I’ve ummed and aahed about posting this piece of work as I can’t decide if it is an instructional sketch book piece purely for myself, or whether I might do more. I’m currently on the side of just for me… […]
On following a suggested link, from a comment on my last blog on studio space, I have discovered an artist who has some similarities with my own practice. A slight obsession with the subject of water. He seems to be […]
News briefing with national and international stories, including: Towner Art Gallery appoints new director; Chuck Close accused of sexual misconduct by four more women; potential Merz Barn buyer says it won’t be shipped to China.
Various adventures in Letterpress with an aim to inform and improve my practice and explore the possibility of future collaborations.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from a-n’s Events section posted by members, with exhibitions and events in Eastbourne, Hull, London and Warrington.
Hello there, I am Korean artist, and I have been the UK for five months. I am interested in Feminism and other social issues such as suicide and poor environment of artists. I would like to meet various artists in […]
I’m making a noose for myself_2012- In Seoul, there is a famous bridge, Mapo Bridge, which is referred to as the ‘Suicide Bridge’ because, tragically, many people jump off this bridge to take their lives. Personally, I do not […]
A series of sculptures based the strange equivalence of architecture of financial districts across the world. The series examines the idea that today’s tallest towers are more than simply buildings: they represent a belief system that is ubiquitous throughout the […]
The Herefordshire-based painter Clare Woods has developed a series of eight large-scale oil on aluminium works for her new show at Warwick Arts Centre’s Mead Gallery, reflecting an ongoing move away from abstraction towards more figurative paintings. Anneka French talks to the artist about scale, process and her photographic source material.
As a result of a micro-commission myself and four other artists will be making new work culminating in a public viewing on 31 January as part of the Artwalk Wakefield event from 5-9pm. My work will be based in studio M5 at The Art […]
Went into Ipswich today to meet up with a couple of arty friends from my time at Suffolk University. We all feel the need for a good studio space. They share a studio space at the Atrium at the university […]
2018 has already started to be a year of creativity and design. This has been spurred in part by my recent recovery from PTSD, using EMDR therapy. In the darkness I made myself a vow, to shine a light on what I do. So, my first commission heads to its new owner this afternoon.
After a number of short-term pilot schemes, Mother House has partnered with Create London to launch a new studio space for women with children in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham which, if the three-month pilot is successful, will become a permanent fixture. Lydia Ashman reports.
Photograph by Stu Allsopp with the object based installation for the show. It’s been a while since my last painting exhibition – due to working in other media, and in my roles as project manager and mentor – and showing […]
Jane Fox has been making drawings along the chalk pathways of the South Downs. Some mark time forward and time backwards as the artist moves through the landscape, and others have been made by the action of scrubbing. This work […]
