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Untitled blog post from "Inter-tidal"
from sketching at two bird reserves over the last few months, ideas for capturing the relationship for birds and the water -with it’s seasonal movements- are emerging.. these preliminary paintings are called ‘signs of spring’ a series within the bulk […]
Decorating Room 1
Room 1 Laying out printed mugshot wallpaper Wallpaper attached to card inside room 1 I have made 3 wooden boxes for my miniature rooms. I have decided to stick my printed mugshot wallpaper to card which will fit into the […]

EU referendum: An artist responds in Newcastle
A recent artists’ discussion at The NewBridge Project, Newcastle saw three pro-EU speakers stressing the importance of voting to remain in the forthcoming EU Referendum. North East-based artist Lesley Guy reports.

Prayers of Steel
A collection of found images from social media, printed out as 6″x4″ ‘snaps’ with the comment from the original poster written on the back in pencil. Arranged in a 110cmx110cm plastic ‘curtain’

Utopia Deferred
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Artlink Gallery -
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May 21, 2016 -
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Yorkshire

Medieval art made modern
Interview with Terry Bloxham, specialist in ceramics and glass at the V&A Museum and how a stained glass panel in the museum influenced my community art residency in North Kensington
Untitled blog post from "Site Specific Spurn Art"
Thank you https:www.instagram.com/p/BDIgFQAxt2V

The Possibility of Everything
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The Stone Space Gallery -
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London
Peer Mentoring Group (Meeting No. 4)
I recently watched Artsnight, presented by the artist Ryan Gander, in which he spoke about the origins of creativity and the phenomenon of ‘positive jealousy’ that is a characteristic of conversations between artists sharing their ideas (2016). In Gander’s description, […]
‘Works from the Landscape’ by Tony Wild
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Gainsborough [art]works -
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West Midlands
Specification drawing for fabricator
Tomorrow I visit Dick Stringer who may be able to help with the some of metal fabrication for my first piece Here’s the drawing
Funding for Residency
I have been offered a residency in Iceland, but I don’t think I can accept it, because I don’t know how to get funding to go. Does anybody have any advice?
Curatorial critique sessions
My A-n professional development bursary is funding a series of curatorial critique sessions focusing on the work made for my two solo shows of the first part of this year with invited curators across the country. Looking forward to […]
On not waiting
My Lost Library project started off as a wee idea – I wanted text to become movement. I have tried figuring out where my project could fit into art council wales funding and persevered longer than I ever had before […]

A Q&A with… Aaron Angell, artist and founder of Troy Town Art Pottery
As Troy Town Art Pottery moves from its first home at Open School East down the road to an outbuilding on Hoxton Street, founder and artist Aaron Angell speaks to Pippa Koszerek about his motivations and future plans for the London-based pottery.

Theatre of War
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The Town and Country Foundation and Trinity Gallery -
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South East England
Work for people to see or people to see your work?
Work for people to see or people to see your work? This is my first big art project and it has been a huge learning experience. For the last two years I’ve been growing plants to turn into paper and […]

Fotofest and me
In 2016 I was awarded an AN Travel Bursary to go to Fotofest: one of the oldest Photography Biennials in the world. The outcome was new friendships, new contacts and a whole new comprehension about the inner workings of the museum world.

Pictures of… ‘unrealised’ creative potential of empty art school studios
During the summer months of 2011 and 2012, Paul Winstanley travelled around Britain photographing the unpopulated studios of every degree-conferring art school in the country. Now translated into a series of paintings and prints, the work is currently on show at Alan Cristea Gallery in London.
Untitled blog post from "Procrastinations of a working man."
Almost two weeks since my last update. In this time I have decided to make my drawings several sizes larger than they currently are (in average paper terms). This is partly due to the fact that I always envisioned […]
The Force of The Enigmatic
For a couple of years my work centered on a letter from my father. (The letter had remained hidden among a pile of correspondence for many years after his death). It became the subject of my dissertation and of studio […]
Making Plaster Moulds for Sun God
To create my Sun God I’ve decided that all the elements to be used in it’s construction need to be cast into the plaster in one pour to give more strength to the structure, rather than trying to fix them […]
The Friar had been out with The Pardoner
and consequently was not able to elucidate or elaborate on the Wife of Bath’s question. She sighed again, knowing it would be a long sleepless night, but to cheer herself up she had a sneeky peek at the Friar’s diary. […]
Feeling my way into new work
Studio shot after the big tidy. This is a short blog post to share a video link which I’m excited about. It features the new panels I’d squirrelled away for the Artist’s Eye project. I’ve also worked out how to […]