Dr Ellie Barrett

Sculptor / PhD in material meaning and contemporary sculpture / part-time lecturer @LancasterUni and @CGLArtSchool / co-founder @GraftLancs / she/her

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

It's pretty depressing that a trans poet won the Artur C Clarke award this year - Harry Josephine Giles with Deep Wheel Orcadia - and it’s NOWHERE to be seen in all the bookshops. Seems like this is a perfect opp for trans visibility in a male-centric genre and we've blown it.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

I never struggle with the two versions of myself more than in the gift shop of an art gallery.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

An essay on the black oil in the #XFiles as a useful model for #materialagency - does the world actually need this? (I'm re-watching after about 15 years...)

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

@nathan_xones If you don’t catch it when it's still damp, you're done for!

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

As a sculptor, I'm fascinated by the adhesive capacity of weetabix.

As a parent, I'm angered by the adhesive capacity of weetabix.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Xmas 2022: the year everyone got tie dye cushions from me 🟦🟪🟥

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Although, I have currently spent more time looking for a fun GIF for that tweet than I have on said bid.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

First ACE bid since the baby...

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Trying ice tie dying for a new body of work...

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Good writing is demonstrating empathy and being kind to your reader. Thanks to the student who gave me this excellent metaphor. No doubt I'll be passing it on to others.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

In this thread, I'll be sharing an anecdote about signposting language. I'll then go on to explore how this might be applied more generally as a useful device in academic writing.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

It's exactly the same with making an argument in essay writing. Don't trust the reader will follow you if you go walking off: tell them where you're going to go and why, remind them again when you're going off, and review where you've been when you get there.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

The only thing I don't enjoy about sneakily streaming TV series from my phone while the baby naps on me is the sudden reflection of my earnest little eyes staring back when the credits roll 😶

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

This time, I found a beautiful rubble heap🪵🍂🧱🪨

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Group tutorial for @CGLArtSchool Art and Material Histories MA students broadcast from Morecambe prom this morning.

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Please could someone commission me to make soft play versions of Hepworths/Moores/Brancusis etc. for a baby/toddler exhibition?

[Dr Ellie Barrett @EllieCBarrett]

Doing my accounting for the year my daughter was born: implicit in between the repeated studio rent and campus car park outgoings is the lack of making time being an artist and the teaching sessions away from my 2 month old baby. What a year. #matrescence