Kate Stoddart profiles Adam Paxon, who makes one-off sculptural jewellery in plastic, covering his career development and impact of winning prizes like Jerwood Applied Arts Prize in 2007.
Today is my second last day in uni, the degree show is over and I am in the midst of clearing out the space, and painting (badly) the grey wall back to white. They said we should return the studio […]
So, what have I been doing with myself? I've been busy at the faculty of Illustration, helping to prepare for the Preview Night last Friday for the Illustration Degree Show. So I've had twice as much stress (but twice the […]
Project Summary (1 of 3) As someone whose work in the past has taken inspiration from my local Co-op supermarket, a group of ramblers and a singer in a working men’s club, being chosen for a residency at Barrow AFC […]
Project Summary (2 of 3) The start of the residency coincided with me relocating from Leicester and has come as a welcome introduction to the area. Working from my studio space at the Canteen Arts Centre on Barrow Island and […]
Project Summary (3 of 3) To accompany this, there will be also be an edition of books that will be available to buy from sellers around the ground and from the club shop. Examining the role of printed matter in […]
Alright, i don't have time to write no shpool about what i've been doing, and any way i find it boring, all i can say is, its been bloody mental, but been enjoying every moment of it, And you are […]
Started installing my work today. The snippet installation went up really well without any problems. I have to wait to see if the masking tape has held the pieces of paper overnight. Fingers crossed And our advert is in a-n […]
ANOTHER WISLEY MAGIC SEED PLANTED I visited old friends Ginny and Colin in Lancaster yesterday and they had saved the souvenir seed I sent them to plant with me. They have an enormous well tended vegetable patch on their farm […]
"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul." Wassily Kandinsky "Painting is pure creation." Graham Swain
This weather is a disaster!
Centres As well keeping up to date with artists’ progress, I’ve been getting out and about researching some community centres. It’s an area I am familiar with as I spend a lot of time in a community centre where I’ve […]
network as rhizome I’ve started to a attend the reading group at Salford Restoration Office. Artists get together weekly to read philosophy articles and look at work and possibly make work together at some point. Its like a brain gym […]
Intro: Many times in life, we are seeking safety outside ourselves. This is usually influenced by fear of change rather than by facts. Individual feelings of safety are closely related to the actual physiological (food, clothing and shelter) and psychological […]
A site-specific audiovisual installation In This Place Of Safety (ITPOS) uses a building as a projection screen to explore intersections between temporary video interventions, architecture and art. This project is kindly supported by the University of Westminster and the Arts […]
Contents include: Swansea round-up in Reviews, plus Charles Danby on artist Chloë Steele and the curatorial role of Day and Gluckman. Artists Sarah Craske and Stacy Keeler and Margate Rock’s curator Jessica Baum discuss their working relationship. Summary of artists […]
Penny Jones profiles Fred Baier exploring the development of his career since the 1970s and commissions for an impressive range of private and public clients.
Manick Govinda explores The Arts Foundation’s numerous awards for individual artists and looks at the impact they have on the receipients.
