Jonas Ranson Work in progress for Celestial Contrakt . *Apotropaic ( Working title ) Screenprint on mirror test October 2009 * “Apotropaic” is an adjective that means “intended to ward off evil” or “averting or deflecting evil” and commonly […]
Weekly Bulletin 29/10/09 Hello Good week? Us too. So first things first, there’s only one copy left of Michel Dhillon’s The Cuckoo Parchment and the Dyke to giveaway so first come, first served. Right on to business, We’re still looking […]
A few days later, and the dust has started to settle. Examining the nature of a community based residency, and its requirements, we decided to uproot, and move right into the heart of Andover. I think it’s important to be […]
After about five hours of mind blowing frustration trying to manipulate images on paint shop pro I’m ready to throw in the towel. My twelve year old son came in at one point and managed to do what I had […]
I decided after a year on this course that it was not the right choice for me, my money or my time. Travel each way, door to door, took 2 hours. It was a 4 hour daily commitment I only […]
Feedback from the sponsors re. the open studios : great night, a real buzz. But Friday PVs are difficult as the roads are jammed, people still in suits and folks are exhausted. Art was great, food was marvellous and wine […]
Brighton, October – 31 December 2009
Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
18 September – 24 October
Grudgingly, I’m impressed how Sol are promoting their beer around the city centre of Brighton. They have paid for the refitting of security shutters for small shops. An expensive item for desperate shops with dwindling turnovers. The Sol logo is […]
Artist Profile Jonas Ranson Achieved through treatment in both digital conversion and photographic silkscreen technique, Jonas Ranson’s compositions describe imagined algorithmic and structural ‘episodes’. Slyly garish black interstices, a representative veiling and distorting, the print works act as codes that […]
Notes from a nerve-wracking presentation… Nathalie Bouleau Chabot: Third year Printmaker Before I joined the course I studied one year of Fashion, things like pattern cutting and pin marking have influenced my style of working, and my clean, precise attitude […]
My first “artist talk” happened last week and thankfully it wasn’t as intimidating as I had expected it to be. At times I felt I could hear my own voice and had no control over what I was saying, my […]
