Carol Sowden Environmental Artist Maker
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Moving forward.......2018

12/29/2017

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A  few days off over Christmas has given me chance to get re-energized and ready for the New Year ahead. 2017 was such an exciting and successful creative year it has fuelled the need to push things forward.
​The 'Ice Form' project is going from strength to strength and has much more to develop and investigate. Recent sales of  photographic prints of work and feedback through exhibiting & social media has been extremely encouraging. There is much more to experiment. Todays snowfall coupled with a day at home in the studio has made for a productive day in terms of producing work. Ideas for further development of this beautiful and captivating freezing process present themselves on a daily basis.
I will work through these inspired moments methodically  and with tactility;
ensuring it is elemental process combined with the use of organic matter that brings about aesthetic sensitivity.  
​I have been lucky enough to have been invited back to Leeds Arts University as part of the Curators Choice in the first half of 2018. Showing aspects of the 'Ice Form' project presents many more challenges for me to tackle (of which I am thriving on!) as well as the opportunity to show the further development of the project. 
​With a planned trip back to Kinvara in April and future projects with the TCL Art Collective I think the year is going to start off pretty busy!
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Melanie King & Paul Hill Lecture

12/17/2017

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I recently attended a lecture by Melanie King who studied Fine Art at Leeds Arts University, and is currently conducting doctoral research by practice at the Royal College of Art in London. www.melanieking.co.uk. She has been researching analogue photography and lunar imagery in  exciting collaborations with astronomers. She was joined by the inspirational Paul Hill who responded to her lecture from a scientist's perspective. (Paul Hill is an elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, co-presenter and writer of Awesome Astronomy podcast, and Space Ambassador for ESERO.)
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​Their combined lecture left me full of inspiration with many links to my own practice.
​At present there is an Asteroid passing through our solar system causing an incredible display of a meteor showers called the Geminids. It is a particularly good time to view this meteor shower but because of its timing and our weather conditions we rarely take note; we are too busy keeping warm inside!
​(While travelling through space bits break off these Asteroids or Comets. These 'bits' are called Meteroids . When these meteroids enter Earths atmosphere they are referred to as Meteors) 
​I asked Paul the question 'Why is it that the meteors that fall to earth break down quicker and deteriorate faster than other rocks on earths surface?' The reason for this is that meteors are made up of metals such as iron. These materials break down far quicker than stone; they rust and degenerate quicker. This led on to the conversation of how we as humans are actually made up of the matter that is in meteorites. and that meteorites are the beginning  and end of planets and stars. They are the beginning of life. It takes  the right conditions to begin a chemical reaction to form planets and stars of which 'we' originally came from. We are made up of the same properties as the meteorite. Iron is a key component. The blood within our bodies is the iron. We are basically stardust!!!
​I find this extremely inspiring and can connect on a physical level to aspects of the materiality of these asteroids and meteors. Made up of mud, water, ice, iron and all the organic materials that bring about life when thrown into the right conditions. 
​The colour red has, for Andy Goldsworthy always been a key component of some of his ephemeral work. He appropriates this to represent the blood that runs through our veins; the vibrant colouring that always injects itself onto his usual organic toned ephemeral work.  This aspect of his work has always interested me and combined with the recent lecture from Paul Hill I am compelled to combine the aspect of 'life' represented through iron and human blood within my current #iceform project!
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Forming of TCL Art Collective

12/8/2017

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It has been an extremely busy but fulfilling few weeks. My friends Mel Dewey, Paula Hickey, Sue Wright & Ann Barrass from the MA course and I have come together to form an artistic collective. There are many reasons why we have formed this group:
  • to keep an artistic connection that will help us all drive our individual practices forward (being an artist can be isolating!)
  • generate dialogue and discussion with each other & the wider artistic community
  • support each other in our goals 
  • continue critical analysis of our work
  •  create and organise exhibitions and informal events
  • to generally enjoy what we do and embrace the possibilities!!!       
​We recently held our first event at the LS6 Café in Leeds. Taking over a space upstairs we organised an opening event for our two week long exhibition. It was received extremely well with all of us selling some work. This has been such a positive experience for us all and we are very geared up and excited about our next project. As I type we are all active in sourcing, creating  and generally making things happen. These are exciting times watch this space!!! Follow us on.........
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