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I went to the opening of the MA interim show last night at the Bargehouse: a taste of things to come next year. With work by 62 artists on show, there was a huge range of stuff to see and […]

New Boy on the Block! I took and posted these photographs of our meeting yesterday and am taking advantage of the blog to introduce myself. My name is don braisby – I'm the new boy on the project from Wales. […]

More of the prints that Eirian shared with us

Yesterday's Meeting at the Regional Print Centre at Yale Wrexham

I was asked by a-n to attend a meeting at the Arts Council in Manchester on Monday (just to clarify – time and travel paid for!). It was a really interesting trip, but I have had to leave it a […]

cont. from previous post.. Just for starters, here are some facts to make you think a little. I also want to add in this from the Scottish Artists Union website: "Statistically, visual artists remain at the bottom of the income […]

cont.. and some issues to tackle: Lack of awareness of employment opportunities within the sector. Artists not trained for business. Insufficient entry routes for young people into the sector. Skills and experience do not match job vacancies. Qualifications do not […]

Caught in a timeless kind of snow world this week, where normal life seems to have been suspended in place of endless sledging and a house full of wet children, wet gloves and wet boots. School has been closed for […]

Well things are coming together. It seems an age now since this all started and now we are about to have our first exhibition. This first exhibition is a preview for the open studios and will be up in the […]

?deifitcejbo semoceb neth egaugnal A new portion of the blogging system: How to make language an object through typing certain things backwards? To first of all define the word ‘Stating’ and then to show the word itself as a possible […]

Thanks, Don – have we really not put anything on this blog since December?! The project is still going on, and we are busy getting stuff together for the exhibition in the Graphic Studio Gallery in Dublin. The post is […]

There's so much to do. it's difficult not to panic at times. I've been concentrating on my printmaking throughout January because I felt I wasn't getting anywhere. Things are starting to take shape and it has given me some fresh […]

After a lightning visit to Salzburg to meet the gallery owner who invited me to exhibit in her gallery this July…and after a little negotiation of the contract…I'm looking forward to being represented by this forward thinking and dynamic new […]

….WELCOME DON and big thanks for getting those posts and images onto the blog …thanks too to Eirian for sharing those lovely new prints with us…Linda

Things have moved on a speed since the last post for this blog. I have written the majority of the proposal for funding, and what an epic that has turned out to be. It is a fine line between underwriting […]

There has been two very busy and up and down weeks, but have to say things are progressing for the better now. Is amazing how now I am actually starting to feel that I am being a part of these […]

My partner and I have exchanged prints. Mine, taken from the paper pulp models exploring my clenched fist, was etched using a soft ground onto zinc and then further etched with aquatint to give a variety of tone. My partner, […]

I have been away alot in Jan, and missed a fair number of dog walks this month. Today I found a paragraph explaining that dogs are watchful, and guard the transition from one world to another. They are……………. and they […]