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THE VIEW FROM AN ARTELES WINDOW.
Whilst on the residency (apart from mildly injuring herself) Claire
has been developing her skills in paper engineering. Her lack of
mobility (which made it awkward to take photographs over the
four weeks) lead her to develop a 3D scene which she created
based around what she could see from her desk and what she
learnt whilst at Arteles. Within this piece we can see two swans
swimming towards the frozen lake, a wood pecker – (which could
be heard on occasions during her time there) instructions on the
correct and ‘safe’ use of crutches, various local tourist attractions
and a plethora of naked people rushing to use the sauna. (Not
to mention the presence of a Ginger Wolf, the Moomins, tourists
looking at a ‘map of Tassie’ and the cookie monster.)
Claire has also been developing two short stories ‘The Hum’ and
‘The Fliptaflies’ - as well as illustrations and models that will
be developed into larger projects beyond the time scale of the
residency. Claire is also developing and researching a number of
ideas for photographic projects which are inspired by Finnish culture
(which she will complete on her return to Finland in the future.)