Last thursday, we took a trip to House for An Art Lover over in Bellahouston Park to visit artist in resident Ross Hamilton Frew.
We met him on his second last day of his residency, in which he'd been experimenting with ceramics to make the most of the facilities within the art shed studios.
Ross Hamilton Frew introduced himself to us and explained some of his background. He graduated from Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2007, and considers his practice to revolve around drawing. He later took a year long residency in Newcastle Upon Tyre where he learnt the technique of paper making. He decided to stay in Newcastle after that, and is now based there.
He then moved on to working more 3-dimensional ideas, including working with wax. For his residency at House for An Art Lover, he's been trying to work with ceramics, though he admitted to us that he'd never really tried it out before other than taking an evening class in Newcastle while he was still looking for a studio. He's really interested in the process of fine art and the general experimentation of it all.
Frew is highly interested in Science Fiction, and had most recently read a novel titled 'The Dispossessed', which has political themes featured in it. He picked up on some of the realism in it and how some of today's political society is connected to it. He also grew a fascination with images that NASA release regularly and their space updates.
Another great inspiration of Frew was Ascension Island - a small deserted island in the Atlantic Ocean close to the Equator. This island has a unique backstory, which includes Darwin being convinced to plant a forest at the highest point of the island, which means that none of the plant life there is in its natural habitat. The island also used to be a prison, and a fuelling point for boats. Now it's an army base, but the backstory and its uniqueness was a large think point for Frew.
Frew also confessed to us that he doesn't often find much inspiration from artists, and is very much inspired by stories from both fiction and real life. He reads up on the news and various stories on the regular which keep his mind running.
One of his pieces got passed around so that we could give it a closer look. One of his techniques was roll out the clay and fold the pieces together. I really loved how the bowl looked - it had wonderful grey freckles on a pink surface almost like a small moon.
Frew is going to be exhibiting his work in March, and his exhibition will feature ceramics, collages, and sculpture. It's all very much a work in progress, but I found it all really inspire to understand how he works and thinks. I also really respected how honest he was, especially with how he makes his work and where he gets his inspiration from. He has a real genuine interest in what he does and was clearly passionate.
We met him on his second last day of his residency, in which he'd been experimenting with ceramics to make the most of the facilities within the art shed studios.
He then moved on to working more 3-dimensional ideas, including working with wax. For his residency at House for An Art Lover, he's been trying to work with ceramics, though he admitted to us that he'd never really tried it out before other than taking an evening class in Newcastle while he was still looking for a studio. He's really interested in the process of fine art and the general experimentation of it all.
Frew is highly interested in Science Fiction, and had most recently read a novel titled 'The Dispossessed', which has political themes featured in it. He picked up on some of the realism in it and how some of today's political society is connected to it. He also grew a fascination with images that NASA release regularly and their space updates.
Another great inspiration of Frew was Ascension Island - a small deserted island in the Atlantic Ocean close to the Equator. This island has a unique backstory, which includes Darwin being convinced to plant a forest at the highest point of the island, which means that none of the plant life there is in its natural habitat. The island also used to be a prison, and a fuelling point for boats. Now it's an army base, but the backstory and its uniqueness was a large think point for Frew.
Frew also confessed to us that he doesn't often find much inspiration from artists, and is very much inspired by stories from both fiction and real life. He reads up on the news and various stories on the regular which keep his mind running.
One of his pieces got passed around so that we could give it a closer look. One of his techniques was roll out the clay and fold the pieces together. I really loved how the bowl looked - it had wonderful grey freckles on a pink surface almost like a small moon.
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