A love letter to Nabakov I like to hold it up to my nose, pressing myself into its spine so I can smell the stench of the black ink impregnated within its pulped pages. A shiny surface, indented and scratched […]
(Please read the previous post first!) A love letter to Nabakov continued…. ….I secretly enjoy being fetishized, something I should not admit. I love to be adored, and pampered and preened. Wearing little dresses, my shoe tied. Can I relate […]
New blog for a new start. I found out this week that I’ve been appointed to one of the Directors posts at my studio, Arena Studios and Gallery in Liverpool. In 2012 we have our 30th anniversary as a succesful […]
Formulate [fawr-myuh-leyt] ˈfɔrmyəˌleɪt Part of Speech: verb Definition: plan, specify systematically
Every now and then something happens that acts as a wake up call , makes you think that……actually I’ve been in cotton wool world and the padding has gone now and you feel the chill winds of………. ‘this is how […]
One thing leads to another… the Art on Armitage exhibition “Plastic World” at HMS looks set to travel to Durham and another exchange. And… a conversation with Mary Ellen has ignited another potential collaboration. The seeds are sown for more […]
Alison, Tara and Frances ran a children’s draw and print workshop at Oriel Ynys Mon. This was part of the Big Draw project. After a slow start it was a great success with 13 children in the morning and 12 […]
As so often happens in building a piece, when you put your hands onto the intended materials your brain starts to go somewhere else. The container for ‘stone in the fog’ was to have been made with 10mm MDF but […]
In addition to the usual posters and stuff, I have ordered large print and braille info sheets for the exhibition, and learnt in the process that there are two types of braille available. In working on various aspects of this […]
I found out today that I can start a month long residency at Arena Studios in Liverpool, with the use of a studio space and with an exhibition at the end of the residency (begining of December). I’m travelling over […]
I have just had a studio visit from Ingrid Swenson who runs Peer. I feel fortunate to have spoken to her as they are currently showing a fantastic updating or re-evaluation of John Smith’s The Girl Chewing Gum, which is […]
As my week of freedom came to an end, I made use of Friday to kill a few birds with one train trip to London. I wasn’t entirely sure about whether I would or not, even up to the very […]
Since I was accepted on my Arts Management MA back in May, I have been explaining to people, when asked, what my course entails. Being in a studio at the time and in regular contact with fellow artists, I had […]
It’s been a frustrating week in the studio. I’m still trying to loosen up in my painting and though I know it won’t happen overnight, I’m finding it more challenging than I thought. I started off by dripping paint a […]
Various venues in Lincoln, Lincoln
21 – 29 October 2011
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
24 September – 26 October 2011
