I am currently working as a curator for a student exhibition. I decided that in order to be able to talk about the relationship between artist and curator i should experience things from both sides. I suggested to a fellow […]
Day 5 Jonathan and I head out in the car on another soil collection trip. The road winds through the rising and falling land in a charmingly indecisive manner. The views of the hills are lovely and we snap photos […]
The ‘Italian’ town of Pujiang is on a large scale and designed, so I was informed by their vice marketing manager, in a contemporary manner. I met him in the sales office and I explained that I am working for […]
I am having a rather frustrating time right now. Things are good but everything seems to be achieved after huge efforts and in slow motion. Yesterday was a case in point. I had an important meeting and set off in […]
I have read through the opportunities in this month's a-n (it didn't take long, they're a bit sparse!), and there's something for Design Factory in there – what a coincidence, it's the same thing I picked up from the Grad […]
My assessment work is all up & hopefully looks good? God, what a week so far though… 2 sick kids now and then today I'm ill too. I was really lucky I got all the work up in the end […]
Today was a day I could concentrate solely on painting, pure heaven! It was a bit of a breakthrough day, it happens now and again, I stumbled upon something so obvious that I can't believe that I was stupid enough […]
Tomorrow is Beacon Day and I haven't found one sponsor this week, despite e-mailing every solicitor in Derbyshire! I felt sure there was a law against such blatent use of copy and paste so I tried to make each e-mail […]
So today I managed to rework 6-7 of these fish. I quite like working on them as I'm not too precious about them. Just go with the flow. I sent images of them to the paymasters…..I hope they meet with […]
Abigail Branagan profiles Collect – the international art fair for contemporary objects.
How does a maker reach the market? Freelance consultant and Market Development Manager for Cockpit Arts Abigail Branagan highlights the key routes.
2008 study by Cockpit Arts and Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University exploring business activity and performance in the craft sector.
Cockpit Arts’ chief executive Vanessa Swann and business development manager Ellen O’Hara speak to Jane Watt about Cockpit’s unique incubator scheme for designer-makers in London.
A new study by Cockpit Arts and Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University, Exploring business activity & performance in the craft sector, provides insight into the recent growth patterns of a number of designer-makers based at Cockpit Arts in London, […]
Matisson Burgin: Shoreditch Space, London
28 November – 8 December 2008
Nicola Stead, 'No Vacancy', Photographic print.