Studio practice - Castle project
Nottingham castle project We were recently given the opportunity to work with the castle again. As third years this project was optional, I chose to take part, because why not? Its a great opportunity. We were instructed to respond to any part of the castle, whether that be the exhibits, the building or the grounds, anything. The work I've created kind of follows two different streams of thought, the first being a direct response to the castle toilets, the second relates the suffrage movement in Nottingham. The first response to the toilets is directly linked to the shit stories project, My tutor had been suggesting for a while that I do something with mirrors and writing in this project, whether that screen print or lipstick. The castle bathrooms had an abundance of blank simple mirrors so I thought it fitting to utilise them and try it out. I had this idea planned out to write some of the shit stories on the mirrors in red lipstick, the final piece would come throug...
