At the cutting edge: an investigation into creative practice

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Hodes, Charlotte
Treadaway, Cathy
Date
2011-09Type
Conference paper
Publisher
UWE - Bristol
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This paper presents a recently completed collaborative research project by Charlotte Hodes,
Senior Research Fellow in Drawing at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts
London and Dr. Cathy Treadaway, Reader in Creative Practice, University of Wales Institute
Cardiff and Visiting Research Fellow (Computer Science) at the University of Bath. This
practice led research project: A Collaborative Investigation into the role of the Hand Craft
and Digital Processes within Creative Practice was supported by an award from the Arts and
Humanities Research Council in 2007-8.
A case study is described which documents the creation of a body of artwork for exhibition
by Hodes. The research methodology is explained and the context, for both the artwork
development and the investigation, is described in the light of the artist’s on going practice
using digital print and collage and Treadaway’s broader study of creativity supported by
digital technology.
This paper addresses the pivotal role of digital print within the working methodology of the
artist and how it impacts on her creative practice. It is fully illustrated with examples of the
artworks, which are considered an embodiment of the research process. The motifs used in
Hodes’ paper cuts were stimulated by drawing research into historical paper dress patterns
from the research archive at the London College of Fashion.
The paper concludes with a discussion of the artist’s future practice based research,
providing comparisons between the printing processes involved in large format digital paper
printing for paper cuts and those involved in the creation of a body of ceramic artworks
using ceramic transfer prints. In addition, findings are presented that illuminate the ways in
which creative decision making is influenced by memory of physical experience and bodily
knowledge acquired through the hands.
Journal/conference proceeding
IMPACT Print Conference;
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Hodes, C and Treadaway, C. (2011) 'At the cutting edge: an investigation into creative practice', IMPACT Print Conference, UWE-Bristol, September 2011.
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Conference paper presented at IMPACT Print, UWE-Bristol, September 2011
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