It is more than one and a half years since I last used this blog, where does the time go, R & D, work, social Media, studio relocation, the host of reasons is wasted words, it is all retrospective and long gone, fortunately the BLOG remains in the void of webspace, the livevideofeed from the studio is currently inactive following the closure of the service provider.
A recent virus caused my to visit all of my social media changing passwords as I go, surprisingly I found online sites that although previously of importance had not been visited for a long while, first stop was this BLOG will be reactivated, my facebook is becoming so over-used as to be counterproductive as far as being a personal record and as a source of reference, this BLOG will fill the gap and make the facebook page more productive..
Now having a larger online presence than realised it seems a good time to revamp and clarify where and what is happening for me.
Facebook Personal Page - generally my own personal page for contact with friends and close family, nonetheless other pages link this to visitors from other pages, a little inconvenient but such is the way with facebook algorithm.
Facebook Arts Page - It is here where I post my arts related stuff, more than my own practice I post regularly videos and images about the process of creation, particularly art forms I am not familiar with or find interesting.
Facebook Biomorphics Art - As the founder I manage this group with several admins, it serves as a resource for biomorphic arts and artisans, not only to bring artists of this limited form together as a cohesive group but also as a constant source of inspiration.
Twitter - Twitter was set up in 2008 to provide links from all of my social media links, it is not so necessary now as these have been thinned out somewhat, it remains active for those still using Twitter.
U-Tube - This resource I have totally underused, in 2011 a combination of my own inexperience and U-Tube changing its format caused me to lose track of a lot of footage, for this reason I stopped using it, now both I and U-Tube have settled and not unlike this BLOG, it can be reinstated, this link will be live once I have finished sorting the page out.
Website = studio8live.co.uk was discontinued in April 2016, currently a new website is being built and will be published when completed.
creative update - 3 years ago I abandoned paint having reached a point where I was no longer able to achieve what I wanted, it was a huge pleasure in life which turned into hard work with no foreseeable future or aim, I turned the clock back a little and returned to sculpture, along with the change came a host of knowledge and information that I had accumulated over the years and I truly did not know what I knew until I freed my head from paint..
I have used this past three years in pursuit of my own style in the biomorphic form and though interesting and forward moving I found that I struggled for a long time in dissatisfaction, mostly with the final veneer, the part that is visible, the foundations and inner workings are important only to me and the life-span of the work but nonetheless have been published in photographic form over the years.
I came close to a final veneer with the discovery of Polycaprolactone, a low heat melting plastic although it delivered it was only to a specific point which was well below what I was looking for, the search continues.
Currently I am focussing on Polymer Clay, a plasticised compound that can be fired at a much lower temperature than traditional clays, after much research and multiple viewings of U=Tube video tutorials it would seem at the moment that this material could prove more than adequate for my sculptures.
I set out now to create a space dedicated to the practice and trial of Polymer Clay in particular, the art of caning to create tiles to skin my sculptures.
A recent virus caused my to visit all of my social media changing passwords as I go, surprisingly I found online sites that although previously of importance had not been visited for a long while, first stop was this BLOG will be reactivated, my facebook is becoming so over-used as to be counterproductive as far as being a personal record and as a source of reference, this BLOG will fill the gap and make the facebook page more productive..
Now having a larger online presence than realised it seems a good time to revamp and clarify where and what is happening for me.
Facebook Personal Page - generally my own personal page for contact with friends and close family, nonetheless other pages link this to visitors from other pages, a little inconvenient but such is the way with facebook algorithm.
Facebook Arts Page - It is here where I post my arts related stuff, more than my own practice I post regularly videos and images about the process of creation, particularly art forms I am not familiar with or find interesting.
Facebook Biomorphics Art - As the founder I manage this group with several admins, it serves as a resource for biomorphic arts and artisans, not only to bring artists of this limited form together as a cohesive group but also as a constant source of inspiration.
Twitter - Twitter was set up in 2008 to provide links from all of my social media links, it is not so necessary now as these have been thinned out somewhat, it remains active for those still using Twitter.
U-Tube - This resource I have totally underused, in 2011 a combination of my own inexperience and U-Tube changing its format caused me to lose track of a lot of footage, for this reason I stopped using it, now both I and U-Tube have settled and not unlike this BLOG, it can be reinstated, this link will be live once I have finished sorting the page out.
Website = studio8live.co.uk was discontinued in April 2016, currently a new website is being built and will be published when completed.
creative update - 3 years ago I abandoned paint having reached a point where I was no longer able to achieve what I wanted, it was a huge pleasure in life which turned into hard work with no foreseeable future or aim, I turned the clock back a little and returned to sculpture, along with the change came a host of knowledge and information that I had accumulated over the years and I truly did not know what I knew until I freed my head from paint..
I have used this past three years in pursuit of my own style in the biomorphic form and though interesting and forward moving I found that I struggled for a long time in dissatisfaction, mostly with the final veneer, the part that is visible, the foundations and inner workings are important only to me and the life-span of the work but nonetheless have been published in photographic form over the years.
I came close to a final veneer with the discovery of Polycaprolactone, a low heat melting plastic although it delivered it was only to a specific point which was well below what I was looking for, the search continues.
Currently I am focussing on Polymer Clay, a plasticised compound that can be fired at a much lower temperature than traditional clays, after much research and multiple viewings of U=Tube video tutorials it would seem at the moment that this material could prove more than adequate for my sculptures.
I set out now to create a space dedicated to the practice and trial of Polymer Clay in particular, the art of caning to create tiles to skin my sculptures.
