Karen Stansfield 27 July – 1 August

1. What were your initial thoughts when you opened the parcel?

Trepidation, the unknown about to be revealed and the excited, nervousness on my own abilities to respond.

2. What was the main source of inspiration from the piece that you received?

The scale and the placement of the two main paper sculptures, key factors for my piece.

3. Describe your piece?

A multi media collage of images and sound exploring the relationship between mother and daughter and her stepping out of childhood into the adult world.

4. In business terms, what have you learned or gained from the project?

A mass of ideas to develop; reaffirming one career choice to be in the Arts and to continue to pursue it.

Well - Done!

Well-done Karen!

Knowing how challenging this first appeared to you before you started the week – it was a great pleasure to see you actually relaxing and really enjoying the creative process.

…This shows on the final piece - it's wonderful!

For me this is what “pass the parcel” is all about – The freedom to have fun with creativity!

I can’t wait to see all of the artworks together!

Good luck to all those to follow…Have fun!

Damian

www.damianclark.co.uk

Selection of images

It has been an amazing journey - literally!
Refreshed, inspired and happy!

I am looking forward to seeing everyones contribution on this project, I wish Samantha well and I hope she enjoy the process too!

Signing out,

Karen

http://www.kaboodledesign.co.uk/

Parcel goes on an adventure....

Parcel was a bit miffed....three days on a shelf, waiting for Karen to get to the end of the daily tick list.

"Please be patient” Karen said to Parcel “I have to go and get the car fixed at lunch time, perhaps you would like to join me?”

Parcel was delighted in going for a trip out!

Off to Dewsbury they went, after dropping the car off at Kwik Fit they strolled through Dewsbury town centre, nipping into a couple of fashion boutiques for a glimpse of anything nice to purchase for the pending vacation to Whiby.

They came to rest and take refreshment at Sainsburys Café. A suitable window of opportunity to unwrap Parcel, thought Karen.

“What in such a public area?!” questioned Parcel alarmingly. Karen reassured Parcel that it would be “alright” and “the people here are too busy with their own lives to notice us”.

Sitting at the café window looking out watching the weather change continually, Karen took her time to relax.

By coincident Andrew Warburton walked passed the Café window. He could not believe Parcel had not been unwrapped yet!!!

Karen made a choice there and then to allow Andrew to participate in the unwrapping of Parcel, as she had unwittingly forgot to bring her camera and by good fortune Andrew possessed his fancy camera phone.

The moment had finally arrived! Parcel was slowly revealed. Karen savoured every moment. She was delighted and in awe at the beauty revealed.

Helaina has created a most delightful, evocative piece of Art.

Karen is excited and intrigued about the adventure she is about to undertake…..

Finished!

I’ve had to work very hard to finish this and there’ve been many late nights to get it all done – But it’s finished at last! Phew!

… And I’m really pleased with the results!

This collaboration has been a real joy to do and I’ve loved every moment of it!

It’s given me the opportunity and freedom to delve into new areas of creativity that I’ve always wanted to explore, yet only dabbled in before.
I think this is an area I will continue to work with well into the future… There’s so much more to discover!

It’s now time to pass it onto Carrie Scott-Huby…Good luck Carrie and enjoy !

Damian Clark

Evolution

This has taken some doing, but everything is falling into place now.

…It’s moving, breathing and reacting! No, I’ve not created a monster, but hopefully something you will see as quite beautiful.

Here’s a little teaser…

Any ideas what it is yet?


Damian Clark

Late night No.1

Well as I suspected yesterday that it was going to be a late night – it was! … Put it this way, the birds were singing when I decided it was time for bed!

But it was an extremely productive night. I always find the first few hours the most important when I’m inspired; I like to get down as many ideas as possible.

The problem now is that I have got so many ideas, and within different disciplines – Where do I go from here?

…Can I somehow fuse these ideas together and forge them into a coherent whole?

…So many possibilities and yet so little time!

Here’s a little taste of one of the avenues I was exploring

Stay tuned for more….

Damian Clark

And on it goes again...

That’s it. The deed is done.

I have fully and completely enjoyed every second of this process,
from concept to finished article.
I think I will be revisiting this technique again fairly soon,
such was my enjoyment.
I have many more ideas to explore with the materials that I have used.

Now over to Damian Clark for the next round of creative play.
Have a huge amount of fun and good luck mate.

Mike Barrett – Emelbi.

Progress Teaser

Made some progress today. Really enjoying what I have decided to do. Excited to see how it will turn out.

Here are some photo images of the work in progress.
To borrow a phraze from Rolf Harris... "Can You Tell What It Is Yet?"

Mike Barrett – Emelbi.

Teaser Sketches

I have been playing around with a few ideas of how best to proceed and have settled on the medium that I want to use. Once I had decided on the materials I set to sketching out a few images. Here are some teaser shots from my sketches. What on earth could it be?

Keep watching!

Mike Barrett – Emelbi.

PTP moves on. Feeling creative.

Just received the parcel from Andrew.

Looking forward to getting my teeth into this. Many ideas have sprung to mind in response to the artwork that Andrew has produced. I am going to make a pot of coffee and mull this over for a while. Watch this space!

By the way, nice work Mr Warburton!

Mike Barrett – Emelbi.

Hello "passtheparcelers",

I received on Friday my art from Dawn. Slightly earlier than I expected and unfortunately this coincided with me taking some time out to go round the degree shows on Friday and Saturday, the impromptu “Art Hike” at Lady Bower in Derbyshire on Sunday and a couple of day’s holiday at the seaside. That is why this post is so late, sorry. In that time I have not been idle and there are lots of ideas going on in my head that I have taken from Dawns art work. It has been difficult to narrow down those ideas because there were so many things that I would like to do that came from the art work. Give me a day or so and I will give you a taster of what I have decided to create.

Watch this passtheparcel space.

Andrew – Area Rugs & Carpets.

First parcel passed

Hi all, Starting this was always going to be difficult however Dawn should now have my 'piece'. I REALLY enjoyed it once i started. Having a project deadline for this really helped me produce. I don't want to give too much away at this stage but the name of the project itself influenced my thinking in the end. It will be really interesting to see how something personal to me becomes very quickly abstracted and reinterpreted by each person involved. Cheers, Chris - Swink Design

Pass The Parcel - Art Collaboration and the Artists

Below is the list of artists who are involved in the Loca ‘Pass The Parcel’ art collaborating and their website addresses.

Chris Chapman - www.swinkdesign.co.uk

Dawn Robinson - www.dawnrobinson.co.uk

Andrew Warburton - www.arearugs.co.uk

Michael Barrett - www.emelbi.com

Damian Clark - www.damianclark.co.uk

Carrie Scott-Huby - www.pinkmooninspires.co.uk

Amy Hirst - http://sceno.org/amyhirst/

Helaina Sharpley - www.helainasharpley-wirework-artist.co.uk

Karen Stansfield - www.kaboodledesign.co.uk

Samantha Bryan - www.brainsfairies.co.uk

Neil Woodhouse - www.threedvs.co.uk

Claudio Kron - www.claudiokron.com

Loca - Creative in Kirklees - www.loca.co.uk