I’ve continued to explore my idea of lines/grids/cages/structures over the last week or so. This has interestingly led me back to looking at Mondrian, who a vaguely remember writing about when doing my dissertation. So I’ve found myself yet again […]
Hi My name is Paula Lockett, Iam currently in my second year WMC. I have really enjoyed this course and feel that am I starting to find my niche; which is sculpture. Before I started the degree I believed I […]
The box of pyrotechnic chemicals turned out to be a customer’s computer equipment, wrongly delivered. The chemicals took another 2 weeks. More hopeful, got some flames, but still problems: The flames blow out easily, and don’t progress quickly enough. This […]
Hi I’m Moya Jones. I have been researching the architecture, lighting, fascias and design of the buildings at the Liverpool One shopping centre. These reliefs been developed from sketches and photographs into a range of abstract forms which have progressed […]
Last night I worked on cutting stencils ready to screen print. I completed them in college today but forgot to ask for a screen to work on and paper to buy while the technican was there so couldn’t print it […]
Art Allotments grows out of ripped up artwork ……. So begins the article appearing today on BBC radio Shropshire website. ….. Art Allotments was born out of the frustration that comes with artists block. In need of inspiration, Shropshire artists […]
What is the difference between live projection and a recorded projection? I will have the opportunity to edit and choose which recording to show, depending on the best lighting and shot, whereas the live recording would be left to chance. […]
For a while now my failure in the blogging world has haunted me. I should be setting aside time every week to record my activites but the level of necessary commitment overwhelmed me and I decided, with the exception of […]
Toby Paterson “Consensus and Collapse”…. At Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh….. This exhibition presents a large and diverse range of Toby Paterson’s work from 2000 to 2010. It includes painting, collage, photography and sculpture displayed within a specially designed installation on the […]
Just got back from the second year gallery practice show, Jigsaw. The space was great and although there are only about 16 students in the year they filled the space nicely. There isn’t much sculptural work this year which is […]
Haven’t had much time to think about my own work as this week is choca with schools projects. I bundled the children into breakfast club on Monday the minute the doors opened with a quick shout of – ‘the gluten […]
I use Flake White – white lead – a poison, hard to obtain and horrifying to use. It’s often a battle, using white. Thick white, a clumsy doorman not letting us pass. Or white when it crushes and deadens and […]
I’ve been writing descriptions of my work for the show. It’s more difficult than I thought it would be. I was used to talking about my work when I was on the degree course, but I’ve got out of the […]
The family workshop today was busy – very busy. For over 2 hours children came & went & sometimes came back again. They drew all over the gallery windows and the windows in both entrances to the building with chalk […]
I am finding the lack of time to work frustrating. Juggling my teaching, proposal submissions, group commitments and the like have become overwhelming although it is hard to complain as I should consider myself lucky in the current climate. Having […]
Just back in UK after a short trip and quickly into the business of looking for premises. Jill and Rosie have been busy and we see two premises today that have potential but each with different challenges. One is fairly […]
“Our branch has already installed Wi-Fi network of “Wireless City” advocated by Taipei City government. Our branch with main library, Wenshan, Tianmu, Wanhua, Sanmin, Mingshen, Zhonglu, Dazhi,Datong, Lizing, Jingxin, Donghu and Daoxiang branch have constructed Wi-Fi network by ourselves to […]
In this blog I reflect on my ongoing artistic practice, primarily painting and drawing.
3) Colour charts, Colour chart is prevalent in our daily life. In 2009, Tate Liverpool had a “Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today” exhibition. In their introduction: “…… the commercial colour chart as its point of departure, addressing the […]
And we’ve been making some art… The past three weeks have seen us teeter on the edge of endless hills of research and plunge dramatically into the raging sea of production. Something strange happens when you’ve been developing ideas for […]
I’d love to create a set of profiles, similar to the blogger profile, where I send out the same piece of text to a number of people and discover where that can lead. This only came into my head at […]
HMS is setting up a stall in the leisure centre in Long Eaton on 19th June. Erewash Partnership invites clubs, organisations and businesses to present their pamphlets, cards and wares at an annual event each year. As I ran out […]
New drawings are being shaped and I am seeking a good sized workshop to create new sculptures. I am devising ways of making new sound works too, so I feel overwhelmed by the starting of new works before finishing others. […]
We are waiting for snow! Or so tells me Raymondo, who likes to follow satellite photos and predict the weather. Apparently it tends to only snow in Pietrasanta about once a year, usually in February or March. The temparature has […]
Bold yet simple forms frame the clay’s natural qualities; light enhances the surface flaws and the physicality of the surface. Inspired by natural environment I aim to engage the viewer with the fragility, strength and beauty of the laminated clays […]
