I suppose as my first blog entry, this ought to be some sort of statement of intent… but as I have never done a blog before, i’m not sure how it will evolve, and what it will become. At the […]
Light Sculptures from shiny things This project is a series of two-hour workshops with different groups of children and adults run by Flexi-care. They have been collecting materials and making sculptures from their favourite things or spontaneous ideas. I passed […]
How do you you promote a small independent artist run space that has no ties to any official organisation, is unfunded and whose members are preternaturally busy with a) making art; and b) earning a living (sometimes by making art […]
North Yorkshire Open Studios is here for the second time and very suddenly it seems! The garden is about 3 weeks further on than last year so really flushed with an amazing quantity of flowgloves and the rich mix of […]
The title for this blog ‘music playing paper whisk’ was created by one of the group using Dada technique. It also sums up for me the mix of materials, tools and fun had on the project. I made the birds […]
Over the weekend, I’ve been doing a little more research on Vikings. As I’ll be working with a variety of people and age groups at the Centre, I want to be able to plan some workshop sessions that will appeal […]
Well, no new images of work yet, still mulling over feedback from the review. How could my work go from expansive to polite in the blink of an eye? I expect it was making off site, insufficient knowledge of the […]
I can’t believe that it is already day 5 of the residency. It has been very hot today, and the sun has been shining which has been a welcome break from the cloud. I have been working in the studio […]
the editing took a bit of playing with until i was happy with it, and it ended up being more than rushed. usually i take a couple of weeks, at least, to get to a happy place with it but […]
What is Painting? [how to emerge … from the cultural weight of painting] I want to respond to David Trigg’s call for less categorization in the arts. Starting with the idea that a Jerwood Painting Fellowship could become a more […]
oh like to end the day on a good note. i rang the chap at one of the parks, it’s dam handy working with a park where there’s a manager of it to contact and liaise with and in this […]
Making is in progress. Today I hot pressed the paper sheets, made form paper boluses and then coated them with liquid light emulsion. It took up half the day but it’s done and all I can do is wait. Wait […]
From C. Stanislawski. 1937. An Actor Prepares (trans. Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood). Reading: Methuen Drama. 2006: p.7. “Today we had a second rehearsal on stage. I arrived early, and decided to prepare myself right on the stage, which today was quite […]
I feel a new level of recognition has started in my artistic career – I received some hate mail yesterday. It came through the post – a page from a catalogue of an exhibition I’m showing in – it really […]
I am taking part in a new pilot project EkintzaLab that creates a platform for companies and artists to work together. I am going to work with Traducciones Continental – translation and interpretation company based in Bilbao, Spain. http://conexionesimprobables.es/pagina.php?m1=131&… The […]
Yorkshire Artspace Starter Studios Programme for Engaged Practice is looking for artists who want to be part of this scheme. The Starter Studio Programme for Engaged Practice will be located at our soon to be completed, brand new Knutton Road […]
The launch of the book Artocracy and wider discussion around its town is the venue methodology took place in London last week. http://www.deveron-arts.com/wb/pages/posts/artocra… The book is available on line: http://www.deveron-arts.com/wb/pages/shop.php
I went to Ciqikou today with Shu Wen to look at the traditional town, which was built in the Ming Dynasty and follows the traditional layout of the town, with the most important areas of the town in the centre, […]
a early sessation of sleep this morning has left me unsettled today, so i’ve kept the workings on the day to internal stuff. more work on sounds and programming of playback. as i programme, i compare what i do now […]
SEVENTH MONDAY Back in the studio after a break, will this give me perspective, renewed vision? I get some feedback and feel heartened. Think about how to use the space on the Open Day on 2 July. EXERCISE: Draw ten […]
Sporting League: Game 8 Universo Collunteen held onto the top spot with a hard earned win by a goal to nil against Lunderbach. Yop Lane kept up the pressure with a three goals to one win over a depleted Bombaya […]
I’ve just returned from a hectic, whistle-stop weekend in London. I went with the duel purpose of looking for somewhere to live and also participating in a residency project with The Vacuum Cleaner http://bit.ly/BK3jp about mental health. While the residency […]
Results are in! Stage one complete. But I must make a distinction between eating and masticating. I think even since hand in I have sorted this out in my own head. I’ve also been watching All Watched Over By Machines […]
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