Miriam Stayte
Miriam Stayte
visual artist
 

Miriam Stayte is an artist based in Sheffield UK

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New work

Running Horse is a short series of moving image pieces that was a spinoff from a commission by the Making Ways project in Sheffield. Find out more about it and see the final piece here.

 
 

Imagine if you walked into an abandoned room and the faded old wallpaper turned and looked at you . .

 
 
 
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Some of the videos on this site have sound, and some are silent. Keep your sound on to make sure you don’t miss anything!

 

 
 
 
 
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Swipe for full panorama ➡ Animated version in my Stories 🌹 . A couple of posts back I was talking about having either flying birds or running horses for my commission for Making Ways. The horses turned out just fine but I cannot for the life of me get on with flying birds. They're easy enough from a technical point of view, but they just don't feel right - it seems in my head, birds are forever trapped in suspended animation in a space between two worlds. I wonder what that says about me 🤔 . Thank you for all your lovely messages yesterday. I managed to get into the studio this afternoon and am feeling much more positive. Chronic illness is not for the faint of heart! . . #suspendedanimation #birdsinflight #wallpaperwednesday #sheffieldartist #makingwayscreativeshorts #makingwayssheffield #sparrows #spoonielife #chronicfatiguesyndrome #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #spoonieartist
I'm very excited to be working on a new collaboration with musicians Inclusion Principle. These guys make improvised music and soundscapes that are the perfect match for my visuals so I was delighted when they approached me! We're keeping the details under wraps at the moment but we've made a three-minute trailer that you can see on my website - link in bio (best viewed on a laptop or desktop rather than a phone ☺) . . . #sheffieldartist #artistcollaboration #videoart #livingpictures #livingpainting #screenbasedmedia #soundscapes #soundscape #sheffieldmusicians
My previous studio. Such an amazing space with beautiful light and a vast wall to work on - I loved it! Working from home now I don't have a space that size, but I do have the luxury of spreading into several rooms. The biggest wall in the house is in my living room, and I keep looking at it and thinking you know, that would be a *great* wall to work on, if only it wasn't the living room. And if only the sofa wasn't there. . Well. I think the sofa will have to go . .
The last of the running horse sketches before I move on to birds. There's lots of things I want to change with these - the horse's ears need to be pointing forwards, for starters - but overall I think it's a good start. . . . #makingways #cinemagraph #perfectloop #movingstills #cinemagraphart #runninghorse #animationart
Swipe for more versions ➡ . I've been playing around with this little running horse as I start thinking about my new commission. My plan was to have a pale horse on a dark background, but the material had other ideas! I think it's really important to let the process unfold without being too rigid about the outcome. Thanks for all your comments on yesterday's post - birds coming soon 🕊 . . . #makingways #cinemagraph #perfectloop #itmoves #videoart #wip #cinemagraphart #itmoves #doitfortheprocess #makersgonnamake #runninghorse #throughthewall #livingpicture