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The ‘Installations that never were…’ (http://clairemanning.co.uk/z_installations_that_ne…) project has ground to a halt, perhaps because all attempts to shift it from virtual image to physical, real, scaffolded installation have failed, denuding it of charge for me. Alternatively, perhaps it represents an […]

‘One has to be alone under the sky before everything falls into place and one finds his or her own place in the midst of it all. we have to have the humility to realise ourselves as part of nature.’ […]

Construction Project Day #20 Today I unplugged my lights… and it wasn’t a disaster! After seeing the work of fellow North-West based artist Joe Fletcher Orr some time ago (based in Liverpool at the Royal Standard), I had been inspired […]

Sarah Maitland – Gossip from the Forest “May is the magic month in the greenwood. Gradually, through its bright four weeks, the roof of the forest thickens into summer density, the fan-vaulting of winter branches filling in and blurring with […]

I’ve been looking through old copies of art magazines that have been chucked out from local college library and women’s magazines from my aunts house. This is probably why I have lots of diverse ideas and thoughts flitting around my […]

Over the last week or so I have spent a lot of time in the studio working on some new paintings. I bought two 36 x 48 inch canvases and this is what I have started to work on. Although […]

Week 73: 3rd – 9th FebruarySusan Pearce has previously stated that most examples of collecting show that “a collection is not a collection until someone thinks of it in those terms”. (Pearce, 1994, p.158) However, for individual objects to become […]

Unmediated; Near Shoreline plaster of paris, animal, mineral, and vegtable. This work considers our unmediated response and physicality with nature. As humans we tend to see ourselves as not part of nature we see nature as different and to be […]

Invigilating exhibition all week-pretty quiet during the week as always but have had a few visitors. I am inspired again-I bought some stretchers and canvas from a couple of artists moving out of ASP and I am already planning the […]

Captured my video today. It’s very simple and took just one take. Working with my old DV camera positioned on the floor surface, objects were introduced to the frame one by one. Clear plastic tubs, red oversize brandy glass, navy […]

As I got off the train last night it struck me that if I am serious about wanting part-time teaching then I need to make myself more relevant. It was a somewhat sudden and unbidden thought and I am wondering […]

Yesterday was a busy day, sorting out spaces to place our final degree show, which is just over a month’s time. We discussed spaces that would be available to be used, and listed my name in a couple. just incase […]

Alex Wednesday 30th April I had a really encouraging first meeting with Josh today. We want to get the ball rolling and talked in some depth about possible interactions and approaches. I am nervous to share ideas normally but we […]

Throughout this whole degree project I have focused largely upon the production of dry point etchings which make up a large percentage of my body of work. Given the time I have put into these prints I think I made […]

Josh Wednesday 30th April Having met with Alex today, it seems that we both have enough ideas for a series of projects. We can now begin to single out our thoughts and put them into practice. During our conversation, there […]

Paper Savagery.

At the start of this year the main idea I had was that I wanted to create large semi abstract seascapes that had a real atmospheric feel to them. This idea is something different to what I have worked on […]

The second page in visual correspondence for Revolve:R.