Been so busy – 50th birthday party in October, business collapsed in January, received notice on current home in February. All under control, and still finding time to make occasional stuff, though not really to write about it … I […]
The Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse of Fleet
18 August – 23 September 2012
Alison Wilding, 'Ruff', Brass, jasper, paint, 2010. Photo: Cal Carey. Courtesy: Karsten Schubert, London.
Its been really good to look back over the blog and reflect on my progress, was asked to show my piece My Fallen Hero which l did in first year so here it is. It was to be projected onto […]
Like many of the collaborations we have developed, including our ongoing residency exchange with La Escocesa in Barcelona, this residency has come about through some former Islington Mill tenants who have recently moved to Ibiza. Taking the people out of […]
We couldn’t afford to join the a-n degrees show publication this time but just want to use my blog to let you all know about our graduate show at Faculty of arts, University of Brighton. If you are around come […]
The work is now ready to go everything is now in place and arranged in the best possible way to make the whole thing work. Incluiding the armature I did for the film in this installation was a great idea […]
I have finally sorted out my chair! Well almost. I had began to stitch the frills of the sheet down so it wouldn’t move when sat on, to make it neater. However in my tutorial with Jane we spoke about […]
I have split my one hundred wipes into two folders of fifty now so they’re more balanced. I am leaning more towards the idea of having these 3 folders on my perspex shelf rather than my contact lenses and my […]
I systemize therefore I am Portsmouth May 17th 27 days Wake early from dreams of I collection Hoard order Memories and place like empty wrappers strewn upon a well walked passageway between tottering library landslides of moments ready to slide […]
EXPERIMENTS WITH GROWING STONES Lots of ideas in my head, plus just finished reading my son’s dissertation, Absurd Actions in Serious Scenarios: Francis Alys and the Contemporary Absurd which has been really useful in helping me identify and, to a […]
The erotised girl-childs in the writings of John Ruskin are often described as hard, impenetrable, breathtakingly beautiful jewels, crystals and stones. Young flesh is taut and pristine, untarnished by the weight of womanhood. The crystalline jewels of my sweet, sticky […]
My plan for my degree show has always been to explore collecting. When I first began this year I was intending to focus on the display of collections and the difference between a collection a hoard, an obsession and a […]