A Work in Progress! Here is the first draft blog post for UAL Wimbledon!

How would you describe your practice?

I draw. I draw with a camera. The camera assists with the process of making sketches. The camera is a more complex machine than say a pencil. The camera as a machine does not function on its own even when in automatic mode. The one directing the camera is engaged with image making processes that involves complex and/or simple choices.

How do you think your practice has changed and developed over the course of the MA Drawing?

I feel that by following through on the opportunities that have arisen over the two years has accelerated and given rise to the motivational spirit within the day to day that is practice.

What made you decide to want to do the MA Drawing at Wimbledon?

I opted for the more intimate environment that Wimbledon is able to extend to their students. I need reflective space and technical support to grow and develop and engage with authentic practice.

What have you enjoyed most about studying the MA Drawing?

The process of non-directive learning I feel and think is vital to the creation of a practice that is enduring holds sustenance.

What have you found the most challenging part of the course?

I was fostered when I was two and in recent years diagnosed with dyspraxia. I find the idea of writing in a diary or drawing in a sketchbook challenging. I found that the connections and generation of ideas that these spatial containers were supposed to hold happened in more effective ways when I sketch with a camera and enter into relationships with found objects. I now tell the stories through installations rather than through a sketchbook or diary. Or put another way the installation space is the place where I inscribe, try things out, make, record and/or document processes.

What are you planning to exhibit at the Summer Show?

I would like to share some reflections through the medium of sculpture and photography. I experience the creation process as meditation.

Do you have anything else coming up you’d like us to know about?

Yes I would love to keep on learning and communicating through photo sketches, sculptural objects and engage in dialogues through installations.