MONDAY 8TH MARCH Frances Browne, my commissioner, met me for lunch at the restaurant in the most wonderful Shetland Museum and Archives. This building is relatively new, boasting a most interesting a thorough history of Shetland, extensive archives, a wealth […]
TUESDAY 9TH MARCH I spent the morning at the school undertaking a proper site survey. My brief is to create a sculpture in the playground, so I had a good look at all the possible spaces. Recently the school has […]
Gallery Exhibition practice – Personal perspective Sharon Ross Installation day – Big day had arrived and a full turn out of students which was great. Three Tutors also in attendance. It was interesting to watch how the tutors worked through […]
Seminar today at Gallery – Art History (12th March 2010) Today we worked in groups of 4 and critiqued each other’s work. We also had input from Vinnie and Steve our tutors. I think we were kind to each other […]
WEDNESDAY 10TH MARCH I took myself off to the afore-mentioned Shetland Museum and Archives to immerse myself in Shetland knitwear, oh and many a book, pattern and essay on the subject. I am now fully versed in the tradition, social […]
THURSDAY 11TH MARCH Today was the first workshop day. I ran four workshops; two with each class; Primary 1-4 and Primary 5-7. I prepared the workshops so that they could be repeated with both class groups and would work with […]
So Its all finished! The building is now being slowly taken apart and along with it will go my blue spikes. Despite knowing the event was only ever going to be one day I still feel a little sad to […]
I’m really struggling with the descriptions. I’ve managed to write a few of them but I’ve got so many more to do. Artist Statement My art practice is based in print, installation work and bookmaking. I usually work with paper, […]
I’ve been looking into framing my security blanket. I didn’t want it to be in a normal frame because there isn’t a background to it so I was going to put it between two pieces of perspex but when I […]
I have been commissioned to work with the community of Voe to create a permanent piece of artwork for their school playground. This is a collaborative commission organised jointly by Creative Links and Olnafirth Primary School, both part of Shetland […]
The Textile Crafts course offers a diverse range of techniques, ranging from weave, print, embroidery, knit and everything in between! After your first year you will then go on to specialise in one of the four main areas. We have […]
Carolyn, thanks for the tip about YouTube, had a go at setting it up but didn’t have much time, will look again. Managed a chat with tutor, more emotional than I’d have liked! Really wish I’d seen it coming – […]
Return to Manchester I returned back to London early Thursday morning after a 12-hour flight, which I slept most of the way through. It was so cold at 7 in the morning and funny to hear London accents again. When […]
As I mentioned, A Curriculum started on Monday and it’s been a good week so far. The space we have is ridiculously big (and chilly). I am feeling a bit out of it in some ways.. being local and also […]
LANGUAGE – DESCRIPTION – NOTATION – CONSTRUCTION I am sat in Leeds in a flat that belongs to someone, someone who I don’t know: I am listening to radio four and they had some kind of feature on how material […]
I haven’t written anything for a while abou the exhibition, which is pretty naughty of me! The exhibition planning is going well. Lot’s of interest already from people who want to see new work from all of the artists. Having […]
Gallery Exhibition practice – Personal perspective Sharon Ross Installation day – Big day had arrived and a full turn out of students which was great. Three Tutors also in attendance. It was interesting to watch how the tutors worked through […]
The big night – private viewing. sharon Ross I arrived at 5pm with my husband Alan. The room looked great. The floor had been cleaned. The spot lights that were dead replaced and pointing in the right direction. All that […]
I can’t sleep tonight, despite being so tired that my eyes keep closing without consulting me first. Yet although my body wants to close down for the night, my mind has other ideas. If it is not doing re-runs of […]
The process of the works creation is presented as it’s subject. It is viewed as a journey or a process rather than as a deliverable or end product. The use of impermanent materials is important. A process is set in […]
I caught up at University with regard to the AA2A scheme, have been advised to add images to my blog on the website, which I was avoiding, because it meant uploading them again, when previously I’d been keeping my blogger […]
I think the title of my blog here on [a-n] might change to ‘making words to think about things’. As I’m studying full time and getting writing published elsewhere the ‘writing’ part of my practice is coming to the fore […]
4pm expresso break I take mine ‘a l’americano’ which means that it is about 30ml, instead of 10, with a sugar. I down it quickly over a short chat with Carlo and Ste, standing by the Lavazza machine. Today we […]
I have been hard at work in the print room developing samples for the final major project. They appear to be going well at the moment but time will tell. I am not yet 100% sure what I want to […]
When fragments come together & become inspirational, ideas grow & new work is made. There are, however, definitely time, space and attitude weeds that get in the way and obscure the view and access to getting on with making. Now […]
