BlogHide Resteemsdaniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoI will never finish thisAs i've said before, i'm not the most confident with portraiture ... but I try. I'm definitely a lot more confident with portraiture that's a lot more abstract rather than realistic but I like…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoHere and Now (Part two: Cradling flames)My mum has always said that she would do anything for her kids in order to help use grow and develop into the people we are / will become, and I wanted to explore this in a couple of sculptural…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoHere and Now (Part one: We were brought up by strangers)We all conform to different social roles, and each of those social roles require us to adapt our behaviour depending on what is expected of us (by ourselves and others) when in those roles. For…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoMaps (Part two: Hand-carved, hand-stitched, hand-cut bedroom installation)I kind of shot myself in the foot when I said I would do this all by hand because I didn't really anticipate how long it would take to put all of the maps on everything but there you go. I did try…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoMaps (Part one)A project carried out during sixth form saw me bringing the outside in. During this project I thought a lot about my relationship to place and, given that I am mostly introverted and spend a lot…daniellespiller (36)in illustration • 6 years ago#BodyPositivity Figure DrawingTaking inspiration from some lovely Instagram ladies from the #bodypositivity tag this time. I still have a long way to go until I'm confident with figure drawing but I'll get there in the end.…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoPortraiture Practice!Drawing people from the show you're watching, whilst watching said show, is a lot harder than it looks! Practice makes perfect ... or at least somewhat decent!daniellespiller (36)in poetry • 6 years agoDissociation (Part 5: The transcript I forgot about ... whoops!)Instead of having just a straightforward word document, how about visually presenting the poems in a similar way to how they were put together for the installation? See the installation in the…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoDissociation (Part 4: The installation, photos and video)Having my entire year come down to one project, specifically one piece from that project, that would be showcased alongside the work of my peers in an exhibition was daunting to say the least. This…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoDissociation (Part 3: Introducing poetry and mixed media pieces)A trip into London made anxieties spike and that feeling of disconnect stronger; despite being around so many people I felt distant and nothing that day felt real. These are feelings that frequented…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoDissociation (Part 2: Self-portraiture of sorts)I'm not confident with portraiture in the slightest, recently i've been trying a lot harder to remedy that, but during this project the idea of drawing people was daunting; It definitely still is…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years agoDissociation (Part 1: A project about disconnect)For my Final Major Project, at the end of my first year of arts university, I wanted to work around the idea of Dissociation following some experiences I had during the 'Here and Now' project I was…daniellespiller (36)in art • 6 years ago#Mermay: Late Night Merdogs and MergerbilsI've seen so many amazing and beautiful #mermay pieces on Instagram this month and I wanted to give it a go. This was the result of an hour of sleepy late night drawing; there are a lot of…daniellespiller (36)in poetry • 7 years agoPitter PatterPitter patter against the window pane, The outside world may be dressed in rain, But here inside is warm and dry, With plenty of tea and soft blankets nearby. Take a deep breath and relax your…daniellespiller (36)in photography • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Paired Photography Project (Part 3: The good bit, I hope)I wanted to explore the relationships I have with those important to me through the use of symbolic pairs. In the beginning each object used had a certain person linked to them, no more than one…daniellespiller (36)in paired • 7 years agoPaired Photography Project (Part 2)These are just a couple more experiments, nothing particularly exciting, just experimenting with different combinations of items in a really simple way. The paintbrushes and cigarette box are two…daniellespiller (36)in art • 7 years agoPaired Photography Project (Part 1)With this project I was looking at the idea of symbolism and relationships, how people can be represented by items and how the combination of such can tell you a lot about the relationship between…daniellespiller (36)in art • 7 years agoAbsence and Presence (Part 2: The only painting i'm actually proud of!)I don't really do a lot of painting, not confidently anyways, and the only painting I really do now is purposely messy and unrefined, but this! This is the only painting I have ever done that I am…daniellespiller (36)in art • 7 years agoAbsence and Presence (Part 1)The way that someone can be physically absent from your life yet present at the same time is a concept that was at the centre of this project. I was fascinated with those fabric creases that we…daniellespiller (36)in introduceyourself • 7 years agoHello Steemit! This is me introducing myself ... or trying to!Hello Steemit! I’ve been putting off doing this for ages because I had no idea what to say, and I even forgot about it for a while, but the friend that told me to create an account on here…
