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Dead Pigeon Gallery and beyond…

by Jayne Lawless

Stranger Things made me write ‘and beyond…’ after the title of this blog and I probably need stop ending things with divvy ‘spooky’ sayings – but it’s a temporary wonder and will fade! It’s a cracking bit of telly though and […]

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Fire! Fire! Fire!

by Constantine Gras

Personal and artistic reflections on the past 6 months in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire and starting an Arts Council England funded project.

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A Work In Progress

by Jo Clements

Trying to find the right words to describe my coaching practice following my completion of the RD1st coaching for artists course funded by a bursary from a-n The Artist Information Company.

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Kim Yong-Ik by Judith Alder

by Chris Sharratt

Eastbourne-based writer Judith Alder reflects on the work of South Korean artist Kim Yong-Ik, in the sixth of eight pieces informed by seeing the artist’s exhibition, ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’, at Spike Island, Bristol As young artists, we rush through […]

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Bigger & Better?

by Elena Thomas

Bigger isn’t necessarily better. I’ve frequently gone off on one at students who think that development of a piece of work means doing it bigger. The same, just bigger. Why? What does this achieve? What does bigger say that smaller […]

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The Finnish landscape and its influence.

by Sanna Charles

Finland is well known for its vast stretches of forest and farmland broken up by some 187,888 lakes, the navigation of water through the land has over the year’s determined suitable areas for settlement and coincided with the development of […]

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Xuzhen Supermarket

by Trevor H. Smith

All is not as it first appears to be as Xu Zhen converts the shop at Sadie Coles Gallery into a functional Chinese supermarket.

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More Lace

by Kate Moorish

Painting on Lace – The great power of lace inspired Fred Fabre’s exploration of the sensuality of iconic fashion accessories.

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TORN

by Jessie Davies

Torn From friends and family From children and land From work and school From hopes and dreams From body, soul and mind “we just get on with it” TORN is a powerful exhibition exploring women’s experience of war, conflict and […]

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Selling to shops..HOW..?

by Scarlet Gunn

I teach workshops & also sell my stuff online but would love to sell to shops, my problem is I am extremely shy & have tried to talk to retailers face to face but get so tongue tied, forget what […]

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Still Köln

by emma gregory

If you remember, I’ve been working with Jutta Vollmer at Kölner Graphikwerkstatt. I have come with a second idea in mind. We will draw on both sides of a piece of paper and manipulate, fold or cut the paper to create a […]

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Washed up

by Louise Kenward

Flotsam is the term used for objects that float away from a boat, jetsam is thrown over board. Flotsam and jetsam get washed up, eventually.  Colourful pathways of detritus, signs of human activity out at sea, plastic mostly. Nylon rope, […]

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Kim Yong-Ik by Martin Hamblen

by Chris Sharratt

The fifth 800-word piece informed by seeing Kim Yong-Ik’s ‘I Believe My Works Are Still Valid’ exhibition at Spike Island, Bristol is by the Preston-based writer Martin Hamblen. A box hanging from the ceiling, above head height. An invigilator interrupts us, […]

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Woods to Where Else: first meet up

by Clare Smith

So pleased to be part of the Woods to Where Else project. The first meet up was on Saturday and it was really exciting to meet the other artists involved. The day consisted of an introduction to the project and […]

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