Ok, so got to show the work so far to two tutors! Both seemed to understand my concerns and agree with me about what are the strongest set of images, those from the Bancroft archive and it is something from […]
Temporary Diary by Kevin Boniface Preview We were a bit late as usual. On our way over Tom began to speak about himself in the 3rd person. He kept it up for the entire evening which was deeply amusing and, […]
Temporary Diary by Kevin Boniface Invigilating Duty After introducing myself to Jenny and Krishna I went and got some take-out coffee and a scale model of a Hawker Hurricane from the model shop downstairs. The man in the shop was […]
I spent most of the day onsite today, I brought information for the collaborators, cleaning products and a camera. I wore a luminous jacket in hope of looking more like a member of the council whilst cleaning the phone box, […]
I have had an amazing day! We went to Aberystwyth today as a group for marketing and self-promotion. Catrin Webster is our lecturer for the elective, and as Aberystwyth is her home town she managed to organise a very packed […]
Fine Art- A wildly diverse community of artists, both staff and students contribute to a rich and stimulating studio based environment.
I’m exposing myself to find community in the journey… I feel like a slow starter, stumbling around in the dark working out what it means to call myself an artist &always questioning whether I ‘qualify’.
I work with x2 year five class in this school. It is a very different experience compared with my Stoke on Trent school. The attitude of the staff is more possitve. The kids mob me, I hav'nt had to carry […]
Three days behind with the blog so lots of catching up to do. Saturday was a fairly quiet morning. I had it in mind to do another recorded run in the afternoon, so took it fairly easy. It’s a shame […]
Was determined to have Sunday off. Decided I would spend the day visiting 3 of Banff’s main museums. Set off with Flossie, a Canadian artist who has lived in Australia for a long time.We walked to the Cave and Basin […]
Really enjoyed taking part in the Pecha Kucha*, and I got very positive feedback. It was nice to have the opportunity to show some slides of work in progress alongside older pictures that I took with no purpose in mind. […]
I love what I’m doing the studio. Fabric and shirts held up against the wall with various pieces of timber. Favourite things so far:• pale blue velvet held by rough sawn timber batons• blue shirts held by 6mm dowel• heap […]
crit yesterday. went in feeling confident. showed the latest little film with documentation tagged on the end. didn't expect the very positive responses. still processing what was said. i'm going home for a shower and a think and to stick […]
Money seems to be my overriding thought at the moment…mainly the fact that I have none, severely limiting my thinking in a number of new and irritating ways. After talking to a friend, I decided I should at least measure […]
A bit of a gap since my last post I know but trying to upload images and realising I needed to resize them was enough to make the enthusiasm drain out of me and I put it off till another […]
I've just had my tutorial feedback for the last big module and I'm really pleased. Everything seems to have gone extremely well. My banners project really helped my professional development and my exploration of scale. I am about to embark […]
I'm back in the swim. Since last Wednesday I've been to 3 evening meetings (only one was local). I quite like event focused ones, but I'm not a fan of those boring admin meetings where the only achievement is to […]
I keep leaving it too long between posts, it has been 19 days since my last confession. I am going to have to force myself to get back into the habit.There has been so much I could have written about […]
Why paint? why not paint? I feel that what I do needs to be purposeful – have some meaning that justifies it. On the other hand, painting makes my mouth water; reason enough perhaps. As a student at Ipswich I […]
I have been working in my workshop, today tidying these pupils mosaics, and seeing them all laid on my workbench I feel that their lives and aspirations are encapsulated in their images. I am touched by their ability to stick […]
Have begun experimenting with the laser cutting machine and have cut various works, phrases and texts into the open pages of books. It reminds of stash books, or books in prison dramas which actually hold a chisel a hole to […]
Creative and market development programme Designer Maker West Midlands (DMWM), managed by Heather Rigg and funded by Arts Council England, has appointed three mentors to mentor mid-career designer makers through their new Future Forward 1 scheme.
Bloomberg SPACE has launched COMMA, a dynamic new programme of commissions enabling artists to experiment and expand their work.
The relationship between the collective Ganghut and Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) began with a residency and subsequent events, and has now developed into construction of a semi-permanent project space.
London’s Whitechapel Gallery reopens in April following a
