vary from council flats, canals (where he tossed the body of his pregnant girlfriend) and the Northern English streets. He is a disgusting character and the material is purely satire. I am also illustrating a friends novel so I will post pictures as I am doing much work on them in the upcoming week or so.