Untitled blog post from "Petrification ✄ A Cardboard Gorgon’s Undertaking [paper to stone]"
Test Tile (agaric) Terracotta tile with pieces of crushed casting slip Bisque | 960 °C Glaze | Botz, Coral Red & Lava | 1040 °C
Test Tile (agaric) Terracotta tile with pieces of crushed casting slip Bisque | 960 °C Glaze | Botz, Coral Red & Lava | 1040 °C
Test (organic trypophobia tube) Slip trailed layers of terracotta on found cardboard tube Bisque | 1040 °C
Untitled Object(s) Brushed layers of stoneware on found cardboard objects with final layer of terracotta Separate elements | bisque fired | 960 °C Bisque fired elements joined with slip Second bisque | 1040 °C Glaze | Botz, Ironstone with stoneware […]
Musky Stang (stoneware with string, feathers and patchouli oil) Rolled stoneware lengths, dried, cut to size and joined with slip Layers of paper thin terracotta stuck on surface Bisque | 960 °C Terracotta slip with found mixed glaze (frosty rust […]
Test Tile (spiral) Stoneware tile with slip trailed terracotta spiral Bisque fired | 1040 °C Glaze | Botz, Glossy Ochre | 1040 °C
Dial of Divine Offerings Dial: stoneware layers brushed onto styrofoam base from frozen pizza, final layer terracotta Detail: stoneware slip poured into bottle tops Mushroom: stoneware elements cast in found plaster moulds with layer of terracotta Bisque fired | 1040 […]
Throughout the time of the research project, thanks to the bursary, I had been able to travel down to London many times to attend meet-ups and workshops; two of these occasions stand out as milestones, either by allowing me to […]
Intention: to develop my current practice beyond cardboard structures and explore a move into ceramic, focusing on the sculptural possibilities and limitations of paper clay to create more robust forms with the potential to endure outdoor environments.
We started our trip through Caucasus with a visit to Armenia. We only had four days there and it was Easter Holiday so some galleries and museums were closed, also lots of people we wanted to meet were to busy […]
Last time I wrote I was going back and forth deciding how I should approach the 2 large blank canvases that were resting against the wall in my studio. I finally decided I was going to approach one by using […]
Revisiting an old friend and inspiration
Information about setting up as a limited company and interviews with creative businesses
My aim with the a-n bursary I received was to build an imaginary subterranean location as a basis for an art work which in its most basic form is both open-ended and critically interesting for the player to explore. The […]
The A-N bursary has funded continued research project that began with ‘Anatomy of an artist’, a commission for Independent Dance/Siobhan Davies in May 2016 and the ‘Art of Self Care’ seminar at Bethlem Royal Hospital, July 2016. Both the commission […]
Robert Leckie moved to Bristol’s Spike Island earlier this year after nearly a decade at Gasworks in London. He looks back with pride on an exciting and eventful 2018.
In December I joined Davin on a residency at Wassaic Project in Wassaic, a small Hamlet upstate in New York. Wassaic Project comprises two sites for studios and project spaces in a disused mill and a disused auction mart, and […]
Part five of a series of blog posts documenting my research visit to the Finish Bioarts Society.
The a-n bursary that supported my research and training into setting up a dedicated arts radio station culminated in webcasting a pilot for an online radio station that ran from 7 to 21 December 2018. Here is the second part […]
So how do you move on? Pain and ongoing ill-health will undoubtedly continue on both fronts as my husband and I straddle that (in?)significant number 60. I think, by way of looking back and realising that growth is possible under […]
I tend to do some sort of year-end review, and write my findings. These can be a bit of a slog, they are ostensibly for my own benefit, although I welcome any comments that I might have struck a chord, […]
thank goodness for the break. i’m returning to thinking about things i’ve not had space to consider and the first of these has been the about me on my website. i took the decision to have an about me section […]