Pandora and Frankenstein



January 10, 2010

DrawingModelled the first of the six clay heads, this one based on the marble sculpture ‘Pandora’ by John Gibson. I’ve also started ‘the Frankenstein project’ which will replicate the process used to make the ‘identikit’ drawings, but will use ‘mug-shots’ of studio visitors/volunteers instead of heads from the collections.

Visitors will be invited to make a light-box drawing of their portrait print-out, as well as creating their own ‘Frankenstein’ collage. I tried the system out over the weekend with visiting family members Alison, Joyce and Billy, and it seems to work well.

Cut and paste

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January 10, 2010

Stephen Dixon was the V&A’s first ceramicist in residence (September 2009-February 2010). Stephen received his Masters in Ceramics from the Royal College of Art and has written and lectured widely....

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