so i’ve been experimenting with etching very thin metal, an old aluminium Litho plate that i tried to etch using ink from a gum arabic transfer as the resist and etched in copper sulphate- not the most successful it definately […]
these are the original images i was working from printed as paper lithography with the idea of using in layers of prints and printed onto metal.
i’ve been given to play with this amazing stuff that mike and cath just had in their store room in the art department- its copper mesh, it’s so fine it looks like fabric it even feels like fabric except thet […]
these two pieces of work are what the two recent images were for in the first place- these are plates made from an old copper tank that have been etched with a photographic image using the gum arabic transfer method […]
The Garden of Dreams. The table is now rebuilt and technically it might be a bar. It has only two legs, figured it was not so knickable with only two. BBQ arrangements all left with the school to carry out. […]
This book looks interesting: Empathic Vision; Affect, Trauma and Contemporary Art. Its by Jill Bennett. I’ve grown a little weary of the ‘mental health’ terminology struggle and have decided to search for a new discourse with which to frame my […]
Here are some lessons I’ve learned from reading art history: – Don’t feel you have to destroy your work if you didn’t succeed, hold onto it and when they find you it will all be there for them to see […]
I was warned, and its true, I am already losing track of days and its only been 2 or 3- what will it be like in 2 weeks?! I am in the studio now properly, i.e. for more than 1 […]
Other kids always came to me in the playground with their problems, though I didn’t have the special life experience of somebody who had “overcome problems”, nor was I the charismatic kid who was everybody’s friend. At 16 at boarding […]
Images of engineering I haven’t been at Hethel for a few weeks however Thursday brought a full day of a variety of tasks. It started with Derek delivering some RP parts to Scion-Sprays at the other end of the corridor […]
JAMBON group show, Newcastle
1 – 15 July 2010
Sogol Mabadi, Belt (Unbelt), performance, 2010.
In the face of a new political era compounded by an unprecedented financial climate, the need to forecast our future living and working conditions is urgently felt.
I’ve been thinking about Jon Bowen’s letter in a-n Magazine
Approaching this ongoing debate in a-n Magazine from back to front, I read with interest David Minton’s lyrical and provocative text in his Artists Talking blog, sat with it for a few days, and was moved to repost it on my website, before reading the previous month’s correspondence.
In a recent presentation to peers, tutors and her Goldsmiths degree show audience(s), Sarah Rowles asks: Does art education come with a key to understanding art and making more informed judgments about art?
More pictures of studio installation, ‘A Fragile State of Mind, and images of gallery piece ‘A Well Balanced Life’
