The Pop up Blossom Studio events at Quad, Derby were thankfully successful. Firstly the blossom workshop on the Friday for artists/teachers and community workers was enjoyed by all. After sharing the outcomes of my project they created some wonderful blossom […]
I’m started to draw more but it is easy to let it in the side specially when there is so much to do! I love drawing, it is the first mark on the paper from your thoughts, like illustrating what […]
More drawings… same as before, illustrations of thoughts and feelings along the journey, studies for future sculptures and drawing from sculpture. Must move on…
I’ve been thinking for a while about taking some of my found objects outside of the studio. In this particular case, my collection of china swans – out onto a pond or lake, setting them free to swim or whatever […]
Last time I was talking about how progress isnt linear – and in the light of recent activities I reckon its much more like a spider diagram in fact! I’m preparing for an Open Studio as part of Powys Arts […]
Over the past few weeks I have been so focused on my seaside etchings that I have admittedly neglected my blog. With the Degree Show looming I am starting to panic slightly that I have no concrete ideas about what […]
When we look at our art practice, are we bogged down with how we think we should be doing it? I went through the first dip last year. Aside from feeling like I was way too close to the edge, […]
Sarah Laing: I am looking forward to our next meet-up as I suspect we have broken off down many different thought-paths individually from when we last met. I think the challenge right now is to get as much imagery out […]
Following a successful application to KARST’s Artist Residency Programme, I am spending a week developing a new video piece in an individual studio space at KARST. KARST is a non-profit contemporary art venue in Plymouth, which comprises a public gallery […]
Over the course of our collaboration we’ll each be posing ongoing questions to each other that relate to our work, individual and collaborative. Firstly Sarah Laing responds to three quesions I asked her after our first meeting. Q.1 Please outline […]
ON THE BLURRING OF ART AND LIFE Last month I blogged about the difficulty of running physical space in London, because of the property values and the sheer expense of it. In the last few months there been some very […]
In an effort to get this blog off to a flying start I’ve decided to cheat – chopping up bits of a blog post I did last year about beta games. Though I suppose the fact that I’m cheating is […]
Progress…
Yesterday I went to London to see some shows. Matisse at Tate Modern, Marvin Gaye Chetwyind at Sadie Coles HQ, Pangea: New art from Africa and Latin America at Saatchi Gallery and Dieter Roth, Arnulf Rainer – Collaborations at Hauser […]
We have moved. And we have begun to ready the space for the exhibition. Here is the facebook page with info about the event… LAST ONE TO LEAVE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS But incase you can’t access that link, here […]
A blog tracing the development of a new series of works exploring the movement of objects through ludic co-ordinates.
I’ve started my blog a few times this week, written the first sentence and then abandoned it. There’s been a lot to do and even more to question. Monday – Bank Holiday, I had to work as I don’t earn […]
