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CAT HORTON


The Containment of Sound Within Negative Spaces
After spending the month of July at Porthmeor Studios for my residency studying sound in greater depth, my interest in sound as a medium...


Final Two Weeks at Porthmeor Studios.
Casting Sound Waves Continuing with casting, I have been exploring the idea of casting sound waves. With the help of Film and Sound...


Some Studio Notes and Thoughts from my First Couple of Weeks in Studio 5.
First couple of days at Porthmeor Studios. For the month of July I have a residency in the historic Studio 5 of Porthmeor Studios, St...


Bronze Casting, Returning my Work to the Landscape and Drawing with Sound Vibrations.
Looking back to my original clay ‘Sound Sculptures’, and responding to the feedback of others, I found that they evoked the desire to...


Exploring the Translation of ‘Sculpture to Sound’, Distorting Sound and the Sound of my Sculptures.
Taking on the idea brought up in a tutorial last week I began to explore the reversal of my translation of sound into sculpture/visuals,...


Gathering Feedback and Exploring the Balance Between Art and Science.
In preparation to really push my practice in the final few weeks before assessment I had tutorials with multiple tutors as a method of...


Continuing Casting and Exploring Composition.
After the success of my previous four ‘Sound Carving’ negative space plaster casts, and in response to the grid structure of the sixteen...


Beginning to Explore Casting and Presenting my Work in an Exhibition.
I had intended to begin my exploration of casting by creating negative space casts of my sixteen ‘Sound Sculptures’, however I discovered...


Subjective Measurement, and Beginning to Explore Three Dimensions.
In contrast to the large scale canvas pieces I completed at Sunny Cove beach I have completed a series of very small ‘Sound Drawings’ on...


Bodily Sound Drawings and Translating Energy.
Following on from my first series of ‘Sound Drawings’, I went on a walk to Sunny Cove beach with the aim to create some much larger...
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