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Lost for want of the ‘right’ hand

by Claudia Pilsl

I have always pretended that there is not much to how I take photographs hiding behind the Kodak motto ‘you press the button, we do the rest’. I would have said that I take most images singlehanded and this indeed […]

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answering the questions – one

by Andrew Martyn Sugars

things are starting to get a little more serious.  i want to submit shimmering place to doc fest 18 and this is requiring me to look at and consider questions set as a result of a meeting with part of the […]

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Artists and mental health: depression is neither romantic nor inevitable

by Alistair Gentry

Do the pressures of being an artist, with the precariousness of funding, the demands of unrealistic deadlines and the need to be seen to succeed and deliver consistently, make talking about depression and mental health tantamount to career suicide? Artist and writer Alistair Gentry, who has suffered with depression since a teenager, thinks the answer is ‘Yes’ – but that the issue is too important to keep quiet about.

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Screen Printing & Ceramic Surface | Part 4

by Deiniol Williams

Firing and Exhibition The firing of the work made with the help of a bursary from a-n The Artists Information Company took place in August 2017. A small selection of pieces would end up as part of a ceramics exhibition […]

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The workshops begin…

by Emma Summers - Storymine CIC

This past couple of months I have been busy making moulds, developing the porcelain shapes and firing the first test pieces from the casts for the project. It’s been an exciting time to see the original casts starting to take […]

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What is The Best View?

by Lucy Morrison

Endless Horizons & Ever-changing Skies: An Exploration of the Colour & Forms of the British Landscape

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Spinning – Artist in Resident at Grange School

by Nicola Smith

This project is a continuation of the performance #work where I used the action of spinning a plate that highlighted the accessibility of this simple prop. In this blog I will document my project research & development.

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Introduction

by Sean Millington

Sȯ-nə is a collaborative project between UK based artists Beth Kettel and Sean Millington. The duo share a common interest in considering and incorporating all aspects of exhibition making as artwork through working across disciplines, and through collaboration. Sȯ-nə is […]

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Sauna – Nature

by Sean Millington

Our time spent on Stockholm’s archipelago wasn’t as rich an experience as we had hoped in regards to being able to experience private saunas. We actually had a more successful time visiting private saunas whilst in the cities. We learnt […]

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City – Sauna

by Sean Millington

The bathing culture within the cities tended to over-complicate the simple nature discussed above, which correlates with the general ways of city vs country living in Sweden. There is a return to the luxurious over simple functionality like in the UK, […]

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City – Nature

by Sean Millington

There are examples of a return to utilising nature and a simple harmony of function and practicality found at Ribersborgs Kallbadhusl in Malmo and Bastun i frihamnen in Gothenburg. At Ribersborgs in particular, where, firstly, you are presented with a walk […]

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Royalties/commission

by Landscape artist

I’ve had a gallery who has reproduced some of my older prints for years, an arrangement I agreed to in my early days and the gallery has been helpful and good to me They are unlimited prints, and I sign […]

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Research Reflections #2

by Kim Walker

Rising to the Challenge One of the hardest parts of any new period of study, research or creative practice is moving on from older work and managing to keep the creativity flowing. I’ve found this challenging and probably even more […]

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