Priley Riley, Degree show updates, 2nd June 2016

I’m pleased to announce a few things. Firstly, thanks to the degree show, I’m being commissioned to paint a stunning English Bull Terrier by a university staff member. The degree show hasn’t opened yet (the private view is tomorrow and the show is open to the public on Saturday) but staff can still access the building and see the artwork. I look forward to starting the commissioned painting!

Secondly, I feel honoured to be mentioned by Loughborough University, for The Child Sculpture and my Ultimate Edible Masterpiece, in their recent online article advertising the degree show. Here is the link for anyone interested: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2016/may/degree-show.html

A final thing to mention, a website has been set up showing samples of artwork produced by each student in my year at Loughborough. My profile on this site is here: http://mass-catalogue.com/priley-riley/

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 5, 26th May 2016

Today was the final day of setting up the degree show, where I mainly helped to paint the corridor floor and walls. I’m pleased with how everything has turned out. I’ll be in my degree show space beside my exhibition table during the show, so if you come along make sure to stop by for a chat and to sign the guest book that I made!

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 4, 25th May 2016

My casts are on their plinths, and the plinths and mannequins are back in position and spaced evenly. The whole floor in my degree show space has now been painted. My exhibition table is in place displaying business cards, artist CV’s, publicity, a self-bound guest book, souvenirs and other artwork produced this semester- including mounted and cellophane wrapped lino prints that I hope to sell to raise money for Rainbow Rabbits (a small rabbit rescue that I support).

The above photo shows another section of my degree show. The floor is slightly patchy at the front due to the paint still drying. I look forward to sharing photos of the entire space at a later date.

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 3, 24th May 2016

Today I focused on displaying my 2D work across two walls. All work has a centre-point of 154cm and is spaced evenly. Work on paper is hung using clear pins and my canvases hang on screws. I also painted the tops of the walls so that the space looks clean and professional when viewed above from the mezzanine. I got round to painting some of the floor (hence why the above photo shows the temporary movement of the plinths and mannequins away from wet paint). Hand casts are in the process of being glued to the dowel rod to keep them sturdy on their plinths.

The attached photo is another little insight into how my degree show space is looking/ progressing. For a better view of the artwork, feel free to come along to the degree show! It’s open to the public from 10am to 5pm from the 4^th to 12^th of June 2016 at Loughborough University. I will also post photos of the work on here around this time for those that can’t make it.

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 2, 23rd May 2016

Below is a quick list of my work setting up the degree show today;

Photographs of all work taken for information sheets. Holes drilled to connect sculptures to plinths with dowel rod. Work rearranged, due to preference for smaller and more subtle work at the front. Final decision made on exact distances between works. Exhibition table cleaned and new table cloth ironed for it. More filling and sanding walls. A second layer of paint added to the walls in need of this. The bottom of the wall sanded all the way round so that the bottom edge looks neat. T-shirts and scarves on mannequins ready.

The photo above is a sneaky peek into how one section of my degree show space is coming along!

Priley Riley, Competition entry, 22nd May 2016

Today I entered my painting ‘Portrait of my Father’, shown above, into the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!

Priley Riley, Setting up the degree show- day 1, 20th May 2016

Today was the first day of setting up the degree show. The first photo above shows roughly what my degree show space looked like at the start of the day, with furniture and student work around, and wire, nails and blue-tack over the walls. I have removed wire from, filled holes in and sanded down and painted all walls. I also got a few smaller jobs done like giving my plinths another coat of paint and cleaning the mannequin stands that my knitted scarves will be displayed on. I'm happy with how things are going so far (see the second photo)...