Ashton Blyth
Last minute change
Today we met our research paper supervisors and gave a short presentation on what our paper would be about. Originally, my intention was...
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Ashton Blyth
Ashton Blyth
May 13, 2022
Honesty, Vulnerability and Discussion... Revised.
My first post on here was titled 'Honesty, Vulnerability and Discussion...', but upon reflection from yesterday's session, I don't think...
Ashton Blyth
May 12, 2022
Mother Study
Today we had a visiting artist session from Matt Edwards, one of the technicians at CSM. It is because of this session that I've decided...
Ashton Blyth
May 9, 2022
Re-doing Felt Right Then, Feels Right Now
My plan is to re-do the majority of the first part (young me) of Felt Right Then, Feels Right Now for shot 6 in Chapter 4: Growing Up...
Ashton Blyth
May 5, 2022
A research day in London
I started off the day with Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at The Hayward Gallery. I'd known about this exhibition coming to London for...
Ashton Blyth
May 2, 2022
The first person I told
Shot 1 of Chapter 3: Coming Out. The first person I told that I thought I was trans was the therapist I was seeing for a short course of...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 28, 2022
What am I struggling with most with my art?
For this week we were asked to consider one of two questions: What am I struggling with most with my art? or What am I enjoying most with...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 25, 2022
Patiently waiting...
This will be shot 3 of Chapter 3: Coming Out. This is the moment where I've texted my mum screenshots of me telling my two best friends...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 21, 2022
Research Paper Introduction
Research paper - 3-4,000 words Research question Issue or theoretical concern Not refer directly to your own work, instead you write...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 18, 2022
The response
Reflecting on my feedback from Jonathan, I've decided to focus on the chapters as individual episodes and pick a couple at a time to...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 14, 2022
Finalising my artwork for Straight White Male
The aim of this artwork is to highlight not only my own internal struggle with my perceived gender identity and sexuality versus how I...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 6, 2022
Photographs for Straight White Male
My proposed artwork is a series of four consecutive digital artworks titled Perceptions of Me. The artworks will depict my internal...
Ashton Blyth
Apr 1, 2022
Responding to Straight White Male
Part of the application process for this open call was to answer the question: How does your artwork relate to the exhibition theme?...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 28, 2022
Something different
Through the Instagram of a curator I met after the Cassils: Human Measure exhibition last year, I have heard about this open call...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 20, 2022
Moontopia - show time!
In total we had 5 shows, I was unable to make the third show as I had to work though. I didn't expect to have as much fun as I did with...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 15, 2022
Creating Moontopia - the Moon animation! Part 4
The final animation! Of course I realise post-show that there was a mistake with the last third where the video wasn't in line for some...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 14, 2022
Creating Moontopia - the Moon animation! Part 3
I thought it would be really cool to add a little nod to the cast and the people working on the show by adding people's actual eyes onto...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 11, 2022
Creating Moontopia - the Moon animation! Part 2
The plan is for the moon sculpture to explode during the show and reveal an actual person as the Moon (Sharon), so I thought it would...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 9, 2022
Creating Moontopia - the Moon animation! Part 1
To create the moon animation I started off by looking at the artwork made at the workshop the weekend before (I couldn't attend as it was...
Ashton Blyth
Mar 8, 2022
Creating Moontopia - the Moon sculpture!
This week is the intense creative week to bring Moontopia to life. The last two days have been spent clearing the space and setting out...
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