All the time I have been working on “earth series” panels, I have been constructing a collection of spheres, which I am calling “creation spheres”, these objects have just evolved and have been created whilst waiting for paint to dry, […]
It’s just over two weeks since I last posted and I believe, that the fortnightly cycle, is a good system to operate in with this sort of thing. A monthly posting and you can forget what your really talking about, […]
Gettingpaid/ websites blog: Two interviews done with Artists here today – things speed up when the end gets closer! These were really interesting as they were more like conversations that developed out of the initial questions (artists I can’t get […]
In “The Analytical Language of John Wilkins,”Borges describes ‘a certain Chinese Encyclopedia,’ the Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, in which it is written that animals are divided into: 1. Those that belong to the Emperor 2. Embalmed ones 3. Those […]
“Good Morning, we’re in the press!” I wish i could understand Finnish – my first press appearance, and i don’t understand it! (we’ll ask Markku to translate later). Today is effectively a studio day before my first Performance tomorrow evening, […]
Curiouser & Curiouser! Dunbar Arts Hub Aug/Sept09 – Curiously lots of Mad Hatters opened the exhibition – dining around a huge table on Dunbar High St with cucumber sandwiches, fairy cakes and the queen of heart tarts! Knitted and edible! […]
A move to York as an artist in residence… a year surrounded by children, away from my London life.
I am so over familiar with Stansted airport now, it is a frequented non-place for me – i even have a routine when i go there which involves a flit around the perfume shop, a visit to WH Smiths to […]
Winding of the warp. This week I have really begun to appreciate all the knowledge that our technicians gave us at uni (University for the creative arts Farnham) in the textiles department. Now that I am struggling to wind a […]
In 1837 a young Hungarian boy called Iguatz von Peczely cared for an owl with a broken leg. He noticed a black stripe in its eye, which became paler as the leg healed. More than 30 years later, having qualified […]
Today is a good day, not prefect but good. There’s nothing – (for all you artists with families or part time jobs supporting your work) – like waking up on a studio day. Knowing you have an uninterrupted day with […]
I have received word from a fellow Plinther at the UL – she is going on Oct 11th, a few days after me and has offered mutual support :-) I’ve decided not to go to the Council meeting tonight, as […]
Ooh, I found this today and was very pleased: Kirsty Hall saying how much she hates the myth of the tortured artist. She also has links to a couple of other blogs that agree. http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2009/08/the-tortured-…
Here I am thinking I’m following a new direction when it appears that my past is just re- emerging! ‘Art and the Industrial Revolution’ (Klingender), which kick started my reading, is the book I discovered during A level Art. Recent […]
We had a press meeting at 10am in the old power station which is acting as the center for the Art Week. Most of the meeting was in Finnish, so i didn’t understand much, but was too busy being in […]
