Julie Ellis Artist

Archiving the mundane

Archiving the mundane

Following on from previous post … I spent some time briefly researching how objects were archived by museums and galleries. What information do they include? When applying this process to my objects the descriptions were the most difficult part of the process. I...
A Jar of Pomanders and other stuff

A Jar of Pomanders and other stuff

Freewritng – word sketching the objects. Completely unedited writing associated with the objects. Cold / small/worn I can recall egg and soldiers and some lousy cabbage and liver but not eaten with these. They may be Jayne’s, there is always a blurred line...
Studio Day – Paint

Studio Day – Paint

There is progress being made in terms of abstracting the imagery of my objects. This is happening through using the actual objects initially to now working from memory as I am familiar with the sense of the object aesthetically and personally through the process of...