using photos as a sketchbook

predominately found objects, thinking what jewellery is (not very deeply for the moment)

some rocks i found that had been sprayed blue

onefinger ring, two/threefinger ring, undefined

collectioning

made: fingersized nickel silver loops

to scale

glass like rain

from this onwards: combining things with instant thinking.
trying things out instead of disregarding them.

oh, hello. oops.

with organs and a brain.

collage of a sun, clouds, rain, earth

two/threefinger ring in action

putting it on different fingers. for different restrictions of movement.

"the claw"?
beak, tweezers, pincers,

;ring' collage

writing

camera ran out of battery during upload, more to come (i think. i can't remember what was left.)

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updation.

 

left: jess at patricia piccinini talk at ccp

what my bedroom might look like hypothetically.

my clothes, as venn diagrams according to layering/overlap. and a list of everything i was wearing,
and then of everything i was carrying.
really, clothing is like carrying things.

something leaked and absorbed. but i have honestly no idea what or how it got on nothing else.

hands at Jo Lloyd's dance/show Future Perfect at Trades Hall in september.

thinking about how dance relates to my own sha-bang/explorations. incl. fashion.

clothes and measures.

trying to draw all the sounds in 5 minutes of my tutorial. sometimes accidentally ending up with drawings of hands,
sometimes on purpose, sometimes because the hands were making noise.

"it doesn't look comfortable."
"yes it does."

Vienna Exhibition - in the black pen. (in-between, sitting in the middle-room where pens were o-kay.)
(so i had to hold my thoughts)

plotting naked paintings. the vienna exhibition made me want to paint. / put paint on surfaces.

drawing winston at coffee, saturday morning.

i like you backwards.

some notes from today's crit. interesting things to look up.

thinking

not thinking

Hmm

(thank-you to miss cat pieper, mister winston, mum, andy, ef for my birthday),
which allows me to now do things like take photos of my desk while at uni:

voyeur

there's my lunch on the left, a vegemite jar, some little clay creatures

clay creatures from higher up

two arms, two heads, two nipples

two hands, joined at the wrist

a little fellow. he's going to be a necklace

he has a spine and it approximately the size of my head

head, shoulders, nipples. looks a lit bike a bowling pin.

GDS in The Australian

my gran left a message on the answering machine today 

saying something about my name in the paper,
so i went a-searchin' on the internet, and thar ya have it.
Going Down Swinging in The Australian, with a mention!

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look out for:

i'm going to post some of the illustrations and (secret) draft versions from GDS #31.

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mirror cleaning

I'm cleaning to make room for art/life.
my bathroom mirror is a clutter, and is a nice example of me hoarding ideas.
so i'm going to not-let-go, but yes clean them off my mirror.
so i typed them here:


Photobooth.
or hold clock.
both in lipstick.


various skin tone/
fleshy picture frames.
(white castle
prato
london
berlin)
with blushing pink corners --> frames with eyes -->same colour as paper: drawing continues onto frame. eg. HAIR.
Olof Bjork Surrender.



watercolour + paper + books + brushes.
+ shampoo toothpaste deodorant towel? soap?
Anonymous exhibition of hair + responses to it. bleach wax stages
Statement unrecognisable TITLES: blunt statements of process
Organic Cotton Underwear
El Lissitzky

DUCK HAIR: what is it saying about you?
tartan
wash + wear emotions.
Rothko
The way clothes make you feel.
Machine wash canvas.
The way you make other people feel.
Clothes that project emotions.
Concept changing an object. duchamp
*Lift* -->
glitter nipples
The Non Binary Illustrated Flip Book
frames
train station
i exist as a form which can be altered/manipulated.
respond to physical pressures.
my existence is mass produced
green pink white white
pink darkgreen lightgreen
bright blue yellow.
12 x beige watercolour stocking.
laughing cow.
gateau
soup hail
lavender brooches
set up photos: things that are hidden by mirrors. or exposed. --> receiving different information.
finger joint clothing joints.
scan photos + fish
three art things
moth women
elephant w internal teeth
things go wrong in social interaction
unicorn - glass with cherry pips
play on 'people break things.'
really disconcerting installation where hands drop/shatter things over time.
ceramic organs
bird feathers
eachother

or a new face
photograph of tshirt
drawn person
Entertaining (v.) thoughts
the human condition
the gaze
neutral states
strands of eyes
blue eyes
Proposing With Jess
A Book of Proposals
I felt like...
SCREEN PRINTED FABRIC
press item into clay
bisque
then fill cavity w slip. re-bisque.
slumping some glass over some ceramic rubble.
objects you never knew you needed.
feathers. using clay to display silly little objects or rubbish. fruit pip-holder.
scrunched paper stand.
zero + maria cornejo
pack for finn's. sleeping bag head torch batteries.
$7
allow for broken pieces.
+ stringers + glue
+ thin fire paper (three layers)
+ safety pin
+ string
+ time
non-smoking gallery pick-ups.
'nude' opaque
black opaque
glass floor
furniture has patterns underneath
1/2 step room
patterns which align as furniture moves around
creating the ceiling for the 1/2 step room.
also double-sided rugs on floor.
Rita Shumaker


that's all. now everything should be lighter.
i just realised it's spring.