I am pleased to announce my participation as an Artist in Residence with the ground breaking ‘Art In Manufacturing’ project. As part of the first ever National Festival of Making, supported by arts commissioners Super Slow Way and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
My piece in the ‘Oil Black’ series was worked in an A3 sketchbook using black washi tape and black pens, then lines added with a fine white oil pen. The tape had an oily sheen to it in some lights […]
Do most people just go ahead and make the work because realistically most people on here don’t have the exposure to worry about lawsuits or is it good practice to sort permissions if needed first?
I have started making some very small pieces indeed. I generally have a fondness for working on a large scale. At home in North Wales I usually feel comfortably enclosed within the landscape: high horizons, high hedges and banks, trees, […]
Etsy for fine art – naff or not? I had a conversation with a non-artist recently who said she had the impression that a platform like Etsy was “a bit naff” for fine artists. I get it… but on […]
Today’s walk: a gentle 8.3 mile ramble (according to Mapometer.com) taking in the coastal access path, the village shop in Toab, the airport runway – twice – and (almost) the Ness of Burgi. In other words, a walk around the […]
This blog will document some of my experiences as one of the 38 designer/makers selected for the Crafts Council’s Hothouse programme.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and this week taking us to Cornwall, London, Somerset and Warwickshire.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: first new gallery space in 26 years created at the National Gallery in London, police raid artist’s Berlin studio and seize artwork, Dalston gallery LD50 closes after protests.
i’m processing being successful again. i must be successful at being unsuccessful as yet again i find myself being unsuccessful. my practice doesn’t really want to cover being unsuccessful however i do seem to avail opportunities for myself to […]
Hi. I joined here yesterday and haven’t yet received an email to agree my membership. I would have thought I would have had that quickly followed by insurance documents. Does anyone have experience of this? Thanjs, Alyson
Readiness Where do I start? It appears that my art musings are somewhat patchy yet again. However I do feel that there is a connection and a convergence in a way which I will try to explain. I was recently […]
Mainly I am thinking – what on earth to write in this blog today? A band of rain is passing westwards at the moment, and I really do not fancy going out, not even to draw in the Foul Weather […]
I think my dad has had all his tests for now. While waiting for him to emerge from his last scan, I started talking to someone in the waiting room who turned out to be a former local journalist (working for a […]
