Last Thursday I attended an event at the Baltic 39 as part of ‘The Curves of the Needle’ exhibition. The evening comprised of two performances by students currently completing their MA in Fine Art at Northumbria University. The first was […]
Artist statement Ruth Claxton is known for her large scale, site responsive installations and public sculptures which often use reflective and mirrored surfaces to create complex, interconnecting visual ‘worlds’. Referencing display systems and architecture and drawing on languages of […]
On the evening of the Monday 30th June 2014, I arrived in Paris for the start of my research residency at Centre Pompidou. The event (part exploration of the archive, part conference) had been organised in response to the 25th […]
Over the past weeks, the construction and creation of Sentinel in wood has been completed, with in-the-making changes evolving and taking effect. An essential part of the making – as Sentinel is not a simple scaling-up of the maquette but […]
Here is a sneak preview of my work that was published in ‘Art Ascent’s’ magazine before ive brought a copy of it… This time its glass and ceramics work that’s has been selected – which I entered under the […]
My focus is absolutely on preparing for the exhibition at R-Space Gallery, but inspired by Sonia Boué I thought I’d give you a visual post – a sequence of my last seven artlings, featuring old things, new things, borrowed and blue things, […]
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and call for entries, Uliana Apatina has been annnounced as the recipient of the inaugural Kim Fielding Award for experimental arts.
My week in the white space as part of the 10 project has started. So far I have found the process extremely pleasant. The space its self is a great size perfect for hanging my painting and because the walls […]
Re:view professional development bursary progress blog
I have been working on the finger stitching work for a while now and had begun to feel stuck, like it had reached a point where it had become stagnant. I felt like I no longer really felt connected to […]
Report of a one-year Creative Scotland funded project that investigated the “collective” business model for designer-makers in Scotland.
A sequence of 33 images posted daily as an artwork on for twitter
I’ve been feeling physically quite unwell. Easter’s been and gone and I hardly noticed. A viral infection – probably flu – completely wiped me out. I’m slowly recovering, but on top of all that, I’ve been undergoing some pretty invasive […]
15 april 2015 Gathering thoughts on practice Phrases: wood for the trees, bathe in ignorance, raging torrent, pull your socks up, man up, sheer weight of traffic, gulf between dream and reality…all phrases I am drawn to. Bathe in ignorance […]
The PaperFields Hay team had the launch of our 2nd exhibition in the series last night to a good turn out. The artists: Kate Morgan-Clare, Daisy Rickards (curator), Alex Weaver, Jack Clough, Rosie Daffern and myself all enjoyed an evening […]
This was about six months after I have had my last treatment battling Leukemia. I am starting to get my strength back, my hair is growing back, but as my Mum said while she was watching the film, ‘you […]
For a few weeks now we have been working on a brief for the architects and I find that a very creative and stimulating process. A brief could take many forms but we decided to make a number of mind […]
In the lead up to artist-led Transition Gallery’s latest exhibition, which features works by six recent British School at Rome residency holders, we speak to artist and curator Cathy Lomax about her reasons for reconnecting with fellow residency holders, and to Archie Franks and Ursula Burke about the impact the residencies had on their practice.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize has announced it is open for submissions for the 2015 edition.
I find it fascinating working with the metamorphosis of a material, being affected by the passage of time and natural forces.. the notion of change. The process is therefore an integral part in the evolution of my work, the decisions/experiences […]
Begin with ideas, embrace chance, subvert expectation, trust the process, celebrate an open outlook with a smile at the ready, propose peaceful honesty as a solution.
In Glasgow, wandering around Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery and the Burrell Collection, “Angel’s Nightie” was never far from my mind. In fact it was pressing down on me with many urgent questions requiring answers. Back in Eastbourne, before leaving […]
If you have any spare time could you take a look at my artist website and help me make it better. I have had it for about a year now and keep changing it round but wanted to see what […]
