Cleo Broda

Website: https://www.cleobroda.com/

Instagram: @cleobroda_art

Day 30
commitment to finding somewhere to get everything out and look at it together
a photo of a piece of paper with small sketch drawings on it. the drawings are of small shapes and clusters of what could be soft objects made from orange, yellow, red and a bit of blue. They're a collection of soft fabric sculptures laid out on the floor together to see how they might work if there was space to see them all at the same time.
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Day 29
imagined work room layout - how I'd put things together to have a look at them
a photo of a page on a table with some art materials just visible at the edge - a pen / pastel / watercolours in tin. on the page is what could be a plan view of some shapes arranged over a space - they're in drawn in thin black pen with bright orange / red / yellow / pink and a bit of blue wash. there's a large circle which is the darkest shape. it's filled with a dark orange paint.
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Day 28
planning / working out - but smaller
a drawing on white paper showing some fences and bollards with yellow items attached to them. the yellow items are soft looking and attached with straps - pillow-y cushions and what looks like a fold-down shelf.. though it's meant to be a seat.
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Day 27
portable soft street furniture (remade)
black and white photo showing metal barriers at the end of an outdoor walkway. they're the type designed to slow you down - one after the other that you walk around. attached to the nearest one is a yellow shape. it is fixed to the rails of the barrier to create a bright yellow seat. it's not obvious that's what it is, as there's no one sitting in it, but it's better than the one I made a few days ago.
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Day 26
pillow-y inflatable for a barrier
a photograph of one of those red plastic street barriers - the low type that comes in red or white and joins to become a low wall around road works etc. On top of the barrier is a painted on white billow-y shape. It's a bit cloud-like and sits on top of the barrier like a fluffy cushion. It might be that - its unclear whether the shape is solid or inflatable.
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Day 25
break in service due to important birthday
a photograph of a table with cut out coloured paper shapes on it. there is a bright orange fish and under this are three blue ovals with happy / birthday and nina written on them. you can't tell but they're to make a birthday window display.
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Day 24
portable perch
black and white photo of a paved path with a set of two barriers at the end. they're the sort that are designed to stop cycling / motorbikes / running along narrow routes by making you go round one then the other. the near barrier has a hand drawn yellow thing attached to it. if it was drawn better and with more time / care you'd see clearly that it is a portable fabric perch for use on barriers of many sorts, handy if you need a wee rest while navigating the barriers..
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Day 23
barrier + pad > bench
a black and white photo of one of those plastic stacking road barriers - the sort that come in white and red and you can fill with water to weigh them down. this one has a hand-drawn yellow shape attached along the top which looks like it could be soft, making the barrier into a comfy bench. there are red straps attached to hold the pad on.,
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Day 21
curious figure with a yellow shield (three versions)
A figure drawn in black pen on paper and repeated so there are three in a row, evenly spaced. the figure is shown from the side and is holding a round yellow shape in its arm. the arm appears to pivot on a pin in the shoulder and is shown in three overlapping positions as if in movement. Each of the three figure versions shows the arm in the same three positions with the round yellow shape repeated three times. The round yellow shape appears to be translucent as the head, body and arms can be seen through it.
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Day 20
the only mother - a video
It’s a video about my mother and fabric / sewing and it’s named after a poem she wrote called ‘The only mother’. It starts with my voice taking the viewer on a tour of some fabric objects around my home. The blind she made my daughter, a nursing pillow cover, cot bumper and tiny baby hat made from gingham fabric and a patchwork quilt that she made for me as a child, except that one square has been re-made using the fabric from the blind. Swatches of each one of these fabrics, including the replaced missing yellow quilt square were found tucked into my mum’s various handbags after she died. She
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Day 19
disembodied articulated legs from the mechanical shop displays manual (how did it know I needed it?)
A line drawing in black pen of a pair of loose disembodied barefoot marionette-like legs wearing tapered black trousers. At the thighs are two right angled pieces hinged together attached to strings so the legs could move (walk) when the strings are pulled. The strings are attached to a stick which pivots around a disc.
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Day 18
ball swing automata planning (figure with screens)
three small sketches on a page. one is a diagram of some objects set on a round disc. they have hinges and strings and arrows showing how they might move. the other two drawings are of small figures holding round shapes in their hands with strings attached. their arms are hinged at the shoulder so the arms and shapes (screens) can move up and down covering the figure's face.
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Day 17
still trying to capture that rooftop playground - unité (3rd attempt)
a watercolour drawing of a rooftop area with low curved walls and a fence with what looks like a chimney at the edge of the area. beyond the roof are hills in the distance. it's painted in tones of blue with orange highlights and greys in the background.
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Day 16
rooftop playground - unité in progress (2)
watercolour drawing of large shapes on a terrace. it's unfinished
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Day 15
toy
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Day 14
prototype
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Day 13
indigo test
A piece of indigo dyed fabric flat on a table. The fabric has a diamond pattern from being dipped in the indigo folded.
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Day 12
wooden wendy houses
watercolour drawing with a blue wash showing a group of cube-like wendy houses on stilts in bright sunlight so that shadows are cast below.
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Day 11
Virginia's wooden wendy houses (in prgress)
pale pencil drawing with a blue water colour wash showing a set of box-like structures on stilts.
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Day 7
Big Slide 2 (Mary Mitchell)
watercolour in cyan tones with pale orange highlights of a long slide curling down a small hill. in the foreground there is an dome shaped climbing structure. there are no people.
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Day 6
big slide (Mary Mitchell) underpainting
a cyan coloured watercolour drawing of a large slide weaving its way down a mound of earth. There is only the slide in the image. it's empty of people.
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Day 4
rooftop playground (Unité) - warm layer
watercolour drawing in oranges, yellows and reds of some architectural shapes - low curved walls arranged together. there is a long tube / chimney in the background and beyond that a mountainous landscape in the distance.
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