bloomoo's blog

2007-11-19T18:34:00.000-08:00

My installation 'Lost Objects of Desire'at :-

Addiction How many Steps.. at Tactile bosch .

There isnt much detail in this pic, will upload the detail soon. by the way, see what i mean about being bad at organising my blog in a chronological order!! this event was in September...click this link and September archive for more info about the event and the other exhibitors:-

http://www.tactilebosch.org/

new works

2007-11-19T05:15:00.000-08:00

three new works which were created fo the 'Off the Wall' Cf37art.net group exhibition at the Muni art Centre, Pontypridd South Wales

These new works are a revisit to older ink drawings of mine.
These ink drawings…I don’t quite know where they came from…but for a few months I was compelled to draw them…I see them as little pets, that manifested themselves from somewhere within my being…a psychological reality rather than a real one ,but never the less just as real to me, as once they are created they kind of ‘ live’ ! The little dog ink drawing ( see older posts) became inspiration for a sculptural object that I made.. This object has become quite a pet of mine.. He sits near me at home and has become quite a part of the family.. . And a friend I couldn’t part with! As my work has become more 3 Dimensional now rather than 2 Dimensional, these little pets I imagine will start to manifest themselves more and more in my artwork. I’ve lost so many loved pets and I feel these little beings come to my imagination in a playful way after these pets have been lost to me. Little half domesticated wild things that struggle to be human while still unable to escape their own little animal world.

new works

2007-11-18T17:28:00.000-08:00

'all over the shop'

2007-09-06T07:02:00.000-07:00

view looking in through the window of the exhibition shop.

detail of 'The Miner's Wife'

2007-09-06T06:58:00.000-07:00

detail of the miners wife, showing hair clips and hair net.

if you double click on this image to enlarge you can see that a spider came and made his home on the hair net (bottom left)

2007-09-06T06:53:00.000-07:00

The Miners Wife, 2007. This is a new work created for the 'All over the shop' exhibition, Pontypridd Precinct, August 2007

all over the shop

2007-08-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

'All over the shop', Pontypridd Precinct (Taff Vale Shopping Centre) august 2007.

in the basement of this unit there is a joint work by Sam Cross and ryan Herbert. this exhibition is held at a partly disused and soon to be demolished shopping centre.

A number of vacant shops become Art Venues for one weeks duration for an exhibition of installation, film, digital art and paintings.

2007-08-29T16:05:00.000-07:00

'Deceit'- shown at 'Art Process' Trapani, Sicily, July 2007

Part of a series of shoe objects inspired by Bronzino's Allegory with Cupid and Venus.

2007-08-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

the finished work. shown at Trapani, Sicily for the ' Art Process' exhibition, July 2007

2007-06-13T18:55:00.000-07:00

the clay model which i was about to cast..see the outcome!-------------->

2007-06-13T18:54:00.000-07:00

i poured the plaster in the wooden container box, which then split open... plaster spilling everywhere...

wrecked my boots!

2007-06-13T18:52:00.000-07:00

the mess

2007-06-05T14:42:00.000-07:00

Another view of 'Mother and Child', showing rear of 'child'.

Mother and Child

2007-06-05T14:30:00.000-07:00

Mother and Child, completed april 2007. Shown here at the Apotropaic Eye exhibition . Tactile Bosch, Llandaff, Cardiff.

The Miner

2007-05-29T12:05:00.000-07:00

This work has recently been bought by the University of Glamorgan for their permanent collection.

Im quite sad to see it go in a way, the Miner had become part of my family!

Half of this work was salvaged from a skip ouside my local pub, it was the pub that my grandfather regularly had a pint or two in ( I never met my Grandfather as as he died before I was born, in fact he died when my father was just a teenager and so my father took on the role, rather relunctantly! as breadwinner for his family. My dad went to grammer school which was quite an achievement considering his background, but was forced to leave education due to his Fathers early death,)

The found wood I have used for this artwork therefore is a kind of reaching out to a limb from my family tree...toward reaching my grandfather.The same bit of bar is also where my own father had his first pint. In a way it was my Father also revisiting his past in that he frequented the place is father once visited. My concern with all this is the personal history that an inaminate object can possess. there must be some dna of my grandfather in that artwork of mine...well i was glad to sell it obviously for the money, but i lost my connection with my grandfather too...i hope this makes sense...?

http://groups.google.com/group/artbloggers

2007-04-02T17:18:00.000-07:00

http://groups.google.com/group/artbloggers

Ive just set up a group blog, the idea is for any artists to be able to upload images and comment on other artists work. so if you are interested in joining this blog then please do.

2007-03-28T17:40:00.000-07:00

VENUS

2007-03-28T16:33:00.000-07:00

Venus.

just finished this today, only one close friend has seen it so far ...so any comments would be appreciated... Its one of a series of shoe objects inspired by Bronzino's 'Allegory for Cupid and Venus' that i plan to exhibit in the summer.

good boy (happy dog)

2007-03-22T18:27:00.000-07:00

This was a drawing that inspired my dog-stool. human-dog-pet.

untitled

2007-03-22T18:25:00.000-07:00

another pet of mine..sulking from lack of attention!

2007-03-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

let me outta here!

2007-03-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

hug me

2007-03-22T18:02:00.000-07:00

another ink drawing...

my little pets

2007-03-22T17:59:00.000-07:00

thought i would upload some ink drawings...these were done around 1995-99

saatchi showdown

2007-03-17T11:37:00.000-07:00

I've entered Daddy-Armchair for the saatchi showdown competition. Last entry was Hydrophobia ( see older posts) which ended up being shown on the Richard and Judy show! i knew nothing about it though, so didnt see the show myself.
well click here if you want to vote for me!

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/index.php?showpic=9319

'Tapped' 2005

2007-03-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

'Tapped', 2005

Upholstered Sculpture.

'Nan-Chair' and 'Tapped' were made to sit with each other, two old ladies having a cuppa and a natter together!

Nan-Chair 2005

2007-03-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

Nan-chair

Upholstery, mirror, wig and found object

Dining Chair- 2005

2007-03-16T16:53:00.000-07:00

oh well...so this blog isnt in any chronological order... I decided that I want this blog to be a place I can let things be a bit freer...no strict order, or being marked on what I do here!...this is an idea I had in my journal (2005) that hasnt yet been worked to 3D. its a quick sketch and not a polished drawing I would exhibit..its a note for me...a future possibility...What is it with chairs? they keep coming my way!

my cat on her wedding day!

2007-03-15T18:40:00.000-07:00

while im on the subject of my pets, thought i would upload this.

my dog

2007-03-15T18:37:00.000-07:00

here is a pic of my dog, just had to upload this for fairy! after i saw that she too has a dog with one blue left eye!

Dog-Stool - 2005

2007-03-15T16:30:00.000-07:00

well uploaded two images today. will post my archive and then add new work as it comes

2007-03-15T15:53:00.000-07:00

Daddy Armchair - 2005

2007-03-15T11:08:00.001-07:00

Hybrid Object.
Upholstered Sculpture.
‘People who are not present but leave an imprint on our thoughts.’

Hydrophobia - 2005

2007-03-15T10:45:00.000-07:00

This work is a comment on the domestication of the human. I use the everyday object as a metaphor for our domesticated selves. This works spider-like form represents the more primitive beginnings of the human. The domestic sink i see as also representing the element of water, where all life originated according to the theories of evolution. This sink sculpture was exhibited with other domestic hybrid objects in a house-like setting and played the part of one of the members of a 'family'. The sink i see as playing the teenager of that family, between stages of metamorphosis, neither an adult or a child and self-conscious of its changing body.

day one

2007-01-22T17:41:00.000-08:00

day one of my blog..wait for it...
its now 15th of march!!! ( weeks have passed!!) hmmm forgotten all about this blog untill now! so will try and keep it up to date from now on!