Jo Delafons

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Really enjoyed Bonnard at the Tate Modern. Absolutely exquisite colour juxataositions and lovely buttery paint.
Dont look down! Looking from the viewing platform at Tate Modern yesterday I spotted two guys at the very top of the building opposite and two more on the side who appeared to be stuck ( see second pic).
Been experimenting with porcelain paper clay. Am interested to see if this might be a viable alternative to paper in some of my work. I love that it can be taken so thin. Thanks to the talented #tamarroseceramics at #oldtimberwindowgallery who runs great workshops from her beautiful ceramics studio in Steynning.
I like the way this piece from last year is suspended and am working on something similar.
Grey day. Very fond of this boat I pass as i cross Shoreham footbridge. It's part of a line of tiny boats in the middle of the Adur river all attached to buoys.
This piece has been on the go for a number of weeks. I wanted the nails to suggest a flock of birds taking off.
Today's rather random experiment. Weirdly... it kind of works, for me anyway.
Blind date anyone?Had to share this fabulous Valentine's window display by SOLD , a wonderful charity shop in Shoreham by Sea which trains, employs and supports adults with learning difficulties. Can you guess who Boy George is picking between for his date?
This is the same piece from different angles. I still haven't worked out what I am doing with these but spatially I find them really interesting. I'm trying to suggest elements of the landscape and reflections on water in three dimesions. I felt the first wall pieces i did like this lost something by being too flat and too literal. I am spending a lot of time looking from different angles and trying different ways to make them stand without any kind of intrusive base.
I like the linear quality of this, and it's shallow depth but I think it needs simplifying in areas and more contrast within it.
Might need to simplify it again but I am loving discovering ways I can push the technique.
Work in progress. I think the base and middle section are starting to work but the outer shape is too obvious. I keep returning to the boat form and feel slightly conflicted/ defensive about it. I fear the figurative nature prevents a wider interpretation and weakens the work, hence the constant sense I must do more abstract work. However, the boat form continues to emerge and Ive stopped fighting it for the moment. Its a genuine response to my surroundings here but it is more than that. Boats are loaded with symbolism suggesting spiritual as well as physical journeys, safe passage across stormy waters, new adventures and freedom . I moved here for a ( much needed) more relaxed, less stressful life. My boats are very personal as they are metaphors for my new life and freedom. Their battered appearance suggests past difficulties and challenges overcome. I like them to seem to hover, float or be held mid air to convey the way my spirits lift here. Their physical frailty and delicate balance alludes to the transient nature of life, our precarious journey through it and our physical, spiritual and mental health. So.. I don't just make boats, I try to make a statement about life and in particular my life here.
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More experiments.