It has been a hectic and heavily timetabled life. I lost August and September to strict days of printing and running between the studio and the hire room where the large boxes were installed ready to be worked on. Evenings […]
This is the longest gap in my blog since I started it in April. It’s not that nothing has been happening. Far from it. But the run up to the wedding and then a few glorious days in Venice (with […]
Feedback There haven't been any reviews of RSVP so I did a very uncool thing. I flicked through AN reviews unedited, picked a reviewer almost, but not quite, at random (sorry Jack) and emailed him suggesting he review the show. […]
BMPD EVENT 21ST NOVEMBER 2007 Julian Sutherland-Beatson, organiser of Eastbourne Open Houses, will be giving an update on Open Houses news at our event at Eastbourne Town Hall on Wednesday 21st November. A panel of experienced artists will lead discussions […]
The Dalai Lama There has been a bit of hullabaloo recently that I have not mentioned. The Chinese Government was furious about the US giving the Dalai Lama a congressional medal. Here in Beijing the English tv channel CCTV9 reported […]
Some modes of transport in Beijing
And just a few more
Straw Marquetry Marquetry isn't exclusive of wood, which I may have appeared to have overlooked so far. Shell, mother of pearl and straw are among other materials that are able to be inlaid in some form to be known as […]
Writing this blog has gradually become quite an important part of my practice, so much so that it feels strange when I don't post an entry on a regular basis. The Inishlacken Project has entered a quiet phase and there […]
Unfortunately the BaseNorth exhibition will not be happening at the Rednile gallery space as was originally intended. We have been told that the owner needs to get in and we must get out. We have been in contact with Sunniside […]
Jodi (my studio-mate) and I getting competitive! In a healthy way, a health that in no small way comes from our practices being so different. I'll explain; we're getting competitive about the amount we're each doing to develop our own […]
Background I was introduced to the Specials Lab through an artist agency called Musa, who represent me on a non- exclusive basis. The client had been attracted by an installation piece of mine which I call 'Gesthalt'. In this piece […]
The Foundling Museum, London
28 September – 18 November 2007
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
19-21 October 2007
Ceramic artists Elise Austrin, Karen Atherley, Jo Davies, Akiko Hirai and Joanna London are amongst exhibitors in ‘Handmade 07’, being held at Chelsea Old Town Hall 27-30 November.
…I have two… …square eyes… …but for my labours also a bag full of useful websites… …I am floating in a bubble of excellent information… …let the waters break, it’s time for the delivery of this overdue art baby… […]
So far there have been two anecdotes contributed from the cards in the gallery. There have been no responses by e-mail. I have started gathering some memories from different sources now and have three more interviews with keepers and gallery […]
Don’t know where time is going but days seem to be flying by. I’ve been here now for over a month and still struggling with my French, I guess you can’t learn that fast…. I have started to make some […]
Have filled in the pre-application form for the Welsh Heritage Lottery Fund. While I got some help from them before to do some of the interviews I now need more money for a print on demand book and a multimedia […]
Since the 'Publish!' exhibition came down, and whilst we take submissions for 'Serious Playtime!' (opening 8th November) Gallery Glue has become host to Newline and friends, a prestigious group of graffiti artists/designers who have also shown at the Baltic for […]
Morning Market Have taken some 200 images of the morning market outside the flat. These can form a kind of animation that I am fond of doing in Director. I take the photos using a stills camera and tripod. Cross-fading […]
Translations from Kelly I have the translations of the Tuanjiehu Park interviews back from Kelly, which is great news. It is interesting reading indeed. Here is an example of one – 1. What do cricket and cicada songs mean to […]
Some interesting artworks
and a few more. No image but Koh San Keum’s work at C5Art, Sanlitun is really worth a look [Korean Project].
Can’t seem to stop writing this blog tonight…. We are having a farewell bbq come show-and-tell night at Bei Gao on Tuesday 23rd. Quite a number of us are coming to the end of our residencies at the end of […]
