'Overthrows' is supported by Open Fund Creative Scotland. The project looks into how experience of touch and physical encounter is negotiated through different media. The funding will support the development of a series of sculptural objects, a new video work and physical performance. The project's mentor is Prof. Patricia Allmer.
Overthrows - the process
Miniatures (15cm high) of 'embodier' made of felt and a rubber band (left) and a shoelace (middle and right.)
March /April 2022
Spent last couple months designing and started making my soft sculptures for the future short film. Sewing is taking much longer than I anticipated and borrowed sewing machine broke down. I had to buy a new and heavy duty one so it can take volume of the work. Timeline had to get revised and adjusted.
First mentorship session with Prof. Patricia Allmer - inspiring and stimulating, lots of homework.
May 2022
Full-scale production of soft sculptures in progress...
June/July 2022
Soft sculptures continuation and planning for filming.
August/September 2022
Making moulds for clay objects and learning how to do plaster molds and press and slip casting with James Rigler.
September 2022
Filming. Working with cinematographer Nelisa Alcalde and martial art practitioners at Marcos Nardini Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club in Glasgow.
July - October 2023
After several months of break, I'm back to the studio to continue working on sculptures. With Tim Sandys' guidance, I made a new press mold. And lots of firing experiments and mishaps.
November 2023
Open Studio Days, Friday 10 & Saturday 11 November 2023, 11:00-16:00, Studio 2H/Meeting Room, The Whisky Bond, 2 Dawson Road, Glasgow G4 9SS
Come and see what I have been working on, tea and biscuits provided.
Drop me an email at contact@jolantadolewska.com for any questions.
