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
Arts Council England will save
Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
19 March – 8 April 2009
