I’ve played around with replacing the loom with an object previously in my Natural Materials post. Continuing on from this I decided to make some structures to allow me to make a particular weave whilst also pushing the weave into a more sculptural piece. All the materials used to…
For my next set of experiments, combining painting and animation, I wanted to explore projecting directly onto my paintings. How could this be done practically, and what imagery would be effective? This isn’t entirely new territory for me – I had a painting in my degree show back in 2015…
I touched on reducing the need for consuming in my previous post about scraps. Following on from this I began to save materials that were destined for recycling and refuse which has really taken a toll on my studio space! I built up a lot of packaging materials this…
Like many people this year, I’ve been outdoors enjoying nature much more than I have before. On my walks I found myself asking could this be a weave-able material? Seaweed seemed like a good contender… I collected what I think is bladder wrack, egg wrack and dulse. The flat seaweeds…
Skeleton sketches in non-traditional anatomical poses. My proposal for the Bricks Micro commission is all about developing visual ideas of anatomy in motion via sequential drawings and animation. I want to think about how to step away from traditional static poses used to represent the body within medical art and…
Ben Hartley [00:00:10] I’m currently standing in the wasteland space outside the formerly vacant industrial building on the street named ‘Little Paradise’ just behind East Street, in which my studio sits. A ‘meanwhile’ space earmarked for development, which is rented out to us artists before demolition. It is a square…
For this first stage of experiments, I started with an existing painting and paired animation. I was really excited to see them together for the first time, outside of a screen. I intentionally sourced a projector that functions well in bright light and a large space so I had more…
I have heaps of yarn and textiles from previous projects. They’re all random awkward sizes that often can’t seem to fit into any new projects. So the heap just gets bigger and bigger by project and project. Weaving with scraps of yarn allows me to weave in short strips easily…
I’m delighted to be working on a micro commission for Bricks over the next couple of months, centred around combining painting and animation, using projection. I consider myself primarily a painter, although most of my work has involved painting and screen-printing to date. I’m drawn to transitory, familiar materials that are…
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE JD HERE (Version 4/ 23-11-20) BRICKS PUBLIC ART PRODUCER JOB DESCRIPTION Position: Public Art Producer Responsible to: Jack Gibbon, Director Bricks. Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience. Hours: 24 – 40 hours per week. We are currently…