“Brushes” app Have just downloaded “Brushes” app to my Iphone and experimenting with drawing with this new cool tool. David Hocknry has been using it for some time. Can’t figure out yet how he manages to get such complex pictures […]
This blog aims to capture my personal experience of the residency as well as being a means of capturing techniques and processes of Bronze casting to act as a resource for both myself and others. The Brian Mercer Bronze Casting […]
Action plan that focuses on generic skills that artists need to underpin their careers in a complex environment.
Black Dog Publishing, London
1 February 2009 – 1 January 2020
It seems like only yesterday when I embarked on my artistic journey; it hasn’t always been smooth, in fact it’s been quite bumpy at times, but that’s only to be expected. I can’t believe how much I’ve progressed; you know […]
Found this link to my website when I was going through my website statistics today: http://bird-in-the-house.blogspot.com/2009/10/emil… Thanks Kathryn. I guess speaking at a seminar about sharing information works for sharing information..
I have just returned from a research trip to Venice with a number of artists. This has proved to be a visually and culturally enriching experience with the added entertainment of seeing how a group can grow. We knew liitle […]
Artist Profiles Alex Bunn Alex Bunn’s work combines a role as producer; working with diverse groups of specialists, with his own artistic activity. Typically an artwork may necessarily draw on skills as diverse as radiography, prop-making, pyrotechnics, prosthetics, sculpture, haberdashery, […]
Today I helped at the ‘VIDA family workshop at the Williamson art gallery. The theme of the project was patterns and plates and we used the Della Robbia plates in the gallery as the subject to inspire the children. They […]
Celestial Contrakt Documentation of initial project development for Schwartz Projetcs 1 November works by Christina Mitrentse *Jonas Ranson Lee Wagstaff Marc Wayland *The knight’s tour problem is an instance of the more general Hamiltonian path problem in graph theory. […]
I’ve been constructing books using the cell prints over the last few days. I’ve used the same kind of cover for all of them, but inside they are all individual. I’m happy with the results but when I look at […]
This week…um…trying to think back all the way to Monday. Monday, I was at the gallery (work, boring, yawn, yawn) Tuesday I had a play day at the studio. I enjoyed it. It seems I have started a routine of […]
we, that’s Emma and I, went up to North Devon to Coombe Martin to visit the wolf packs who are tenants at the zoo/dinosaur park there. The rain drenched us, but it meant that there was noone else there and […]
Hi SueHow’s things? This month is very busy with shows and travelling. I am on the plague train to Bath at the moment to set up said show. The train is packed I’m praying no one will sit on my […]
Thursday, 29 October 2009 Hanging a show at ICIA University of Bath, Artspace 1 is an odd experience. Postgraduate students and lecturers are constantly passing through, avidly looking at half hung work and passing comment. One woman (jokingly?) accused me […]
Friday, 30 October 2009 Goodbye There is a new film in my show at ICIA. It is a cut out of an old sailing ship it barely moves and appears “as idle as a painted ship on a painted sea”. […]
Excerpt from diary found a few days later 28th October 2009 This morning I set off from Ipswich my whole show packed into large case on wheels. I in turned crammed this (and myself) into a packed train to London. […]
Well this morning I started looking for a studio,by this evening any space with running water would do.I can’t believe there is no studios available around my town…God I’m already frustrated.Oh well guess Cherry, my partner, is going to have […]
The interesting in-between space that is neither here nor there. Working towards the ‘Grand Plan’.
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
10 – 31 October 2009
Oriel Myrddin, Carmathen
12 September – 7 November 2009