Translating Drawings
This week, I have been focused on experimenting with new ways to translate my drawings onto a metal surface. This is something that I have struggled with recently and I wanted to dedicate some more time to it…. Read More
This week, I have been focused on experimenting with new ways to translate my drawings onto a metal surface. This is something that I have struggled with recently and I wanted to dedicate some more time to it…. Read More
Posted on March 22, 2017 by rosiewesley
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This weekend, I travelled back to The New Forest to take some photos in Beaulieu – the current focus location for the collection I am working on. I documented the space with photos, audio clips and drawings. I focused… Read More
Posted on January 31, 2017 by rosiewesley
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I had a little break from blogging over the Christmas break, and took out some much needed time for myself. I caught up with family, and tied up some loose ends of my university work. Now that I’m… Read More
Posted on January 10, 2017 by rosiewesley
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After looking some more into the kind of aesthetic contrast that I want to achieve in my work, I decided to take a small tangent into exploring some other materials. I started off making some moulds of my… Read More
Posted on December 9, 2016 by rosiewesley
This week, I’ve been working hard on something that could be really exciting! I’ve been putting together an application for the Goldsmiths Precious Metal Bursary Competition! The deadline was this Friday, and so I thought, now that it’s… Read More
Posted on November 27, 2016 by rosiewesley
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“It’s time to go big!” This week, I spent my time spruing up some larger pieces of bark (roughly 1ft in height) in our foundry waxroom at University! It has been so exciting to make a start on… Read More
Posted on October 20, 2016 by rosiewesley
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Now that we’ve been allowed back into the workshops at Uni, I thought I would share with you a few things that I’ve been working on! My current project out on the bench is these couple of bronze… Read More
Posted on September 23, 2016 by rosiewesley
This week, I just felt like sharing some of my drawings, sketches and maquettes with you. I quite often draw out lots of design ideas and possibilities all on one page, which gets kind of crowded, but it… Read More
Posted on May 6, 2016 by rosiewesley