Inspirations



I have always loved History, Literature and Art.........................................................................................................
beautiful things, the stuff of dreams..................................................

flowers, butterflies, fairy tales, embroidered fragments, Chinese blues, Botticelli angels, Blake's visions, Burne-Jones pictures............................................................................................

amongst many other hints and wisps of the past..........................

to catch in my net and weave into mydesigns..................

which I hope others might find as beautiful as their inspirations.

Saturday 3 September 2011

OU Art of the twentieth century................

Can't believe it...have just committed to another year of being a student!!!!!!

Some years ago I did an Arts based OU general degree. For various reasons I did not carry on to Honours. Having enjoyed the academic side so much of my revent Textiles degree I decided to look at options available to me, including OU courses....To cut a long story short I am taking this third level course in order to continue my general to a higher level, as well as continuing to extend my  Art History essay writing skils-in order to be able to study for a higher level degree in the future. This was something that was only a possible option/on a back burner until I made various enquiries about various options and discovered I could only afford (just about) to do this THIS academic year due to fee increases. £2,500 for this module, in autumn 2012 puts it way out of my league

So with some trepidation, modern Art being very much outside my comfort zone I had to make a very quick decision to 'feel the fear and do it anyway'.  So much for a relaxed year following my artisic whims and extending my design portfolion (though still hope to keep my skills by doing drawings etc.) !!!!!!

Now the decision has been made and forms filled in I am beginning to feel excited, like I used to when studying abroad with the OU, waiting for all the lovely new and, hopefully, very interesting and thought provoking materials to arrive! I don't have to like a piece of Art to find it interesting and I do like Dali, Warhol and some of the modern artists work.....so fingers crossed I've made the right decision!!!!

4 comments:

  1. How exciting Chris! Good luck with the course.

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  2. Scary too!!!NOT my beloved Pre- Rahaelites!!!! It should help me understand all those different movements and artists that I have heard about over the years. Should stretch my mind too....... Thank you for the encouragement:-)Hope you are enjoying life too.

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  3. Sounds good Chris, I think I might be a bit jealous. Well done for keeping up with the blogging too. I must get back to mine.

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  4. Don't be jealous....you should se the set books-one over a THOUSAND pages, full of extracts from primary sources written by the aryists etc!!!! help! Modules haven't arrived yet so hoping they are a little less dense/easier to follow!!
    There is a new exhibition coming to the Bowes Museum that you may enjoy- at the Heart of Progress ( Industrial imagery from the JP Eckland collection 17th sept-15th Jan)
    Lovely to hear from you. Hope all is well and you are enjoying life :-)

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