Sophie Goodchild
Has recently moved to Nottingham with a graduate residency at Backlit in Sneinton.
Previously studying at the royal college of arts, she was going in the direction of painting whilst questioning what that could be through her exploration of materials and processes.
Sharing her work and journey
I was intrigued by her large-scale work and the use of materials such as felt and textiles together with her great use of colour and texture creating such a large-scale piece.
Her approach to research keeps it open and fresh. This is similar to my approach of exploring different practices to allow inspiration to truly flow and to try and let the work tell me what it is allowing to be expressed and let the work tell me what it is regardless of ideas that run through my mind for the piece.
This can be both scary and exciting for the development of my work. Sophie was expressing not to just look at literature for inspiration but for example, things, you can find on a walk or a conversation. She encouraged social media as a place where people can instantly access your work as these are popular space. I see this as useful both for finding inspiration and making connections and networking.
Sophie described how a residency can allow you to maintain a position to develop your practice. This would be something I will be looking into as I would like to expand on the work that I do and I have I ideas that I would potentially like to develop and do on a large scale.
I would also like to seek an artist in the community post. I was attracted to the idea of school Dan and it is something I would like to explore but am not sure if it would suit me
Volcano, Crucible
