For most of my life I’ve tried to please other people in what I do…my parents, my teachers, friends and family. But this time, I’ve given up trying to please or fit in with expectations in my painting. I’m […]
I have gotten some new ways to display my books. These bookcases can spin !!! revealing space for more books behind the front panel. I have decided this will be good as a interaction piece. I am currently making more […]
After a long await I am happy to say that I have finally got my new shelf, I have decided to place a few new books on it for now. The reason I have done this is because needed more […]
I have started a walking group linked to this research project. Would welcome views and interest in walking with us.
Chat between writer and curator Michael Hill, and artist Sam Venables about new Gallery project IT’S FRIDAY- opening at Glasgow International Festival 2016. THANKS A-N FOR SUPPORT VIA NEW COLLABORATIONS BURSARY SCHEME.
Preparations underway with fellow student for 10PRJCT. Not going to give too much away at this stage – more images will follow next week…our theme is ‘Ties’ and my contribution is relying heavily on some hi-tech wizardry! A little prep work…
Zurich theatre where movement was founded 100 years ago seeks $13.1m from benefactor to help preserve historic building.
Artist Talk: Adam Chodzko, Thursday, February 18th, 17:15 – 19:30, Studio 1, Jarman Building Thoughts and connections in response to Adam Chodzko’s talk yesterday at the University of Kent about “the work he made for Tate’s 2013 exhibition Schwitters in Britain that explored the distant, […]
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s Events section, including three exhibitions, an artists’ crit session and a talk on overcoming barriers to artists’ residencies.
One of the largest collaborative film projects ever produced is to premiere at the annual art festival in Brighton and Hove.
At last, I can now say that I’ll be taking part in this year’s Threshold event in Liverpool. http://thresholdfestival.co.uk/alchemy-visual-arts/ I’ve known for a few weeks, but they asked us to keep quiet until they rolled out the publicity for it. […]
My Maypole women do not have partners, they dance round and round alone yet together, but tied to the pole . A dance that was repeated each Spring, colourful celebratory yet somehow spooky.
Still working on our Pop Up exhibition 10 Together to be ready for Monday week! I have enjoyed making the skirts for the Maypole dancers from reclaimed paper lamp shades {a bit raggetty with age and me hitting them when […]
“if you practice something you’ll get better at it.” says the australian professor in connection to being hard on one self. hi. i’ve started an online course in mindfulness. i passed my forest school progression week. the practical day on […]
Today I have been busy setting up my artists portfolio online. I intend on creating a hard copy of my portfolio but I have always thought that an online blog serves to be the most functional. An online portfolio increasingly […]
James, watercolour and pencil on paper, 42.0 x 59.4cm. Self-portrait, watercolour and pencil on paper, 42.0 x 59.4cm. Here are two finished mixed media portraits, one of my boyfriend, and the other is a self portrait. It wasn’t until I […]
Writing my artists statement is something that I have been thinking about doing for a while. Previous statements have written consist of several descriptive lines that vaguely sum up what I am as an artist. Previous statements explain what medium […]
Repetition. A woman walks up a stone staircase, but new parameters set. A projector that I cradle in my hands. A torch. New rules. 4 minutes of ‘exposure’, 20 repeat presses, 20 small gestures. Memory disruption/memory interruption. A fleeting personal […]
Today I have tried out a test run for an idea that I wasn’t sure would work. I did a plaster cast of the ground (my garden). The outcome has showed that it could work but a few changes would be needed. Here is a step by step guide on what I did: I made up the plaster cast and let it thicken so that when I pour it into the ground it would not fall into the smallest of holes and would not run anywhere I didn’t want it too. When it had thicken I put the frame (an old canvas frame) down onto the ground where I wanted it. I then poured in the plaster, there was a little that went past the borders but I was not too worried about that, when I do this properly I will make more plaster and so the border would be needed more. When poured, I put some cling film over the top to stop anything from going into the plaster but I did realise that I could have put it underneath the frame so the plaster would still run over all the bumps but not collect any of the debris in the mud. I had to wait roughly 15 minutes for the plaster to dry and when I did pull the plaster away from the mud it was extremely easy but it was covered in mud and stones and took a long time to clean. The plaster cast has a lot of stones and mud embedded in it but this has not deterred me from this project because I believe that it could be a successful (in my eyes) project to do.
I’ve decided we’re going to blog every day whilst our crowdfunding campaign is running on indiegogo. So the latest update is we have reached 4% of our funding goal in the first day. If we keep going at that […]
