
On the cover – 2012 May
Angela Smith, Canine, gloss, enamel and oil on canvas, 38x38cm, 2011.
Angela Smith, Canine, gloss, enamel and oil on canvas, 38x38cm, 2011.
We’ve been pleased with the response to news of developments at a-n.
I was deeply saddened by the announcement from ArtSway that the organisation is to close this summer.
Katie Smith asks: are social media-led artists’ projects a challenge to the traditional model of participation in the arts?
Thirty-eight artists have been selected from more than 600 hundred applications for the 5th Oriel Davies Open exhibition (Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, until 27 June). “Works presented use diverse materials and visual techniques to push boundaries – such as challenging […]
Pete Marsh Pete began painting and printmaking again in September 2009 following the discovery that an old friend and artist, Garry, had died. Feeling compelled to produce his own work again for the first time in nearly twenty years, Pete […]
DADhttp://littleonion.posterous.com/memory-foam-dad Oasis is the foam made specifically for flower arranging. It’s used extensively in the making of funeral flower arrangements. Florists construct frames of Oasis to spell out the name of a dead relative or friend from simple names to […]
Have anyone experience already the frustation of a staple gun??? Well they all brake, at least the small ones. In the last 3 weeks I have tried 3 of them and they are all rubbish! Don’t even try Homebase/ heavy […]
Tracey and Robert. Retired scientist are really good a lacemaking!
We are speeding up… 4 to complete and we will have 14!
Victoria Geoghegan – Installation Dead celebrities live on through image and sound. Everything they once said seems to have a more influential meaning once they die. They become an instant legend. We feel like we knew them but we did […]
We’re almost at the end of the second week of term (scary- only 4 weeks of working time left!) and as I’d hoped it’s good to be making work again. I’ve finally finished the first of the mirror diptychs, which […]
We just had one of our degree show meetings today, it’s all getting very exciting, especially seeing the work come together. Walking around the studios, there are elements of really different practices. Vacuum formed masks, paintings, intricate pen drawings onto […]
Memory FoamAppropriated Window Display & Limited Edition MatressNarborough Road Leicester UKhttp://littleonion.posterous.com/memory-foam this morning I’m with Cilla Black still the hat check girl after all these years stronger bigger better a call to arms step inside love i want you to […]
#alwayson is a series of text pieces by Trevor H Smith, this being the third. “I’m not documenting my life, I’m documenting a life.” “A good portion of people within Western culture at least, would still firmly identify with statements […]
I’ve been so busy recently I almost forgot I had this, I’m making flowers over and over again, it seems never ending, but at the same time, I enjoy it so much. Life as an artist is difficult it would […]
I have a new website www.hayleyharrison.co.uk (same address). Please take a look if you get the chance. Feedback always appreciated. In March I volunteered in a primary school, on a recycled textile project ran by Rowan Arts – got to […]
My mind has not been with dolls or in Berlin this week. I have just returned from a trip to Antwerp. I fell in love with this city some years ago when I had an exhibition there and am always […]
Mega busy week! We have all completed our ‘Artist Presentations’ via Powerpoint and can tick this off the ‘to do’ list. Now it’s on with the serious business of completing work for the Degree Show mid June. My filigree paperwork […]