I have spent a lot of time looking at the nature of sculpture through creating sculpture using paint as the medium. I always think it is going to be a problem knowing when something is finished in the abstract but […]
Bristol based artist wins £8,000 award to create new work for solo exhibition at artist-run London gallery Standpoint in 2017.
Professional development bursary progress
My usual video editing programme has been deleted after Windows forced an update so here is the original video of Suspended Animation. The light represents a heartbeat with a rapid starting pace and slowly transitioning to a stop. Representing the […]
I have been working with the i2c protocol to communicate the motor speed information from one Arduino to another. There is so much help available online for this sort of thing.
New work by leading international and Scottish artists, alongside a focus on the work of ‘The Next Generation of Artists’, will be among the highlights of the 13th edition of the UK’s largest annual festival of visual art.
In October I was wondering where else can I take my work, how else can I show my interest in nature but in a new and exciting way. I had already explored mud painting and leaving materials outside but I […]
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This post has been pasted in from my general blog “Threads“. It tells the tale of the search so far, before the award of the bursary. I think it’s useful to have it here too… Neat and tidy…. AUDIOBLOG […]
A few edits from the Suspended Animation shoot.
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here I am interested in the concept of cognitive dissonance. It is a very human condition. We don’t practice what we preach. The left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. I can quite […]
I was looking for things to add into my research folder and I found this article on The Mail; there is a image 1/2 way down the article. There is a moving image/text that shows how I remember seeing letters […]
I’ve been looking at the possibility of incorporating text into my work. I’ve continued to look at right wing social media posts, particularly the comments that are left behind by Facebook users. I’ve played around with different ways of combing […]
Culture minister Ed Vaizey has announced the publication of The Culture White Paper, the first government white paper on culture in England for over 50 years.
After reflecting on my subject matter, it led me to also think about the sources I use for my portraits, particularly why I use photographs rather than working from life. I think it has always been a big part of […]
Major retrospective of Turner prize winning artist in Nottingham
This week I have spent a lot of time on Photoshop CS6 digitally manipulating medical illustrations. As you are probably aware from my previous blog posts I did struggle doing this to begin with, however persistence and step-by-step guides meant […]
NVA has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Creative Scotland to save the iconic modernist building and bring it back to life as an arts centre and heritage destination.
Four artists have been shortlisted for UK’s first dedicated award for sculpture, with the winner receiving £30,000.
I have been up to my ankles (literally!) in porcelain slip for the last 10 days. My studio has turned white and everything in it is covered in a white residue left over from the slip that abounds. This is […]
