Le Chéile at Nant Gwrtheyrn, part one. Our three day stay at Y Nant has been a great success, generating a huge amount of enthusiasm and a remarkable amount of work. We created a working print studio from scratch, relying […]
When I graduated from college, my grandfather insisted I have a briefcase. His gift was incredibly sweet and thoughtful but I never had much use for a briefcase, especially such a traditional style. I kept the briefcase for a few […]
Le Chéile at Nant Gwrtheyrn, part two. As well as the exhilarating creative atmosphere we experienced at Nant Gwrtheyrn, one of the best things (I thought) was the saline sulphate etch, kindly provided by Don B. With a little ingenuity, […]
Last week both the flyers and posters arrived for Feng-Ru Lee’s forthcoming performance. So we’re distributing those at the moment as well as sending out e-flyers left, right and centre. Have sent some lovely cotton bags to print with one […]
The blogger interview was well worth taking part in. It is interesting to be pushed to approach your art practice from a different perspective. My aim this week is to bury myself in work. Why do I always feel like […]
I went to hear Pete Clarke talk about his work at Liverpool University VG&M yesterday. Such a nice guy and so interesting to listen to. I was especially interested to see how he manages to keep his printmaking markings and […]
Open Studios is now closed. A fantastic turnout . The PV on Friday was full and food was wiped out. Well almost. A giant sponge provided by Jess wasn’t cut until 8 o’clock – so it was cake for Saturday […]
ICA, London
21 October 2009
Another week, another significant amount of travelling, another lot of lugging my extremely heavy bag and knocking in to everyone and everything followed by my ‘Sorry, sorry, excuse me’. Some more trying to work out where I am suppose to […]
The Big Draw Thanks to The Big Draw” which aims to get everyone drawing I got a chance to try my hand at screen printing in a workshop held at The Tolbooth Stirling . Our tutor, Andrew Mackenzie managed in […]
Not a fan, this evening I sat through a whole documentary about Charles Bukowski. As was to be expected most of the film indulged his heavy drinking and it’s influence on his poetic quest. Coincidentally it focussed on his time […]
it’s been rather unusual lately. i’ve called a time out. reconsideration of current attitude, position and thinking is taking place. more soon. xx
RADICAL NATURE I managed to squeeze in a visit to Radical Nature at the Barbican last week before it closed. It was really informative and helpful, enabling me to look afresh at the work I’m developing & generating some new […]
Mentoring with Bob Levene 21.09.09 I had a really useful mentoring session with Bob Levene in her studio, having posted her a DVD of my work. We discussed problems I had come across trying to fit into particular genres, and […]
Curiously my scanner has stopped working, something to do with the driver? I have had to rephotograph an old snapshot of Tatsumi Orimoto’s Bread Man, performed a few years ago at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London.
So now…big progress. We now have a group called ‘Sixes & Sevens’ based in Nottingham. A transient group setting out to help each other build and develop a practice. We are diverse, there is no group philosophy or shared interest […]
Nick Griffin (BNP leader) on BBC’s Question Time was controversial and caused violent protests. People say to me that the Holocaust is not a relevant subject today, so why did a Holocaust denier stir up so much anger? Before QT, […]
The remains of the last known stuffed dodo had been kept in Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum but in the mid-18th century, the specimen – save the pieces remaining now – had entirely decayed and was ordered to be discarded by the […]
Ghosts represent my biggest fear. When I was little I would wake myself up all through the night thinking there would be a ghost looking at me. Somebody since suggested to me it’s a fear transferred. My mother used to […]
I had a great day yesterday, went to see gallery owner Jan about putting up an Installation in a group exhibition at the end of November. I wanted to do one outside in gardens, But Jan wants be to do […]
A confused post I arrived early at BCA gallery. This was mainly because in order to save money I had had to catch a train, which would arrive in London Liverpool street no later than four twenty nine. Bedford was […]