Esther Cox workshop – 20-02-17

On Monday we had a presentation from Esther Cox. I really enjoy her work and love the simple, textured pieces she produces. It was really helpful to learn how she works within industry and the difference between her “bread and butter” work and her more specific, personal work. It encouraged me to produce ‘stuff’ just for the sake of it, so that I can use it in future projects, and to experiment with things such as wax resist and adobe illustrator.

Esther then ran a little workshop which I signed up for, and it was based around drawing from memory. We began by having a look at a collection of items Esther collected and placed on a table, and were asked to memorise as many as we could. I surprisingly remembered more than I expected! We were then asked to draw one of the objects in a few different ways. First what it looks like, then what it feels like, and finally what it smells like. It was so interesting to explore drawing from different senses other than just sight, and how different marks can represent different feelings. Here is the sketchbook page I created from the short but sweet workshop.