Monthly Archives: September 2019

The essence of pickled cabbage

Posted on 29 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

Part of my MA research was about feeling the essence of objects and how a viewer of art can receive an echo of this essence of objects through art. This ‘essence’ isn’t just to be felt in the visual arts, … Continue reading →

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Almost there – bye bye precious artworks

Posted on 26 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

On Tuesday this week we transported our precious artworks from the Wolverhampton School of Art to Walsall Art Gallery. On paper, this was quite an irritating task. It meant that I had to go into Wolverhampton just to move my … Continue reading →

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Sitting amongst the trees

Posted on 22 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

Last week I bumped into a friend by the art building lift. She and I had studied the final year of the BA together and she was back for a quick visit. We hadn’t seen each other in a while. … Continue reading →

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My bits and pieces and what I think of them

Posted on 17 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

I am now in a bit of a state of stasis: between handing in the thesis and the final show. I have finished my artwork, more or less, and I sit here now surrounded by it, looking at it, feeling … Continue reading →

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Finished

Posted on 12 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

The Beast has been handed in, delivered, left on a desk, abandoned, passed over and given away. It has finally gone. I have finished. Getting this far has been a catalogue of bad omens: printing issues, ink issues, terrible headache … Continue reading →

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Gallery visit – and I’m still obsessed with revising the beast

Posted on 10 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

This morning the MA students who are graduating this year met at the Walsall Art Gallery to examine the space and chat with the curators, Debra and Kevin, about any issues we might have. I arrived nice and early and … Continue reading →

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Just when I thought I had finished…

Posted on 9 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

…I decided to add more.  I can’t seem to put the beast down. I have a week left now until hand-in date. I was happy with it before the weekend. Then I decided to give it ‘one more read through’. … Continue reading →

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I’ve been thinking about edges

Posted on 8 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’m still supposed to be finishing off my thesis, and I have done some work on it today (adding footnotes, very important) but my mind has been elsewhere, it has been on the edge. My obsession with things has turned … Continue reading →

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When objects create objects – why I love tree tunnels

Posted on 7 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

If you have ever been on holiday to Devon, Cornwall or West Wales (and probably numerous other places I haven’t been too) and driven around the countryside whilst on holiday then you will be familiar with the notion of the … Continue reading →

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Nearly there – doubts

Posted on 3 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

I am just two weeks away from the hand-in date that is imprinted on my brain, and a little longer than that away from when I have to exhibit something. As a consequence, the dreaded doubts have started to show … Continue reading →

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