I have just been having a conversation over email with another artist about paying to enter things. I my head I have a very clear rule about this: I don't do it. On reflection I thought that there are some […]
Yesterday I laid out all the unwanted items I had collected from various friends and colleagues to see how many I'd got and how much more I would need to fill a room. The short answer was: 25; lots more. […]
Chen Jiao
I didn't realise that it has been a month since my last post. I've been pretty busy with everything, doing a fair bit of teaching and making lots of work in the studio too. I thought that my work was […]
3 stone rubbings taken from doors, Qing Dynasty moved because of the reservoir in 1971.
Oliver Gosling has been living in Chongqing for over a year. He lectures part time at Brighton University for three months in drawing, and paints for the rest of the year in Chongqing. His studio is about the size of […]
I met Zhang Yi in the Himalaya Bookshop and asked to see some of his work at his apartment. At last I have found something I really like, and, like in my work he is very interested in Chinese painting […]
Baoding Shan at Dazu. This site is the life work of the monk Zhao Zhifeng, who raised the money, designed and oversaw the carving between 1179 and 1245.
Angela Euder. Kassel. 6 month exchange programme with Sichuan Art School.
We are now open! The launch went swimmingly well and our first weekend open to the public has seen over 120 visitors appear delighted, inquisitive, surprised and sometimes confused. Initial feedback has been fantastic and it felt such a come-down […]
I have been feeling unwell for a few days now, been trying to do some work but not getting far today. starting to panicking as I am working the next two days, so will not have time to do art. […]
The launch didn't go without incident. The professional photographers who had kindly offered to photograph the preview had all their gear stolen whilst on a shoot a few days before. They still turned up and celebrated with us despite this! […]
Visitors have admired the skill and ingenuity, whizzed round the space with children in pushchairs – amazingly close to Rachael Allen's carefully damaged miniature models, drunk tea with the staff (thank you Yorkshire Tea), and asked some interesting questions directly […]
Blog, blogging, blogger, bloggert (?), it is a good word isnt it? Seems a bit late in the game to begin my first blog, but i think it could be therapeutic, and dare I say it some what educational, to […]
Apologies, I’ve got really behind with this. I’ll have to update this in a few posts if I don’t want to leave anything out. (will add pics later). Now we have our studios, things have started to get busy. Wednesday […]
On Thursday, I organised myself to do another run. I had it in mind to do the ‘Spray River Loop’, a trail that follows the path of a subsidiary river. I wanted to get this run in early as there […]
The trip to see Guy Maddin’s film on Thursday evening was well worth while. It’s a personal account of the film-maker’s relationship with the place he grew up in (Winnipeg- a City in Eastern Canada, known for extreme cold winters). […]
Now it’s got really busy, it’s really hard to keep this blog up, but I’m determined to do so. Saturday was a really active day. I tried a full-length recorded run wearing the camera kit I have brought with me […]
Last weeks shoot at Tower Hamlets Archive went well, a few more visitors, who , happily were willing to appear in my photographs. Afterwards took the films for developing and have got them back today, they look fine but need […]
I have been very busy getting all my work finished for this project, I have enjoy getting back into this project. In away it as been a good thing that it as took this long too complete, as I feel […]
There is lots of catching up and I need to get on track. We currently have a photography exhibition by Jess Calke, an HMS artist. She knows the ropes in relation to showing in the exhibition space, which is good […]
