After being in communication with Nigel over email we arranged to have a chat in the studio to talk through some of my ideas. this was an extremely valuable thing for me to do, as having an outsiders imput into my project threw up new and exciting ideas for me. these are some of the things that came up for me to experiment and try with…
Explore and refresh using the letterpress on my hand made paper. could this be embossed straight into the bowl or could it be printed?
As a starting point look at drypoint printing and experiment with different processes and manipulation of the paper pre and post printing. exploring other printing methods such as lino and coligraph.
do I need to make some more hand made paper, could this be made from covid related news articles?
exploring how I would bring in text, would it be from overhearing conversations? using peoples topic of conversation? the news? how does this inspire my own “story” on the bowl?
go for a walk and document the noisays, imagery and conversations heard by others. observe and document this through quick sketches to observe body language the use of masks and public behaviour, would this be in response to new announcements?
could it be even more obvious than that? could a mask be a bowl ? could i make a paper mask that represents the times that we are living in now. is a mask even a bowl if it is upside down? it’s a vessel and it could hold something so in my opinion … yes it could be a bowl.
be current and up to date with changing news and explore imagery that underpins public responses ?
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 