…just completed another garden project. The chap I employ is an experienced landscaper and a champion bodybuilder with muscles on his muscles on his muscles…he's French Canadian, in the RN for five years firing BFG's (big *ucking guns), escort to […]
The week went fast. It was good to stand back from the workshop side of the project for a few days and assess things. I really enjoy working with people but it's hard to give enough attention to your own […]
Have finally finished my painting for the Summer Show and fitted the mirror plates ready for the hang. Just need to wrap it up securely ready for my man with the van on Wednesday 4th June. I will be very […]
I did the last bit of research in St.Margaret’s in March and this was done with a rather stinking cold and I fear that I did not only collect information but also was passing on more than a fair share […]
After returning home, I gradually developed the pieces for the two sites. The one for Pines Garden was straight forward as I knew what I was doing. The other for the car park became rather a challenge accompanied by the […]
This was the studio last week – all lovely and empty and nearly perfectly white. It feels so spacious and clean. However now its absolutely packed, completely chaotic and I'm not sure how on earth we're all fitting into it […]
On the morning of the letter's arrival I was preparing to go on a short holiday. I had decided to spend three nights in a budget hotel in Bethnal Green. I had arrived without hitch despite the fact that a […]
It's all over finally. The last 3 weeks have gone incredibly fast. The show was last Friday The show seemed togo really well. There was an amazing amount of visitors and it was quite chaotic. To be honest I don't […]
Well now the work has been done and theres nothing that can be changed. Assessment started on Thursday and will go on for a couple of weeks, show opens on friday the 13th. Im not too sure about what I […]
Je commence à me souvenir pourquoi je me suis promis, il y a environ 9 mois, de ne jamais plus construire de grandes structures dans le bois. Pourtant, je me trouve au beau milieu d'un projet consistant en la construction […]
The venue for the "Networking and Marketing" Workshop is the William Elder Building, Castlegate, Berwick-upon-Tweed…sorry the info is a bit late…family holiday!
Well things are taking up pace now. We have all met several times in the past week to discuss/plan for the event which takes place in 4 weeks time. Our website was launched this weekend and can be fouind at […]
Well. This is it. We are into the final scary, but exciting, leg on the degree journey. We spent Friday morning filling holes and taping gaps, ready for painting over the weekend, in the area that is to house our […]
Its taken me an age to get on with writing about other people’s work – too preoccupied with my own ! Anyway this post is about Mary Conway ([email protected]; www.maryconway.co.uk). Mary’s work uses historic processes and materials to highlight contemporary […]
OUTSIDE – IN Today we walked along the seafront & went to say goodbye to Caroline Wright who was spending her last day at her gilded beach-hut as part of the Towner Offsite project, "Impossible Changeling". 10 gilded pebbles each […]
Amelia has handed over the keys for HMS after an ambitious and exhausting programme. The project will carry on after her involvement at the mill because she has asked participants to write a few words for a publication. This includes […]
I have been away, staying in a basement in Bethnal Green. As a consequence the first few entries of this blog have been written offline. This morning I received a letter from Dr John Shears of the British Antarctic Survey's […]
The degree show is now over. We have to go in tomorrow to remove everything, and I've been planning what I need to do to get everything out smoothly. Not quite sure how I'll get it all in the car, […]
Various Venues, Bucharest
23 May – 21 June 2008
Queen Mary University, Arts Building, London
24 May 2008
