Well things have been pretty hectic for me the past few weeks. The print centre will have a stand at the Manchester Artists Book Fair which takes place on Saturday 8th November in the Holden Gallery at MMU just off […]
and in the fourth week, there shall be tutorials. it feels like i've been starting something for a month. i hope from a start the middle isn't too far away. i've added a tutorial storey to my portfolio of storeys, […]
I moved stuff into my home studio last Friday with only 10 minutes to spare before the rest of Southwell artists arrived for drinks and nibbles. I've been working all hours cleaning, decorating, lugging, moving, staining, typing, drilling etc etc […]
I made some glue today (which was a little too stiff, I will need to knock it down a little) and I tried to buy a chieftans album. I saw a documentory about them yesterday. And what I thought was […]
Fantastic, I managed to get into the studio 3 days on the trot. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I was in early all 3 days but managed to get a good 5 hours each day. I've been working on a few […]
thursday was spent etching and the results felt better. i was after a familiar landscape, a faint hazy one that slowly dissapeared. i printed the plate four times until it was distant, only the imprint of the plate was present. […]
Last week was a bit of a slow one in terms of working on ideas. It was my four day week at the gallery doing ‘real’ work and even when I was at the studio it was getting ready for […]
YESTERDAY Yes the Open Day for UNDER GROUND and Big Draw event Drawing in the Dark have happened. Plenty of people came tramping down the wooden stairs into the dark. Each collected a torch and looked, examined, drew on the […]
Afternoon at the studio – really wanted to be there after so long away, but didn't know quite what to do with myself. matters arising: 1) What to do with things/studio projects that aren't finished? 2) What to do with […]
I can only describe how I have been feeling since Origin/Crafting Space ended yesterday as elated exhaustion. The weekend was a constant, intense flow of people, right up to the closing minute. The structure seemed to have absorbed so much […]
Last month I received the good news; I have been selected as an Escalator Live art artist. An Arts Council East scheme, Escalator supports the development of regional artist. Comprising selection and then GFTA proposal to realise the identified development […]
Cafe Oto, London and other venues around Europe, London/European cities
16 October – 31 December 2008
Anthony Reynolds gallery, London
10 October – 15 November 2008
Arcadia Arts Centre and Rosenberg Gallery, Louisiana and Baltimore, USA
9 August – 25 October 2008
Spent some of Thursday, Friday and today getting studios ready for our open studios event over the next two weekends 25 & 26 October and 1 & 2 November. I know what I want to show. It will be a […]
Fear (part one) Last week and the week before I woke up a few times in the middle of the night with my heart pounding. I was inclined to think that this was the result perhaps of eating dark chocolate […]
Fear (part two) So, the carnage that is represented on the banner. To face that degree of harm, mutilation. To physically stand in front of that so that one's view is filled with it. To appreciate the scale of it. […]
I have called my Ingeborg Bachmann piece I.B. I've just realised this also stands for Incommensurable Banner. The collective protest banner that I started off in the gallery is not working at all. I am considering ditching the whole endeavour. […]
Avoidance. How many of us relate to this! Often, I want to avoid situations that I perceive as difficult. Sometimes I preempt a situation as part if my planning and the pre -perception is wrong. This has taught me to […]
Still needing to write my statement of intent! Its difficult trying to collection all these delicate ideas and place them into a such a solid form. words. Words, for me, get in the way sometimes. But as an Artist, you […]
Its the end of the first week of term. Finally. It's good to be back. 25 weeks until we start clearing out the studios for the degree show they keep telling us. 25 weeks. I'm not quite sure if I'm […]
I've been collecting arctic/antarctic 'souvenirs'. Although strictly they are not and could never really have acted as souvenirs as I am sure they were not made for or sold to real ant/arctic visitors. Anyway this is the first, a delightful […]
I can't articulate my thoughts because there are too many in my head. About the role of the artist and the privilege that is still assumed to accrue to that role. Questioning that. I've tried just now to sketch out […]
