Sculptress

Still experimenting with the black dog.

ryandonato:

Amy Friend

I find the way that Friend has intervened in these vintage images very effective; the images become more playful and exciting. I have experimented with light and myself in photographs, using the holes created when sewing to allow light in and change the image, this also creates connotations of stars and constellations. 

Taking a different approach to the same image.

I am continually fascinated by the heterochromia that these dogs have and this image is especially engaging because of the way the dog is looking at the camera so intensely.

I wanted the main focus of the drawing around the centre of it’s face and of course, especially on the eyes.

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If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.

Stephen Fry (via ryandonato)

Wise words.

Finally finished my piece for the exhibition! “Bracken, Culzean”. I am happy with the end result and feel like I have achieved the desired effect, even if it took me longer than I expected. 

Trying out another composition.

We laid him on the water and he turned to gold.

Trying a different approach. Taking inspiration from artists such as Julie Cockburn.

Memory of my old friend. I think my sewing is getting slightly better.

Self portrait. This drawing is from a school photo that was taken some time after I had split my head open on a school table leg. I am experimenting with a translation of the sensation I had of the blood running over my eye and down my face into a visual form.