This year’s 50-page a-n Degree Shows Guide 2015 features more than 75 forthcoming shows across the UK, plus perspectives from artists, curators, academics and graduating students on what artist Bob and Roberta Smith refers to as an “incredible rite of passage”.
after looking at various options to attach the sculptures to the wall I decided the best method was to insert something actually into the sculpture, I decided to use wooden dowels as they were strong and made from a natural […]
when I done this piece I realised it had stuck to the mirror I had put it on that then gave me the idea of mounting the pieces vertically and filming the piece until such time it falls of and […]
Can anyone help? I run Pop up art galleries from different (secure) locations and I’m looking for insurance to cover works in transit and it situ. I sell artists work (not my own work so not eligible for the a-n insurance). I […]
Questions I began by explaining that after Christmas my colleague at the studios would be coming in, and that we should come up with some questions to ask him. Hands went up straight away, which I was pleased about […]
Having reviewed the previous day’s activities writing the blog I began the day with defined strategies, a sort of map of activities to follow. I recognise I’m alternating between working intuitively responding onsite, and defining parameters within which to work. […]
my next step was to test out a smaller version of a bigger piece I wanted to do, this involved a pile of figures about 15kg or 200 figures piled together all at different stages of caramelization, the idea was […]
Setup This week setup was short and sweet as there wasn’t much that needed doing, I had brought with me some worksheets I’d created to fill the gap of the logbooks for the time being, as I felt last […]
Today I got my first view of what’s been going on in the workshop in Roskilde. My first impression: wow, it’s big! Of course I knew it was going to be big, but it takes a moment to adjust to […]
I liked this process but I enjoyed the photographs of the pieces more, but I couldn’t get the photographs professional enough because what I enjoyed about the photographs was the reflections running through them and to get a more professional […]
A new vase stencil design? I would say that it was not easy getting hold of this design as it was quite a blurry vase when I first saw it online. So I had to just take it anyway and […]
A recent vase stencil design? Yeah… I would say that I not only picked out another of my vase stencils but I have also made quite a challenge for myself. Before doing any of this vase printing I had already […]
On Tuesday I headed for the printing room thinking on how I could to get my prints looking good , preparation is the key here.. Thinking to myself this is rather like a ritual, I had my lovely new […]
Acme reveal the winner of award open to current studio residents.
My favourite gadget is my iPad, which resides right next to bed, within reach even when the kitchen moves out of walking-range, sitting up is hard to do and my arms are too tired to – almost anything. I use […]
I have finally finished this painting, I put two of the square canvases I made together, one was a canvas that I was having no success with. These canvases have oil paint, acrylic, gloss and emulsion as well as coloured […]
K is for Kali Martial-Arts, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports ‘Arnis/Eskrima/Kali – The three are roughly interchangable umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines. These arts emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, blades, improvised weapons and hand-to-hand fighting which […]
Today Kollektiv Gallery give away their business model, by launching free A-Z manual for crowdfunding creative projects and opening pop-up galleries.
Setup Unfortunately during this week I found out that the log books used for Arts Award are currently being remade and are at the printers now, which means they won’t be ready for use until next year. So I […]
Set Up This week I didn’t come in early to speak with Millie; I just started setting up the whiteboard for the erasing meanness exercise. Using suggested words from the website, it took me about 20 minutes to set […]
