The artist creatively explores unique moustache alternatives for Movember, proposing humorous ideas ranging from food to bugs, engaging those unable to grow traditional moustaches.
Movember 2025 (November 2025)
Tag: Craft
A Storymaker’s Journey
The artist's journey through a multi-module course is documented, emphasizing personal growth and embracing storytelling. The first chapter delves into thought experiments, perception, and character development. The second chapter touches on technique and narrative research, while the final chapter explores research expansion and animation creation. The artist's evolution and passion for creative storytelling are evident throughout.
Confirmative Praxis – The World’s Pettiest Thief
Hello and welcome to my Confirmative Praxis project. In this post, you will be taken on a journey through my process of this final project as I go in-depth into topics of research while also giving you insight into my process as I talk you through from A to B. This final piece is a … Continue reading Confirmative Praxis – The World’s Pettiest Thief
Explorative Research and Praxis
Hello all, and welcome to my Explorative Research and Praxis project. In this post, I will be going through all the pathways and tangents that I have taken since the beginning of this project. Starting with my initial thoughts and what I could possibly do, I went on to deep dive into narrative as a … Continue reading Explorative Research and Praxis
Exploring the role of the artist/designer/maker as a timeline, and comparing it to my journey as a creative
The content focuses on the evolution of art and the artist/designer/maker's role from Modernism to Postmodernism and Post-Postmodernism, exploring movements like Poststructuralism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism. The struggle against a grand narrative, influence on the artist's evolution, and societal impacts like the Covid-19 pandemic are examined. Various artists and thinkers are referenced, offering a comprehensive exploration of art's evolution.
Individual Major Project – The Joy of Repetition
Hi all, and welcome to my Individual Major Project. In this post, I will be going through my design process as I start a project making first and conceptual thinking later. I will be discussing all the branches of research the concepts I explored before landing on the final idea and how I was consumed … Continue reading Individual Major Project – The Joy of Repetition
Evoking Emotion: Can augmentations of a piece of art alter how it is perceived?
The dissertation discusses the author's independent inquiry into affect theory, aimed at understanding emotion perception in art. It includes a study on key thinkers of affect theory, perceptions of emotions, and applications of affect theory in art. The study involved three case studies - color, greyscale, and narrative, and an analysis of the data collected. The findings revealed intriguing trends, challenges, and insights into perception and emotional responses.
Advanced Creative Enquiry (A.C.E.)
Hello all. In this post, I will be discussing my design process through various experimental sessions and workshops that I took part in alongside my main project. I will showcase all the different techniques I learnt as well as all of the various experiments I did in regards to combining materials and creating new things. … Continue reading Advanced Creative Enquiry (A.C.E.)
Lighting Project
Hi all. In this post, I will be going through my thought process when given the live brief and explaining my journey from start to end. Firstly, I will be discussing research and various concepts I developed until inevitably finding the process that led to the final outcome that I produced. Types of Lighting - … Continue reading Lighting Project
Keywords: Autism, Narrative, Emotion
This essay delves into the author's exploration of their identity as an artist, focusing on three keywords: Autism, Narrative, and Emotion. The author reflects on personal experiences with autism, the influence of narrative in their work, and the study of emotion. Through research and introspection, the author seeks to develop these concepts in a future dissertation
Samuel Mathias 