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Twelve days after my last blog entry, I’ve sent out a lot of press releases and made enquiries about the possibility of holding a mini Open Day within Wood Dalling’s own Christmas Market in the Village Hall on December 1. […]

Urban Field A symposium dedicated to contemporary craft practice is to be held this week in Surrey. Discussing rural and Urban crafts the content looks very good with some interesting speakers contributing. I am interested to note that Dr Ian […]

title: text:, week 26

BaseNorth have been looking around the Sunniside area for alternative sites for our exhibition. There are many empty offices and shops up for sale, which we are going to contact to find out whether we can rent one of these […]

Minnis-bay is cold

I am now back from Galway; I visited the opening of TULCA. The visit was interesting not least because I met so many fascinating people, writers, artists, makers, curators and people working within the arts field. There were about 150 […]

the friday peer review session went really well. nearly 100% (15 people) attendance and new faces who have been writing for the blog but whom we have not yet met. it was all a bit chaotic, since we decided to […]

I'm finding the idea of working with an established gallery more and more appealing. Not least because of the number or emails, meetings, conversations, and false starts seemingly inherent with artist led/alternative venue shows. The fantasy goes like this – […]

Max Hymes I have discovered a really interesting visual artist who uses marquetry within his work. Max Hymes is a sculptor whose works incorporate various elements of traditional craft alongside modern materials, concepts and techniques. I like his approach and […]

Stress levels are rising, as is the pile of lights, wiring and projectors, in what was once the living room. I have reached that familiar point where I now know what I should have done and how I should have […]

I am having a complete nightmare out here everything is going wrong…. I went to the UK last weekend just for few days. I had an interview for a commission work with the Woodland Trust and Green Arc organised by […]

The show was a great success. Although there was torrential down-pour at the opening of the show, quite a few people came. On the second day, Fraire Barnes, an editor of the BBC Collective came to visit the show, and […]

I missed a seminar yesterday because I had to teach. It was about pricing and selling my work which is something I have always had difficulty with. When someone asks to buy something I've made I have to fight down […]

On Thursday we opened our new exhibition, 'Serious Playtime!'. Based on the idea of play – whether it be children's games, dramatics, or anything in between… “…we are confident that 'Serious Playtime!' will provide experiences that people will not forget, […]