Having brought two panels to the gilding stage, I couldnt wait to get going, although knowing the mess that would ensue. I have yet to gild the 8′X4′ panel, that will be a challenge, and is set for today provided […]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jul/15/yba-… The Guardian interviews four graduates fresh out of Goldsmiths – these lot don’t seem to be letting the recession dictate things for them..
Today I was thinking about artists who write. There’s quite a lot of them (us?). Picasso has at least one thick volume of collected writings and stories published… Louise Bourgeois’s creative writing has just started appealing to me. With quite […]
Teresa here. How wet, chilly and miserable was Preston today. We had to crank up the music to lift our spirits and with the morning ironing and a bit of dancing we kept warm. We had a lovely lady help […]
This blog is about the 5 weeks during summer 2009 that we spent in the Caucasus making collaborative work and researching the local arts scene and the residency we attended at Art Villa Garikula in Garikula, Georgia. Supported by Artquest […]
So today’s the big day. We may be doing some aesthletics morning exercises, once everyone’s up. A few who went out on the town last night met one of the Lithuanian artists, mid 20s, very nice, lives in Vilnius, hopes […]
Exploring the Invention of Hysteria Image can be something I produce to say who I want you to believe I am or it can be something I produce to explore who I am. Images produced to explore the authentic or […]
Handed in my portfolio yesterday for the Gateway assessment. See what they say next week!
I am in the back of the shop with the lights off, setting up a video camera so that I can film an hour at lunchtime, hopefully ‘to capture’ passers-by looking in. I try plugging in the power adapter and […]
A bunch of us are just back from the flea market, and we’re ready to help Paulius carry some old furniture from the dorm to the studios. We ain’t just the talent – we’re talented labourers, too. I’ve always wanted […]
Paris map is now Finished!! I Now have to get it printed! which is not going to be an easy task due to the carvings size!. very much looking forward to seeing it printed though! after two months of carving, […]
Wednesday Spent the day trying to write my statement… got very frustrated. No idea what to write but I found some inspiration in the end. Yesterday I followed a train of thought about the west bleeding into the east and […]
Thursday London. Busy day, I mean up at the crack of dawn kind of day. Saw the Tate Britain and the Hayward. Some weird and wonderful stuff present in both of the galleries. I especially liked Richards Long’s exhibit from […]
Friday Birds. I had a sudden flash of something and I decided to follow it. I saw a feather on the ground and figured birds are universal – they are everywhere. And there are hundreds of different birds, thousands, but […]
Saturday & Sunday Trying to put together and idea for my proposal… Trying is defiantly the right word. I made lots of paper cranes out of different stuff such as plain paper, pages of text, wrapping paper, tissue paper, patterned […]
Monday I am definitely going to use the Origami Crane as a base for my final proposal. Unless I change my mind. I spent today brainstorming as many ideas as possible and hating the lack of ideas coming out. I’m […]
Tuesday I hate paper Cranes. But I persevered. I took lots of photos, took my cranes outside and photographed them. Trying to finalize my ideas. Considered the use of mirrors. Mirrors make you look at yourself. By putting them in […]
Small world… My cousin Vicky from Portugal is staying with us for a while, her Portuguese mother grew up with the artist Paula Rego, their mothers knitted socks together for the soldiers during the war. Smaller world… Vicky has a […]
No sooner had we switched on the lights and opened the door, two ladies eagerly marched into our shop. ‘We’ve come to dress in red’, said the first. They introduced themselves as Kirsty and Helen. We had spoken to them […]
My companion and I passed the rest of our train journey discussing Mr Cushing’s various film roles. I learned that his boots had been so uncomfortable in his part as Grand Moff Tarkin that he had delivered most of his […]
