Information for the blog for Library an Culture Shop (unit 2 part C/D)

Memory Lane

Three artists from the Alchemy Gold Arts Award worked with the Arts and Crafts Group from Ibbison Court Community Centre in Revoe to create the Memory Lane Culture Shops display. They worked with the group members to take photographs in Revoe of all the things that represented the area for them. The group that came out to take the photographs mainly comprised of children aged 6 years to 10 years old. They took the pictures and the artists used the resulting photographs to create a collage celebrating the Revoe area. Disposable cameras were used for the project, replicating an old fashioned/dated way of taking photographs. Snap shots in time were taken of places the children had memories of including the library, their primary school, the park, shops and for some their own houses. The artists took as their inspiration the style of traditional post cards of Blackpool creating images as if reflecting memories over time. Some members of the Arts and Crafts group also wrote down their memories of places in Revoe and these also feature in the window.

The three artists involved in the project are Nikki Dolphin a Landscape and photograph artist and Elys Kent and Rebecca Daykin both of whom are mix media artists. Whilst using the girls creative skills, the final piece of photographic artwork on display can be said to be by the community for the community 

77-81 Central Drive - final window installation (unit 2 part C/D)

This is myself working on the putting up the display

promoting the event and explain what Culture Shop is all about

The public event work by people coming to view the shop window front where the piece could be viewed from the outside.

workshops with revo (unit 2 part C/D)

 

Photograph taken of us setting up for the workshops in Revo for Unit 2

This is a photograph me show the children the game and setting up the camera ready to take the photographs 

 

outside taking the photographs and below is an example of image taken by the group.

Working with group creating different techinques to images (unit 2 part C/D)

sellotape techinques

Acetone Techinque

Adding wax and

texture

to the images

Workshop Two - at Ibbison Court - taking photograph with the local commuinty (unit 2 part C/D)

Workshop Two - at Ibbison Court - taking photograph with the local commuinty

The photographs were taken around the local area of Reveo Central Drive. Building like central library, Isbbison courts and shops on Central drive feature a lot in the piece.  Here are some exapmle of the photograph taken on the workshop.

Karen DuckWorth and Janet Waters Local Artist placement number three Photograph (unit 1 part A/B)

Janet Waters helping set up camera to shoot some photographes

This were some of the photographs taken with Karen camera  and Jan light skills.

Making mistake in order to get a clear image and practise to see different Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO would have of the images,

 

Some the images are beginning to get the right look but I felt still long way to go and would need a lot practice before I go back to taking the final images of salt crystals.. I was show by Karen and Jan what images I was aim to create or similar too. I felt I achieved a lot in show space of afternoon and evening and was pleased I had a challenge ahead of me.

3rd June workshop three unit 2 - Ibbison Court (unit 2 part C/D)

We worked with the group members to take photographs in Revoe of all the things that represented the area for them. The group that came out to take the photographs mainly comprised of children aged 6 years to 10 years old. They took the pictures and the artists used the resulting photographs to create a collage celebrating the Revoe area. Disposable cameras were used for the project, replicating an old fashioned/dated way of taking photographs. Snap shots in time were taken of places the children had memories of including the library, their primary school, the park, shops and for some their own houses. The artists took as their inspiration the style of traditional post cards of Blackpool creating images as if reflecting memories over time. Some members of the Arts and Crafts group also wrote down their memories of places in Revoe and these features in the window.

children picking their photographs

Ibbidon Court- where the workshops took place

On workshop three,

The plan was to be more flexible with the plan due last week it did not go the way we planned.  The mean point of the workshop was, we wanted the children to look at the photographs they had produced from last workshop. We got each child to pick their top five photographs they would like to see in shop window. We ask why like them and how they though photographs turn out.  We ask older members of the group to write a memoires about the Reveo, whilst the children draw picture from memoires of the area. The idea using collage of images and photographs  to display in the window shop.

Children showing us there chosen photographs and telling us why they had picke them