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I thought for my last blog post I would copy a letter that I wrote to Wendy and Fred the octogenarian powerhouse behind the whole festival. I met them again recently at a launch for the accompanying book to the […]

Just under three weeks to go until Rebecca Ilett and I embark on our travels (with many thanks to a-n for a grant!) and a chance to introduce our first host, artist Elisa Vladilo who lives and works in Trieste, […]

With each week into the residency at Kala art Institute, we became a part of the community of local and international printmakers working there. I have taken part in various artists’ residencies in the past ten years, and find the […]

Getting more of a feel for Grünau now I am on a bicycle, thanks to Paul. Spent the day at our allocated workspace – an empty shop – working along side Folke. We are making a wax mural, on plywood boards […]

As we both began to find a rhythm to the way of working together efficiently in Kala printmaking studio, prints began to emerge. Each of us seemed tentative initially, to make the first move. It was like we were creatively […]

First, a visit to the centre of Leipzig, where impressive medieval buildings sit side by side with their modern neighbours. Then, an afternoon spent at D21 helping prepare the exhibition space, where  five artists will show work as part of […]

So it was half term for the kids, the older one was busy studying for her GCSEs and the smaller one and I were lucky enough to spend a few days in Bruges/ Brugge. We arrived via Eurostar in the […]

I have been putting together and framing the work for the Open Studios coming up, the work is framed, the statement written, the lists are being done, the publicity is to be picked up on Wednesday and distributed. And to […]

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Not a daily blog! Meant to be but due to lack of internet access it has been reduced to this. It actually made the residency better as there were no distractions. Just finished Prefab-Lab with  curators, Elaine Fisher and Lucy […]