Day 47
My new view……….moved into the booth, feels good to be in a space that is intended for making art and so close to the sea, it is a bit like being in a boat with water all around and immediately […]
My new view……….moved into the booth, feels good to be in a space that is intended for making art and so close to the sea, it is a bit like being in a boat with water all around and immediately […]
Austmarka | minus 1 degree | bright + crisp the light in the morning is vivid pink until the sun comes up around quarter to eight by the lower lake the rough grass is cropped v short white, hoary film […]
Lino print of strong woman, without armour/ but vulnerable because she is without armour……her body is her vulnerability? Want to develop but not sure how. tempted to reprint in a line of aggressive/assertive figures on fabric and stitch Rules of […]
I started reading a chapter in my new book by the Rev. Peter Owen Jones who described the way the houses were laid on the shingle peninsular at Dungeness as ‘Organic’ and without structure. He was struck by how obvious […]
Belfast-based artist Seamus Harahan wins the £10,000 Film London Jarman Award.
I am considering doing a London artist art fair in 2016 – ie representing myself; I know it’s a big financial investment – anyone have recommendations? Any good/bad experiences of particular fairs? Quality of work? I’m a professional artist/art educator, […]
There have been some fantastic artists’ books published this year and Sarah Bodman at UWE Bristol’s Centre for Fine Print Research has read most of them. Here she picks ten of her favourites.
My new home for the next 3 weeks. I have to move house, after a workshop this morning in Nesting School, then packing and tomorrow I go to the Booth at Scalloway. It is a bit disruptive to pack everything […]
I’ve been looking a lot at the Warburg Institute Library in relation to my project, and in particular at the Iconographic database. The Warburg Institute is part of the University of London, and “exists principally to further the study of […]
bedrooms are unheated floaty crispbread type curtains don’t keep out the chill that arrives in the night shattering sleep turning limbs into cold shards untidily entangling duvet with sleeper into a tight ball sunday morning tea and toast burn the […]
43 recent graduates from five West Midlands art schools will exhibit their work over four venues across the region from February 2016, as part of this large-scale partnership exhibition from Turning Point West Midlands.
-To begin my designs for prints I had to draw them out, using pencil then overlaying the designs with ink to ensure they were dark enough when printed out to burn onto the screens. Photo copied them into the mac […]
The artist-led space in Bethnal Green, founded in 2004 by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, is fighting to retain its space as developers bid for its home of nine years.
This week’s selection includes a reflection on obsolete technology in London, an exploration of fiction and alternative realities in Nottingham, and found objects and immersive environments in Oxford.
Task 1 – Organise my 4 chosen stencil prints ready for Pretty’s Exhibition *(Mandatory)* Yes… this is my task of the week to try and get all 4 of my chosen prints ready for the upcoming pretty’s exhibition for 14th […]
As time passes I feel that my experience of my practice seems to feel more intense to me. I suppose this is partially down to the impending formative assessment and also the weekly development of new skills within the workshops. […]
Huge sleety hailstones the size of large peas coming over in squalls, covering the ground within seconds, this is 3pm in the afternoon, dark, not really getting light, in between bright sunny breaks in the cloud. Walked to the top […]
Musings on the life of my paintings
Austmarka | 2 degrees | dull am not the first up tho’ its not late visit Joker (the village shop) to stock up not much green stuff here mooch around in search of tasty stuff alien floaty things in jars […]