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Jo Hatty
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Sculpture, drawing...that sort of thing
A few photos of today, playing with plaster at @ArdsArts Class learned best way to mix plaster, and explored casting using balloons and zip lock bags, and using plaster impregnated bandage to build up rather than cast...
February 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
February 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Restrictive exercise in experimental art class today at Ards Arts Centre. Class were given 2hrs, a roll of masking tape and some wire..
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sona (Sun-a)
Embracing the inherent quality of silver clay which is soft & maleable, picking up marks that expose how each piece was formed revealing the duality existing between the solid, pure sterling silver it becomes through the firing process.
Rings are size O hallmarked silver DM for details
February 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
February 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Sona (Sun-a)
Embracing the inherent quality of bronze clay, which is soft & maleable, picking up marks that expose how each piece was formed revealing the duality that exists between the solid, pure bronze it becomes through the firing process.
Rings are size J
DM for details
January 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today's experimental drawing class at Ards Arts Centre. Class did a series of short (2-3 mins) timed exercises...
January 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
First days of this terms experimental drawing at @ArdsArts today. Exercises were inspired by Hans Arp & Yoko Ono embracing the idea of chance and random marks & Sol Lewitt drawing using rules/parameters...then developing drawings intuitively...
January 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
December 18, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Happy client...
🙂
#foxsculpture #update
December 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Fox progress...
December 17, 2024 at 8:47 PM
December 8, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Today's experimental art class at Ards Arts Centre.

Class followed on from last week assembling bits and pieces, but this time wrapping them. Inspired by fibre artist Judith Scott's sculptures, using string, wool, and ribbon, we wrapped objects to change, cacoon and transform them....
November 28, 2024 at 5:12 PM
November 24, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Slow progress #foxy
November 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Today's class at Ards Ards Centre explored assemblage sculpture. I didn't have to do much, just bring in some collected bits and pieces and let them go. It's always inspiring watching how others think and approach a similar task...

#experimentalartclass #assemblagesculpture
November 21, 2024 at 5:27 PM
November 20, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Fox progress - have finally taken the leap and doing the horrible fibreglass backing I've been avoiding...
#mouldmaking
November 19, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Fox progress
Currently covered in silicone waiting for the next stage. Might be procrastinating (worried mould won't work) ...
November 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
"Squirrel!"
Commission for a little silver cartoon squirrel. His tail creates a loop so he can be hung on a chain or loop.
#silver #squirrel #handcrafted
November 12, 2024 at 9:59 PM
#wip #publicart learning as I go...
February 6, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Feels...
January 15, 2024 at 10:02 AM
David Hammands 'Bliz-aard ball sale' 1983
Cooper square, New York
December 20, 2023 at 11:21 PM