what are the reasons for my project?

This has been a challenging time for everyone and as for me I have found the limits of location challenging. Since returning to university I have been using roath park as an excuse to escape the current situations and observe and enjoy the little bit of nature I can get my hands on.

This made me think why not focus on my project here. I wanted to illustrate through ‘modern day’ storytelling, the current covid 19 situation unfolding in front of us. by observing how people are behaving in response to guidelines and whether people are ignoring advice/ distancing and if people are actively discussing covid or if it has become a taboo conversation and we try and get on with our lives. The lake is a popular place for dog walkers, runners and people who want to stretch their legs. I have found observing people and place has became the focus of my trips to the lake.

My plan is to take my observational drawings and to make them into drypoint prints onto my handmade covid article newspaper paper, then forming these into illustrated bowls that tells the story of how I see covid. I have taken inspiration from traditional storytelling and how illustrations were used to record events. As well as traditional bowl making using paper mache from kashmir. Grayson Perry has been a heavy source of inspiration for me as a ceramicist who tells stories onto vessels, his sometimes political approach creates powerful representations of current affairs and this also creates conversation.