I spent a month on Eigg in 2008 talking to Eiggach and recording several interviews as part of preliminary research. I caught the very end of the tourist season and then stayed for a further two weeks at the end […]
May 14th 2009 – A cloudy wet day in Llanarmon! The Exhibition has been up since last Friday and many people have visited. This year the orange interpretation panels look bright alongside the blue and orange ribbons that Judith Harrison […]
My new office is a Burger King down the road from my flat. For the price of a regular tea I can surf and email to my heart's content, though I have to admit the ambiance isn't exactly relaxing and […]
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Another busy week, but not as bad as last week I finally feel like I am ready to open this weekend. So I will have to look on the last one as a dress rehearsal. I have also managed to […]
I have a reply and I feel elated; someone is interested in working with me! I know; early days, got to see how it goes, but this is exciting – finding someone who has similar interests in places and people […]
I got back to Glasgow, which was to be my new home, and started to draw together ideas for a project on Eigg. I spoke to representatives from the History Society and the Eigg Trust, who said they thought it […]
Whilst I have been reeling from the disappointment of the Lincoln Artist Network having not achieved success at the Winning Ideas final on Monday evening, we have however been accepted onto the Enterprise Inc business training scheme, with a bursary […]
after a recent coffee catch up, do you fancy taking part: paul, here's a link for the 'dust collects' track i told you about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8YoLwsg-nc
I'm actually finding working within the proposal I originally created for the Ace funding a real battle at times. The very process of developing an idea immediately sparks off further possibilities and I instantly lose focus on the one I'm […]
Days to go – 15 The sides of our cube which is going to house all of our degree show pieces have finally been made! After many weeks of planning, drilling, sawing and a few altercations with the workshop…it feels […]
group dynamics raise their **** head as people relax in each others company their personalities start to show (& clash!). the fun & games start!
Sent the catalogue to print today, quite a sense of relief and a different sense of anxiety as it is now out of our hands. Hopefully we will have proofs on Monday, an exciting prospect. I was talking to a […]
The bird heads became an issue, they have been refused and I was told that I couldn’t exhibit them inside the Cathedral.I was given the option to show them in the Cloisters but I decide that this was not an […]
We might be ignoring the fact that we live in the existence of war and peace. The reality is our civilisations exist and evolve by the continuous chemistry between the elements in it. When these elements are the ones that […]
The installation of the work was planned to take place on the 18th and the 19th of April but this extended it into the forthcoming week. My partner and me managed to position the speakers on all four walls but […]
Here are some of the images that are featured on my Blog which explores what printmaking artists are doing with regard to combining digital print with traditional printmaking techniques on my blogspot website http://hybriddigitaltraditionalprints.blogspot.com/ MartensenDavid DuBoseMichiko SuzukiCandace Nicol and last […]
sheds and castles, sheds and castles
By Pamela de Brí, Irish co-coordinator This project is a cross-cultural project involving two Celtic countries with the same roots and similar traditions and using verbal three languages: Irish, Welsh and English. "Le Chéile" project recognises the importance of sharing […]
I've had a few minor breakthroughs in my work since my last post, and of course a few exhibition rejections, but that's all part of the fun and I'm far more selective these days than I used to be. I've […]
Here is an image taken from the film series… that i seem to have left behind for a while. the title of the work still seems rather obscure. i will ask anyone who is willing to answer, at what point […]
Days till Degree Show – 16 Had the last bits of work photographed for our portfolio today. The work all looks great it's just the statement that is hard work. It's difficult to not sound pretentious, self-depricating or plain stupid […]
Yesterday we had two meetings; one with the person who is responsible for making sure that pupil's rights within the school environment are protected, in relation to showing images, videos etc. of them in the public domain. The other was […]
emptied my studio space today. feels like i am evacuating the building. on the way out, via the degree show door. i was made to stop and think tho, for a couple of hours, to consider what it has been. […]
Children of artists Part I: “Dad, we’re not like other families, are we?”. My son has discovered the elusive concept of lifestyle … and the fact that ours is a little unusual. My daughter still lives in the blissful illusion […]