Migration

Some pictures of migrating birds with my Granda's camera. I'm thinking of starting a new project next year, that will keep me motivated creatively now that i'm no longer at University. I'm finding my full time job fills up my time but not my mind.  I'm going to have a scout through flickr and find some 365 projects and tailor one that to suit my life. I want to do something where I have to post something regularly so that i get in the habit.

Photobox 24 in 24 challenge

Photobox have been running a 24 images in 24 hours challenge - would have loved to do it all but i was at work for most of it without any capabilities to upload to the site... just managed two this morning and due to silly internet speed only my first one got in!

"wake-up"

"wrapped up"

My Christmas wrapping that I made a start on last night, i decided to combine plain brown parcel paper with some fairisle paper I found in M&S, packing string and odds and ends.

Inspired by http://www.ohhellofriendblog.com/ i am going to write 10 things I am grateful for, just to take stock and consider. Hopefully next time I go to start moaning about something or other I can stop for a second and think first!

1. Love
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Hope
5. Grace
6. Creativity
7. Music
8. Reading
9. Chocolate
10. Coffee

Bit cheesy! hard to be concise and not cheesy!

Graveyard

 I recently acquired my Granda's old camera a Olympus OM2 which is awesome! I gave up on reading the instruction manual and took it out to test in a graveyard. I really like the colours and the light in the second one

MA Fine Art Show

A review of a couple of my favourite pieces from the show can be found on this link to my writing blog
http://jenniferamball.blogspot.com/2011/09/camberwell-ma-fine-art-degree-show-2001.html

MA Degree Show

Waiting for the Opening

I've handed all my work in to be marked, just waiting on the exhibition opening on Friday! While I'm waiting I'm going to update my website and my images on the course website.  I have just made a profile on the University Graduates page: http://showtime.arts.ac.uk/jenniferamball

Hushed

Wheat Crops

Website

I heart bon-bons! but more importantly....

I have a new website! :D

www.jenniferball.co.uk

Penultimate Residue

Reshoot of The Clearing with an older model because I felt like the previous young woman instantly became the protagonist of the story. The viewer might link images together when shown in a set. In my final MA I'm going to show a set of seven images. Some of these include various hands - which could be assumed to be the young woman's. As it is my aim to keep the narrative fragmented, I thought I should reshoot with someone older to differentiate between the pictures a bit better.

Still working on titles - i like the idea of the penultimate and never being an ultimate... like an unfinished story...

The Clearing

After a tutorial the other day I realised it's a good idea to work on my titles for my work now while i'm in the safety of uni. I don't tend to give my work titles i stick to, or titles at all...I find them scary! However I do use titles on my blog, to separate my work. I don't find this as scary i guess because it doesn't feel so permanent. I am going to do some brainstorming today on titles for my final piece... not sure whether to title each individual image or as a set.

In a Field in the Pouring Rain!

Thrills

Featured in Thrill City London, July 2011 (London Listings Magazine) available in Joy Stores

New Studio

Moved into a new studio this week which is where the Camberwell Fine Art MA show will be held. 

I  fractured my images that use computer game imagery to write "GAME OVER".... bit final and depressing... think I need to move into a happier and more productive head space!

Read all the Words

I have started a new blog linked to this one called 'Read all the Words'.
This is inspired from speaking to writer and critique Sally O Reilly. I will use this  blog to hone my creative writing skills and I have just written my first post on there so please take a look!
www.jenniferamball.blogspot.com

New Project.....

I'm working on a new project in which i am placing aspects from platform games into real life....

My First Solo Zine!!

I spent most of the day compiling my first solo zine. It plays on the colloquial word 'bare' used to mean 'a lot' and replaces that with the word and image of a 'bear' as in the animal.  It took a long time to get the ordering of the pages. I think my next project will be to use this technique to make a photobook

diana mini first film back!

A Trip to the Sea

Burger Cupcakes!

School's Out

I've got a six day time out from work and college, I aim to sleep and make work so i can go back refreshed, excited and motivated for the last five months of the MA

Gabriel Orozco Cats and Watermelons

Went to see the Gabriel Orozco exhibition today, this was my fav!

Quality Enfield

A Recruitment place further along the road has in the window...

Featured in fLIP magazine and on website

www.londonphotography.org.uk/magazine/flip18-street-life/

Bear Shopping

Fishing

Shown at Salon, South London Gallery 24/3/2011

Trapped Bear

this it more natural than the shot with the sheep mask, but needs a re-think about how to approach it - this is going to be harder than i thought!

sheep with balloons

I'm experimenting taking 'portraits' with these masks i've used before for group shots... I think this shot lacks movement and as a consequence looks too staged. Showed it to Danny Treacy in tutorial, he liked it, I might re stage without the bsm car on a longer road.

Masked Faces - Shown at Gasworks

Some of my favourite pieces in the gasworks show

            
Artists: Tracey Payne, Nicola Plant, Martina Rychnavska, Maria Ignatyeva, Fei Gao

Gasworks Exhibition 3/2/2011

No Parking

Collaboration Work With Tracey Payne and Nicola Plant

www.flickr.com/photos/50098258@N08/5378468568/in/contacts/

For the Woodmill 3D experirimental drawing workshop we actually managed to collaborate. We produced mainly a ladder covered in cellophane with various cylindrical objects and flashing bike lights underneath. however, Nicky and Tracey both fixed some tendrils of rope and other object which linked the sculpture across the space and intermingled with others work. Proud  that after the Loz Gasquez, 'collaboration' became a horrible word, good to overcome it!