Clay sculpting and Mould making with Samuel Salcedo

Students working on their sculptures. This was part of a workshop where we did sculptures with and without a model.



A couple of sculptures from the session with a model



Students working on their moulds. The process is messy and delicate.







After you crack open your mould you must fix the places that your plaster did not form correctly.



Samuel the master of sculptures showing how it is done.

Thomas Weissman

The transformation, first week at Metafora

Here are some pictures from the first week. The period of transformation. First week was all about different tasks to kickstart the creativity. We were given a task to write a poem that described a room, the description of that room would be a metaphor for how we felt about somebody we know.



We then had to transform that poem and more specifically transform that room in to a box, the box would have a peephole so that you could see the creation.

Here are some pictures of students having a look at the creations.





Thomas Weissman

Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada

Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada transforms common people into icons by rendering them in charcoal as urban murals. He delves not only in the identity of the neighborhood where he realizes his work but also in his own identity.
By questioning the controls imposed on public space, the role models that represents us in the public space and the type of events that are guarded by the collective memory he breaks preconceptions of where art is permitted, when art is needed and to whom it is directed.
Jorge showed us a number documentaries of the process for making his monumental works.

Ana Alvarez-Errecalde

Ana is a photographer and a director, writer, producer, and editor of documentaries. Her works have been shown in galleries all over the world.  She talked to us about, and showed examples of work, from the more important current photographers.  Ana also showed us her work from throughout her career.

Sanar; Fotografia encapsulada en forex y metacrilato

100cm x 100 cm; 2003

Negro; Fotografia encapsulada en forex y metacrilato

100cm x 100cm; 2003

IDENTIDAD/madrid; video documental

22 minutos; 2007. Foto fija.

Fotografia; 2008

More examples can be seen on Ana Alvarez-Errecalde - Hangar Page

Kelly Allen - visit on Thursday 3rd of April

Kelly graduated from Ravensbourne with a first class honours in Fashion Print. She went on to study her MA in Printed Textiles at the Royal College of Art. At RCA Kelly developed her unique style and handwriting in drawing, everyday life, experiences and journeys, which became the core to all her creativity in Print for Fashion. Other significant inspirations include the Impressionists and Japanese Woodblock Printers, which Kelly has been researching since 2000.

Samuel Salcedo

Samual Salcedo is a Catalan painter and sculptor.
He has exhibited his work is varios a number of different shows and expositions, including New Art in Madrid, an event parallel to the International art fair ARCO.
On February 15th he met us at New Art and talked to the students about the gallery world and what it means for a young artist to be exposed to the world of international art fairs.