Tutorial with Jill and Imogen

I saw Jill and Imogen on 12 December.  Unfortunately my email of two pieces of writing from the previous fortnight sent on 9.12 had not arrived with either of them.  They said I needed to do more about the spiral of long term research – otherwise what is the point of doing a series of work.  Use images to start reflection.  Identify relationships with bigger contexts.  

Go to Birmingham Museum. Look at Mary Kelly.  She did notdo certain things, but diddo other things.  Non-patriarchal.  Chicago’s work is all about the subject.  My work is about subject, process, content.  Look at Peter Dormer.  Tacit knowledge, embodiment.  Confirms and backs up.  Use method in a new way.  Look at Rozika Parker.  Biography, autobiography, memory.  I know about all these people, but I need to work out how to use them.  

Onion diagram.                        Decision/problem

                                                            My work

                                                Theory of reflection

                                                Context of other art.  

(Making an outcome/process; history of stitch; women’s art about other women; their agenda regarding the representation of women – look up Caren Garfen, Mierle Laderman Ukeles - museum step cleaning).  

Write about 750 words about my reflective practice.  (I’ve had a first stab at this in the writing that I re-sent in tutorial).  Consider reflective doing – discerning judgement – identify what parameters I use (size, scale, material) – drawing methodology. Consider variables – how much image -v- text; individual chosen; colours used.  Symbolism of objects and borders.  How I improvise with all of them.  How my capability at improvising has increased. (improvisiation – jazz context). Why using linen – the grid, how the light reflects.  Go to linen museum (Ireland).  Threads – reasoning.  I’m not doing painting by numbers – explain.  

Look at artists who use pattern shapes.  Shelley Goldsmith.  Crafting anatomy show.  Caroline Broadhead.

Actions: 

CMT – to go Birmingham museum – Mary Kelly

CMT – go to Linen museum, Ireland?

CMT – lots of writing. 

JJ/IR – please go slower in tutorial – let me make the notes!  Otherwise it will waste your time and mine!  Had I not got the final paragraph in notes I would not have had the building blocks to work with!