We had a mapping1 project meeting today and are having an exhibition from the 25th of november which will run as a programmed part of a city wide arts festival with a book being published once it closes… need to […]
This piece is pretty self explanatory. Here is the link to the piece in its entirety: http://smemalem.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/the-typew… Recently, I have delved into the idea of self and presence and the playful yet artful practice of intricate people watching. During […]
The Autumnal Equinox Today or may be yesterday (not sure) is when the day time and the night time are the same length. This is a marker that summer is well over and autumn is setting in. I love this […]
I have a cold and the left side of my jaw is swollen due to an abscess having appeared this week. You don’t need to know this but I just mention it because it’s symptomatic of what happens when your […]
well i got alot done yesterday, edit wise, and even read some of my book whilst gallery sitting for a friend. i showed the first bit to the kids and they seem to like it, which maybe a good sign […]
I’m doing a number of language exchanges at the moment so that I have some basic Mandarin skills for when I go to Xiamen. I thought this would be practical and that it would make me a bit more independent. […]
The whole idea of drawing has been on my mind recently so I was pleased to read Rebecca Cusworth’s post on the subject, (also because I’m a huge fan of early/pre -renaissance art). She writes : I personally think it […]
So back from a few pub trips by now and I’m rewarded by the return of conversation from an 11yr old who has not lost the art of conversation, can add her own wit to an otherwise ordinary day and […]
Emma Phillips and I played around with concepts surrounding colour, identity and the presence of one’s own self. Colour has always played a huge part in my work, and this time I want colour to be the subject of my […]
‘Schaffer and dwelling in the hidden art of life’ Oscar Wilde said ‘The secret of life is art; ordinary riches can be stolen from you, real riches cannot. In your soul there are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken […]
….Just because Chinese lanterns are set adrift by families across the valley doesn’t mean that is less authentic subjectively than those who originated such practices in China or those who are sold on the ‘make do and mend’ of popular […]
….This briefly brings me back to the ‘make do and mend’. It is a dubious phrase laden with ideals and images of small holding, knitted gloves, grow your own and buy the greenhouse! It’s nostalgia smothering with cupcakes and marketable […]
At Last! After much experimentation I have found an image transfer method that works for me. Turps and carbon copies was unsuccessful so I went back to the internet and discovered that a mix of turps, soap shavings and water […]
The Undertaker’s Windwww.pearlville.blogspot.com It is raining upon Ipswich’s grey slate rooftops. In this weather they take on a grim heaviness. Or it could be my mood. This morning I awoke to discover my Bank had failed to stop a standing […]
so i scanned the images and uploaded them but i scanned them the wrong way round, so i have redone it today. plus i had the slides from new jersey arrive, so, very exciting to see the start of the […]
Well I got the 120 bricks to Coventry with my darling Husband Roger. Were would we be as Artists without Family’s help, I known I would be stuck I relay on Rogers help and support. Apart from the heavy rain […]
The briefing meeting was as boring as I predicted, it was a lot of information that we had already been given being read to us from the same format we were origanally given it from!!! Had an intresting studio meeting […]
This is the first piece of work I made after finishing studying at Camberwell College of Art. The work was made for a group show of graduate, at the Former Alliance Gallery, Peckham, London.
LM …what I like about your work is this reflection and familiarity…it’s dealing with the everyday and sometimes that can be smug, you know? It’s not derogatory, more like a celebration… KW I’m beginning to understand the connections, its like […]
This blog will follow the performance project The Customer Is Always Wrong, from planning it in the UK, making and showing it in China and then adapting and presenting it in Europe.
BA Fine Art
