Our busy Events section features events and exhibitions posted by a-n members. We pick five highlights from the next seven days, including shows in Gloucester, Eastbourne and Ramsgate.
The Seaboflex, is a glove type devive, helping to re-train my brain. Doing tasks, such as picking up the balls and putting them into the basket.
Upon completion of the first attempt at my neon sign I took some time to reflect. Over the last couple of days, I’ve taken the opportunity to discuss the piece with tutors and various other people. The more I’ve considered […]
Having received the extra lights in the post yesterday, I’ve managed to complete the first attempt at the neon sign. Neon Sign, almost complete, 2014, Hannah Maynard, neon strip lights, chip board Initially I was unsure how to secure the […]
I found a perfect board in the workshop which although, ridiculously heavy, is a great size. It’s also coated in melamine or some such material which makes for a great surface for drawing (and erasing) the script template. First attempt […]
So researching costs for building a neon sign brought some bad news…….Expensive!! Which has led me to investigate possible cheaper alternatives. I’m hoping this has been a success and will be putting together some test models to see if I […]
Sketchbook Page When looking at all the different styles and fonts used in neon signs for advertising all manner of things, it’s clear to see there’s no fixed rules. Originally I felt there might be some kind of standardised style […]
Selection of Neon Sign Examples While researching The language idea that has sprung from the Dapper Laughs ‘comedy’ discussed in the last post, my thoughts moved towards sex advertising, strip clubs, neon signs flickering down dark alleys. In my brain […]
In my earlier post Andrea Dworkin and Allen Jones I decided that language was one of the main areas of interest for me in the world of feminist theory, and one that I’d like to approach in my work. I’ve been looking a lot […]
Royal Academy Advertising Poster for Allen Jones 2014/15 I went into this exhibit of works spanning the career of Allen Jones with one main question, ‘is he a misogynistic pig?? I find I am still none the wiser. It’s […]
Threading The glacier head Looking hard for Moments of shine From twilight To twilight Utter mundane Aurora Goddess sparkle Shoot me Beyond this suffer The need Is great Aurora Utter mundane Aurora Goddess sparkle A mountain shade Suggests your shape […]
To mark International Women’s Day, New York’s Art+Feminism is organising its second annual Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, with events happening internationally including in the UK.
So having completed another piece and submitting (and being accepted) to an online gallery I feel I have made some modest progress…and I’ll be honest – I’m really effing pleased. I feel as if this small progression has helped me […]
We study people for clues to identity. Hair, clothes, jewellery, facial expressions and much more make the person. When seeing someone for the first time whether in life or in a portrait or photograph we each become a detective searching […]
today i have begun a journey to discover my homepage. i’ve rejected months of workng online and perfecting what each page looks like and making sure my message and best bits get communicated in an instant. instead i’ve relaxed and […]
Making the prototype for the Talking Soap today with Twa Burds soapmakers
The closure of the Independent Living Fund and cuts to the Access to Work scheme will lead to a massive reduction in the number of disabled people participating and working in the mainstream arts world, warns Helen Bayliss.
I’ve wandered lone for longest hour to ask the eyes with no reply is just as sour I see the still and feel the chill please understand the light has left me quiet tonight Aurora Save me from the […]
