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Even More Space in the Garden

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Even More Space in the Garden

Another New Studio

This is a very late blog recording November’s activity because I’ve been suffering from seasonal rubbish. Sometimes you reach what you think is the end of something and find yourself struggling to move past that point and that’s where I’ve been. When in this state every distraction is grasped with alacrity and time that should have been spent resolving things disappears.

I did manage to complete an application for funding from Immersive Arts and will find out if I’m successful in February,

Even More Space in the Garden

Flowers 10 01/11/24

At the start of the month I began a new drawing, Flowers_10, and prepped the boards for a couple more. At that point the other artists in the building were considering an open day before Christmas and I was hopeful of joining in.

Subsequently the Romanian elections taking place in the building stymied us and, as they were going to use three consecutive weekends, we were unable to progress. We’re now thinking of an exhibition in the Spring.

Flowers 9 01/11/24

Subsequently the Romanian elections taking place in the building stymied us and, as they were going to use three consecutive weekends, we were unable to progress. We’re now thinking of an exhibition in the Spring.

Flowers 1,2,3 and 4 01/11/24 backview

I finished the second drawing of the existing set up with ‘Flowers 1,2,3, &4’ and then got the opportunity to get some more free material to help complete the piece.

Even More Space in the Garden

Studio 04/11/24

This meant I had to move everything around so that I could see what I was doing. Never mind space in the garden I need more space in the studio.

Storage Space 04/11/24

I moved my projection booth towards the door so that I could make a storage space against the wall.

When I was finished I started the 6th November with this setup.

Studio 06/11/24

Flowers_10 06/11/24

Even More Space in the Garden

Flowers 11 06/11/24

Between the first and the sixth of the month I made these two drawings, Flowers_10 and Flowers_11 towards the ‘Woolgathering’ project. ‘Woolgathering’ has grown out of the exploration of space in the garden.

Studio at the end of 06/11/24

At the end of the day the studio looked like this.

Thereafter I worked to make the pieces I needed to finish the layout of the flower bed for that piece. First cutting the flowers for the end bed, ‘Flowers_5’.

Cut outs for Flowers 5

Then painting them.

Painted Cut outs for Flowers 5

It occurs to me now that I may need a new naming convention for the 3d pieces.

At this time I also painted ‘Flowers_4’ (3D)

Flowers 4 painted 13/11/24

I built the new bases I needed to complete the flower bed.

Bases for Flower Bed

And then assembled ‘Flowers_5’

Flowers 5 view

Flowers 5 (3d) close up

After this I caught up with some framing as I was still hopeful of the Open Day.

Framed Pictures 13/11/24

The smaller frames are quite effective but I had to break down some of the drawings to make them.

I made ‘Flowers_6’ and painted it

Even More Space in the Garden

Flowers 6 (3d) before painting

after which I made ‘Flowers_7’ and ‘Flowers_8’

 

‘Woolgathering’ 27/11/24

At the end of the month I built a stand to raise the piece off the floor.

Drawing

I’ve continued to draw every day;

The November drawings can be seen here

  • Draw Every Day – November 24
    Draw Every Day – November 24
    Draw Every Day - November 24 Continuing to draw every day in book 20 (a larger sketchbook) ...
    See photo »

…and the October images here

  • Draw Every Day – October 24
    Draw Every Day – October 24
    Draw Every Day - October 24 Continuing to draw every day, began book 20 (a larger ...
    See photo »

There is a link to the previous month’s Gallery on each page.

The drawings are posted to  Instagram each day.

Some Space in the Garden

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Some Space in the Garden

Another New Studio

 

I made a trial VR space for the Woolgathering project. The close up fllower bed will be sited in the full garden and accessedby proximity as the player progresses towards the top of the garden. Wandering through the flower bed will eventually lead the player back to the normal scale garden.

 

I also made a 360 video version of the real flower bed to use juxtaposed with the sculpted environment. You can watch the video on Vimeo here.

I spent the rest of the month working on two big drawings of the four sculptures.

Some Space in the Garden

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This is a big drawing done in pastels and water based media.

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The final orientation of each piece will depend on the display environment.

Some Space in the Garden

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The pastels are varnished to keep the colours strong and the texture can be seen moire clearly in the details.

Some Space in the Garden

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Drawing

I’ve continued to draw every day;

The October drawings can be seen here

  • Draw Every Day – October 24
    Draw Every Day – October 24
    Draw Every Day - October 24 Continuing to draw every day, began book 20 (a larger ...
    See photo »

…and the September images here

Draw Every Day - September 24 Continuing to draw every day, began book 19 on 25th August and continued using brush pens and a mixture of black, grey, sepia and sanguine ink. The drawings are made any time from 9:00 am at the breakfast table and occasionally later in the day if I'm away from home. The drawings have been posted since the beginning, 6th May 2020, on instagram https://www.instagram.com/latham_1959 You can see previous months through the galleries page https://www.ian-latham.com/blog/galleries or you can go straight to  August's drawings here -
  • Draw Every Day – August 24
    Draw Every Day – August 24
    Draw Every Day - August 24 Continuing to draw every day, finished book 18 on 24th August and ...
    See photo »

There is a link to the previous month’s Gallery on each page.

The drawings are posted to  Instagram each day.

 

Moore’s Law

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Moore’s Law

Another New Studio

Moore's Law

studio 03/07/24 headset no artist

Apparently “Moore’s Law” is dead, and has been since 2016. The result is that programming has to improve in terms of performance if advancements are going to come at all. Programmers need to make processes more efficient so that less power is needed and the machines can do more without getting significantly faster. Not that anyone will notice this as this as software has for a long time been continually updating so that it outstrips machines every few years and becomes, like streamed music or e-books, something you don’t own you only rent.

This is essentially an aside, as I’ve been looking at ways to update some of my projects so that I can finish them without resorting to acts of destruction as the frustrations mount. Every update makes things harder to resolve and seemingly ignores any idea of intuitive iteration instead opting to completely redesign the wheel with every turn.

Moore's Law

studio 03/07/24 artist no headset

studio 03/07/24 artist and headset

studio 03/07/24 artists view

At the start of the month I organised the studio to reflect the intended organisation of the objects in a space accompanying the VR environment.

Since when I’ve been researching galleries and other potential display spaces for the work.

Moore's Law

studio drawing 17/07/24

So when I am in the studio I work on the gardens project VR world or draw. Drawing refocuses me when I get frustrated with the rebuild I’m doing of the gardens project as there are frequent failures and new learning to be done with the software updates.

I found using the paper I protected the floor with when I painted the sculptures gives a good background to draw on.

Moore's Law

maquette drawing 19/07/24

By the end of the month, I’m no further forward with display options, my portable hard drive failed meaning I lost about a weeks work and I’ve dismantled all the sculptures to make more room for new things.

Moore's Law

Studio drawing 26/07/24

Studio from door 31/07/24

Moore's Law

studio towards door 31/07/24

Drawing

I’ve continued to draw every day;

The July drawings can be seen here

  • Draw Every Day – July 24
    Draw Every Day – July 24
    Draw Every Day - July 24 Continuing to draw every day, finished book 17 on 10th July and ...
    See photo »

…and the June images here

  • Draw Every Day – June 24
    Draw Every Day – June 24
    Draw Every Day - June 24 Continuing to draw every day, in book 17 using brush pens and a ...
    See photo »

There is a link to the previous month’s Gallery on each page.

The drawings are posted to Threads and Instagram each day.