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Ashton Blyth


Ashton Blyth
Oct 10, 2024
Gendering colours
When creating The Progressive Tube Map , I took inspiration from Gilbert Baker, a gay man and drag queen (both openly) and artist created...


Ashton Blyth
Oct 9, 2024
Design Classics: London Tube Map
One of British graphic designs greatest triumphs A 20th century classic, they keep a copy in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and has...

Ashton Blyth
Oct 9, 2024
The Leeds pamphlet… have you read this?
I am under the care of Leeds Gender Identity Services, who created the document below. I first saw this document two years ago when...


Ashton Blyth
Oct 8, 2024
A different way of doing things
Tutor: Jonathan Kearney Date: Tuesday 8th October 2024 I had my first tutorial of the year with Jonathan and my mum today. Not exactly a...


Ashton Blyth
Oct 6, 2024
World Tube Maps
I started to look at other tube maps for shape inspiration and how other locations have designed station stops and interchanges. My...


Ashton Blyth
Oct 4, 2024
Simon Patterson
Simon Patterson is a world-renowned artist, most famous for his reworking of the London Underground map in 1992, The Great Bear . Now...

Ashton Blyth
Oct 3, 2024
Writing and Structure
3rd October 2024 Week 1 – Writing and Structure Tutor: Christabel Harley c.harley@csm.arts.ac.uk Elements of the session: a) ...


Ashton Blyth
Sep 30, 2024
How we document
Throughout history we have documented our progress of discovering and building settlements as a species. In 6th Century BC, a Greek man...


Ashton Blyth
Sep 23, 2024
Time for a change
After taking two gap years for many mental health reasons, and with hope to progress my gender transition without feeling like my studies...


Ashton Blyth
May 18, 2022
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...


Ashton Blyth
May 12, 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 11, 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 8, 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 4, 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 1, 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 27, 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 24, 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 20, 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 17, 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 13, 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...
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