cool, misty a final visit at the end of a project au revoir to a summer fling with a kind of freedom speeding along near empty roads all the way leaving Calais behind heading south arrive at the chateau mid-afternoon […]
Collecting together some materials to help keep on the right track.
Adding events and opportunities to attend or visit, focusing on craft in Scotland. Trying to group together things that are either similar to the work I do or what I aspire to. Dark, macabre, Gothic, rebellious, large body adornment/jewellery/accessories/clothing. https://daughterofmercury.wixsite.com/metal […]
My paper for Coventry is just about finished and I just need to sort some images so people have something to look at, while I am talking. I’ve also been reorganising the shared studio space and have moved into the larger space […]
I finally got all the files I needed in Septempber (film and audio) and now the lengthy process of looking through over 5 hours of material with the mind of making a 5 minute excerpt begins. I will probably make […]
Some interesting online info about documenting art work… https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/tate/archives-memory/what-is-an-archive/v/live-art-salon https://www.gyst-ink.com/documentation/ https://vads.ac.uk/kultur2group/casestudies/Bristol2011.pdf https://vimeo.com/18487018 http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/39562/
An enduring and disturbing memory from the Body Extended exhibition (2016, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds), was that of disembodied prosthetics, objectified, separated and observed. The sense of the artificial limb (or disabled ‘part’) being the only thing that is engaged with is […]
In time things accumulate. It is not always easy to notice. When dust starts to collect, it is only once it has gathered in swaythes, the sun comes out and casts new light on it, that it gets noticed. Grains […]
21 and 22 October 2017 Creative Weaving Workshop with Susie Gillespie Autumn half term and a chance to take some ‘time out’ from the essential day-to-day preparation and teaching of textiles for adult education that I do find rewarding and that puts […]
Projects from a-n members selected from a-n’s busy Events section, including exhibitions and events in Gosport, London and Manchester.
This blog accompanies my a-n Professional Development Bursary supported ‘time out’ from my ‘bread-and-butter’ textile teaching, and will become a record of my work as I ‘move on’ with my personal art practice.
As a kid I became obsessed with the accordion, I’d seen street performers in Helsinki and Mikkeli in both summer and winter, and more often than not the sound was distinctly melancholic. This is due in part to the central and […]
The last of the #DigestingPolitics lunches was run by Company Drinks, a community drinks enterprise based in Barking and Dagenham that links the history of working-class east London families “going picking” to Kent with the set up of a […]
1. Working with the ice scientists
This Christmas, ditch the high street and discover original artworks and handcrafted gifts by independent artists and makers who will be opening their studios or putting up their market stalls at a range of venues throughout the UK.
News briefing featuring national and international stories, including: Creative Industries Federation expresses Budget disappointment; Putin-backed culture forum in St Petersburg sparks debate over artistic freedoms in Russia.
I have been reticent about writing this blog , aware that I may not have the necessary artistic vocabulary. Nevertheless I would say that thanks to the bursary I have been able to look into writing and journals at the […]
I decided to sort the postcards chronologically, using the postmark or handwritten date to order them. The first set was easy to order by date, and I then scanned both front and back of the postcards onto the computer. I […]
I decided that I wanted to incorporate ephemera into my work, so I bought two sets of used postcards from Ebay. The first set of 40 addressed to Mr and Mrs Benbrow , has 28 postcards which have been sent, […]
Whilst visiting York, I went to see this exhibition, although the subject matter was not directly related to my current practice, I considered the methods of curation and ways work was displayed. I always find the curation of exhibitions at […]
I was looking through a collection of ephemera passed through my family from my father’s side. I came across this postcard depicting the Motor Transport Service Corps, outside Earl’s Terrace, London in 1917. My great great grandfather, Staff Sergeant George […]
