I completed my profile on 3Desk ( a new contact social network site) this evening, and before the night was ended, I received a request from a Gallery Owner in Plymouth asking if I would like to show some of my work with her. What a lovely surprise ... its so wonderful when something like that happens.
Here is a link to my 3Desk network site
http://3desk.com/Penelope-tt
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Working Portfolio of Images ....
These are a few of the images from my working portfolio that I will be showing to Jason from Millennium Images tomorrow afternoon.
Snow Flakes
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Near the Boat House
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Andante
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Ancients
Another Busy Day at Uni ....
Today was as it has been for a while now, another busy day. First there was a meeting about the London Free Range Exhibition. I am still undecided whether to go or not. Its the financial side of the venture that is making me indecisive. Can I afford to live in London for a whole week? I know it would be a good experience, and that I should go. It is a dilemma.
The meetings are structured professionally as an exercise to prepare students for the world outside of University. It is good practise for those who are setting out on their career. Discussed at the meeting were the financial position of the group, the fund raising events, the design of the posters and website and other matters.
After the meeting we had another meeting, this time with the group be(longing), our external project exhibition group. I am dealing with our postcards, I must admit that it is quite hard to get any enthusiasm from the group. Everyone is so very stressed at the moment due to there being one week until the deadline for the dissertation hand in. Our exhibition opens on the 13th March, so there isn't much time to get everything organised. Tomorrow I shall walk over to Prontaprint and order our postcards. We are having 50 cards each with names, email and websites on the back of the postcards.
I needed to continue printing for my portfolio that I will be showing to the visiting curator on Friday. Jason is coming from Millennium Images to discuss and critique our work. I am quite happy with the work I am producing now, and I don't mind showing the prints that I have. I have a tutorial with Gwyn Jones tomorrow to help me get the saturation and levels etc right on my pictures for printing. At the moment, a few of them are too dark and also a couple appeared to have a green cast on them. I have 12 images to show.
By the time I had done all of this I felt very tired. I hadn't slept much last night and needed to come home. I have a tutorial with Richard tomorrow at 12 noon to go over my Dissertation; I haven't looked at it since we last met up last Friday. I feel terrible about this, but I just haven't been able to put my mind to it this past week and in all honesty I am so fed up of it. However, I will have to focus on it at the weekend and the beginning of next week. It has to handed in next Friday, and before that it needs to be bound. so I have no choice but to finish it by next Wednesday.
The meetings are structured professionally as an exercise to prepare students for the world outside of University. It is good practise for those who are setting out on their career. Discussed at the meeting were the financial position of the group, the fund raising events, the design of the posters and website and other matters.
After the meeting we had another meeting, this time with the group be(longing), our external project exhibition group. I am dealing with our postcards, I must admit that it is quite hard to get any enthusiasm from the group. Everyone is so very stressed at the moment due to there being one week until the deadline for the dissertation hand in. Our exhibition opens on the 13th March, so there isn't much time to get everything organised. Tomorrow I shall walk over to Prontaprint and order our postcards. We are having 50 cards each with names, email and websites on the back of the postcards.
I needed to continue printing for my portfolio that I will be showing to the visiting curator on Friday. Jason is coming from Millennium Images to discuss and critique our work. I am quite happy with the work I am producing now, and I don't mind showing the prints that I have. I have a tutorial with Gwyn Jones tomorrow to help me get the saturation and levels etc right on my pictures for printing. At the moment, a few of them are too dark and also a couple appeared to have a green cast on them. I have 12 images to show.
By the time I had done all of this I felt very tired. I hadn't slept much last night and needed to come home. I have a tutorial with Richard tomorrow at 12 noon to go over my Dissertation; I haven't looked at it since we last met up last Friday. I feel terrible about this, but I just haven't been able to put my mind to it this past week and in all honesty I am so fed up of it. However, I will have to focus on it at the weekend and the beginning of next week. It has to handed in next Friday, and before that it needs to be bound. so I have no choice but to finish it by next Wednesday.
Friday, 22 February 2013
Friday Professional Practice Seminar CV Writing
This afternoon we had a Professional Practise Seminar with Eva to discuss how to write an artist CV.
CV's are always a bit of a problem for me. I don't enjoy doing them and I never know how much information I should add. They constantly need to be updated which is annoying, and very time consuming. However, I must be more positive about my CV because after all, it is an important piece of information for securing work.
CV - Creating a good impression
CV's are always a bit of a problem for me. I don't enjoy doing them and I never know how much information I should add. They constantly need to be updated which is annoying, and very time consuming. However, I must be more positive about my CV because after all, it is an important piece of information for securing work.
CV - Creating a good impression
- Include all relevant experience
- Qualifications and Training
- Exhibitions and Publications
- Target your audience ( i.e. work, gallery, exhibition)
- Include image for a visual CV (important for an artist)
- Create a link on your website to your CV
- Update CV often
- Name it Penelope Davies CV 2013
- Keep a CV folder on your desk top so that you can file anything that is relevant
- Read other artist/photographers CV's
- Who you are now is the most relevant to your CV
- Add Artist Statement
- Information about yourself - current work, where you are based, who you are, what's your passion
- Graduating from the University of Wales
- Control what information you have on your CV (do not need to add your address if CV being published on line
- Need Artist CV for my Portfolio
- Use good quality paper, looks more professional
- Good idea to read other artists CV as you can find competitions and sources for Grants
(Good example of CV Simon Roberts)
Friday Dissertation Tutorial
Tutorial with Richard re Dissertation
Today Richard highlighted a few points that I need to think about with regard to improving my dissertation. I have misunderstood a little about the Cartesian theory.
Cartesian theory is a theoretical framework of the way we look at the landscape. It has influenced culture.
Further reading ....
"Landscape and Memory" by Simon Schama
"Landscape Theory" by James Elkins
"The Dark Side of the Landscape" by John Barrell
"Visual Culture" by Mirzeoff
Richard also gave me a Reading List of books that I should look at and add to my Bibliography. I have too many quotes from the same source. My Bibliography does not have many book on Landscape!
We discussed how the landscape can create anxieties or alleviate worries depending on the landscape and ourselves. (Calm = picturesque; Anxiety = dangerous precipice)
The landscape is a construct of ourselves. As Farmers, we are part of the land, moving into cities then it becomes an extension of ourselves (the picturesque)
Richard invited me to come along to his lectures on Thursday at 2pm. His lectures are related to my dissertation theme of landscape.
Richard is an incredibly helpful and knowledgeable lecturer. I am very glad that he is my dissertation supervisor. He is very thorough, he reads through my work with a fine tooth comb. He is a great help in advising on books to read, how to write sentences clearly and concisely and most of all in encouraging and motivating me to try to improve on my dissertation.
Today Richard highlighted a few points that I need to think about with regard to improving my dissertation. I have misunderstood a little about the Cartesian theory.
Cartesian theory is a theoretical framework of the way we look at the landscape. It has influenced culture.
Further reading ....
"Landscape and Memory" by Simon Schama
"Landscape Theory" by James Elkins
"The Dark Side of the Landscape" by John Barrell
"Visual Culture" by Mirzeoff
Richard also gave me a Reading List of books that I should look at and add to my Bibliography. I have too many quotes from the same source. My Bibliography does not have many book on Landscape!
We discussed how the landscape can create anxieties or alleviate worries depending on the landscape and ourselves. (Calm = picturesque; Anxiety = dangerous precipice)
The landscape is a construct of ourselves. As Farmers, we are part of the land, moving into cities then it becomes an extension of ourselves (the picturesque)
Richard invited me to come along to his lectures on Thursday at 2pm. His lectures are related to my dissertation theme of landscape.
Richard is an incredibly helpful and knowledgeable lecturer. I am very glad that he is my dissertation supervisor. He is very thorough, he reads through my work with a fine tooth comb. He is a great help in advising on books to read, how to write sentences clearly and concisely and most of all in encouraging and motivating me to try to improve on my dissertation.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
PRONTAPRINT Visit for Estimate of Costs
I needed a break from scanning my negatives so I walked to ProntaPrint on St Helen's Rd to find out the costs of postcards etc.
750 Postcards (50 of each image) £75.00 (£5.00 each)
A3 Posters 50p each
... A4 Posters 40p each
500 Flyers/Posters A5 Size £69.00
1000 Flyers/Posters A5 Size £99.00
The cost of the postcards is very reasonable and I think we should probably go with this one. I have been researching other printing services on line, and none of them are as reasonable as this.
750 Postcards (50 of each image) £75.00 (£5.00 each)
A3 Posters 50p each
... A4 Posters 40p each
500 Flyers/Posters A5 Size £69.00
1000 Flyers/Posters A5 Size £99.00
The cost of the postcards is very reasonable and I think we should probably go with this one. I have been researching other printing services on line, and none of them are as reasonable as this.
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