I want to use this space to reflect on, and find my own balance between these three aspects in relation to my art practice. I make porcelain domestic objects and I seek to improve their technical detail and their meaning.
Miss B’s Salons are regular discussion events chaired by Ruth Beale (Miss B) that bring together invited groups of artists, curators and interested parties to present and discuss their work and selected topics. They are frequently private and by invitation […]
Disappointment on Friday: having struggled across a raw, sleety Norwich through the rush hour, acutely aware that it was only five minutes before the printers was due to close for the weekend, I arrived to find that Kalender hadn't been […]
02/03/08 The journey home did not go exactly as planned. After waiting for an hour for the 305 at Bedford bus station, a cold brutal place, I phoned the National Express emergency number. I wasn’t really sure it was an […]
our postman is sweet, even the dog loves him….he talks on his bike on his mobile phone all the time…..he still hasn't brought any postcards…
02/02/08Eva’s maiden voyage was a bit of a flop. As I had feared the river was full of rowers rowing. However the weather was ideal so, after a little walk, I went to find a quietish spot to launch her. […]
Victoria Court Interiors, Nottingham
13-20 November 2007
New Labour consultation paper which challenged cultural professionals and educationalists to provide a new and coherent direction for creative learning, and for encouraging creativity through culture.
Maps opportunities and barriers facing the African, Caribbean and Asian visual arts sector.
A year long residency in West Penwith: Re-Connecting: layers of people and place; feet to ground (of practice); practice within sites of wider context www.veronicavickery.co.uk
My regular blogging habit established last year has waned a bit in 2008. My last post refers to the work I was making for the show in Galway some seven weeks ago. It is now the end of January and […]
New challenge – finding an author to write the text for the exhibition catalogue. Looked on Interface, lots of writers but how do I begin finding the right person?
01/01/08Last night I was filming late in the gallery. It was an important moment as an iceberg was being slowly dragged into position by an electric mule. I was reminded of Scott's boyish faith in the tracked snow machines that […]
So Re-Connections then… Sounds good! Its that getting started thing, the blank canvas. But now its a blank screen with an even more unknown audience. This blog has come about as a result of putting together a proposal to the […]
Failed to launch boat but I wasn't thwarted by the weather rather the batteries for the receiver. They just took all day to charge up. Instead I spent the day wrestling with my magnum opus. It was really beginning to […]
Nothing yet. Off for another stomp around the shropshire hills….
Today my planning has gone awry. My son has had tonsillitis all week and I have managed to juggle things to cover my time at St George's but today I can't. I have had to put up a notice and […]
Vinyl Marquetry I've tried to incorporate other materials into my work and plastic is one that isn't entirely alien to marquetry. 'Marquetry' by Pierre Raymond is a comprehensive book that charts the history, development, tools and techniques of the craft. […]
31/01/08Today was windy and cold we were even struck by a sudden hailstorm as the driver wove the coach up the A428. This time I forgot my headphones a mistake I instantly regretted as a young man spent the whole […]
