Well i haven't blogged in a while, mainly because editing the sound in my worm film has been harder than i first thought! Since the sound from my original footage was faulty and i was out of time to go […]
Me, myself and I for a moment… The last wee while has been a crazy one. Full of many ups and unfortunately a few downs. I am now single.. It's funny how stress attracts stress isn't it. So moving swiftly […]
hahaha… You hear some totally hilarious drunk banter on Byres Road at night. It makes me laugh. Some drunken guy was putting on a funny but bad Skouser accent trying to sing and have a conversation with what I assume […]
This deadline really gets to me, I find my moods are up and down caused by the pressure that I'm putting on myself. Anyway, after a few drinks last night I had a little idea on the bus and wrote […]
Hammer and Nails in Exhibition Ho-down Although you'd have thought that with just two weeks to get our exhibition up, it would be all hands on deck – however the studio seems strangely deserted and lacks that frisson of panic […]
This blog will be about the final four weeks on my course. The degree show will feature 6 fine art students and 3 design students. We are a very diverse bunch. There are two painters, a sculptor, a photographer, a […]
In his essay, The Uncanny, Freud discusses the uncanny qualities of "the double". In a footnote he writes: … it is interesting to observe what the effect is of meeting one's own image unbidden and unexpected. Ernst Mach has related […]
Unheimlich opens 17th of April (Leeds Met Gallery) Wittgenstein : A Family Resemblance In his book Philosophical Investigations (1951), Ludwig Wittgenstein proposed a theory of "family resemblances" to understand the nature of terms that do not admit of a full […]
Diving Board Sketch
[The Sandman is] a wicked man who comes when childrenwon't go to bed, and throws handfuls of sand in their eyes sothat they jump out of their heads all bleeding.'E.T.A. Hoffman 1816 The Sandman We know from psycho-analytic experience, however, […]
For those still in doubt over what constitutes art click on the following link. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7370842.s… a group of artists are living in a museum with lice in their head. Seven German artists are living with lice in their hair in […]
Days ticking away and I am off college with sick bug… We are also still waiting for which space will be ours for the Degree Show which is starting to bug me,as my work is site spectfic. So I need […]
This week I have been trying to plan the show out thoroughly in my head to give me an idea of what I've got time to do in the short time left. (I was out of action for beginning of […]
BIRD BOX AND A GRANT Two presents this week: the first was a bird box made by my daughter – a home for the stuffed thrush. The second was the award of an Arts Council Grant for the Arts for […]
Spent today trying to figure out what to put on my degree show postcard, I didn't have anything 'flat' that would work (it's not fair to have pictures of books cos you can't open them!). I ended up making this, […]
woohoo…. I'm still…. note still in the studio I have eaten both lunch and dinner here. The good news though is that I have updated loads of things online… note the new blog section on my website…
Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds
18 April – 17 May
Various venues, Swansea.
In early April 2008, fifteen artists from around the UK took part in a research visit to Lille, France, entitled ‘The Artist as Social Entrepreneur’.
Jane Adam is a successful jewellery designer with an international reputation. Polly Harknett discusses her career and studio at Cockpit Arts and her wider role in the craft community.
Frances Lord profiles Ismini Samanidou who designs woven fabrics for interior spaces, ranging from one-off pieces to limited edition textiles.
Penny Jones talks to Deirdre Nelson about her textile-based work, often made in response to museum collections or site histories and informed by local communities, and residencies in the Scottish Highlands and Australia.
