An England football flag, a pair of underpants, two white socks and a soft toy are among the unusual objects recovered from the nests of red kites. The birds of prey are known for their tendency to steal items of […]
Of all birds it is probably the magpie that is most associated with superstitions. However, most superstitions regarding magpies are based around just one bird. Throughout Britain it is thought to be unlucky to see a lone magpie and there […]
The platinum ring was finally recovered when her fiancé found it in a bird’s nest at the bottom of their garden. Julia Boaler, 36, thought the £5,000 ring had been stolen when it vanished while she was taking a shower […]
Manchester Artists’ Book Fair yesterday – finally it is done and the flat can stop being covered in paper trimmings and cut off lengths of linen thread.My husband will be very pleased. It was a really good day; lots of […]
My dear companion has begun talking in her sleep. I have decided to take notes. Last night she mumbled about our trip to Bath. I have paraphrased the gist of it below hopefully making sense of parts that were not […]
Painting the surfaces is ongoing. The visual object grows from tactile pleasure. The lines in the paintings seem to create a sinaesthetic tension. Martin Creed’s Turner installation of the light going on and off drew attention to that point where […]
After a very nice comment on my previous blog I have been thinking. I was focusing too much on the logistics of a, frankly undeveloped idea. What I was asked was “Why do you want to make this?” “Why the […]
This is the first of the forest painitngs, the other one in progress is based on the white fern image and isn’t resolved yet. Using dark colours so densely is a challenge but worth it for the contrasting results.
Saturday morning, and I’m all geared up to go to work, but can’t yet as I need the builders to finish off the ventilation sysytem properly. Legal requirements and all that. For now, I’m limited to re-arranging bits of furniture, […]
More playing in the studio this week. I feel my work, my identity, my process, my ideas are all somewhere else, somewhere where I can’t quite get a grasp on them. My approach has gone from somewhere specific to somewhere […]
I feel I am part of something…..an arts community, a network. One that I have fought for, cajoled and persuaded people to join or to allow me to join. I now have a handful of wonderful arts mentors and people […]
The interpreter who accompanied me to the garden is over six foot tall, he could see above the wall, so I thin that the dimensions are roughly Vitruvian, fitting the proportions of Litnianski’s body. Like the windows of the Edwardian […]
An article by Jeffrey Kastner in Cabinet magazine features an “unusual artistic collaboration between the French artist Hubert Duprat and a group of caddis fly larvae”: A small winged insect belonging to the order Trichoptera and closely related to the […]
i’ve been out for walk, not on my own. having got back i’m faced with a mind full of thoughts of doubt and non anger. i know i’m not angry, i’ve been through the emotional mine fields necessary to progress […]
I showed my work as part of ‘Wirral metropolitan College’ at the Manchester Artists Bookfair today. I’ve been ill all week so hadn’t seen any of the students work finished before today. The work was at a really high standard, […]
Manchester Book Fair today – hmmm – an odd day. I was asked to put some work onto a table shared with all the Wirral Met students, I spent a lot of time producing book work and had loads but […]
Since leaving the Royal College of Art 4 years ago, after the wilderness of life after college, after many struggles, through much determination to engage with artists and the art world, I finally feel part of something…..an arts community, a […]
I am four weeks into a part time Masters in Ceramics at the Cardiff School of Art and Design in Howard Gardens. I’m learning a lot about the creative process and how I as an artist negotiate my way through […]
6 Nov. – House is full of cardboard, can’t move for card facades and cutting templates. Seem to spend hours searching internet for mirrored perspex, board, plastic, lights, disco balls etc it’s all getting. v. theatrical !.
If you are interested in making films, especially low budget ones on a shoestring, then a visit to Cafe Flicker, the monthly open cinema in Glasgow is a must. It’s run by Glasgow Media Access Centre and I have been […]
