The above picture shows a shop display stand I found at car boot sale for £2. I bought it because I thought it looked similar to a stomach shape. This was the original structure of my stomach, and it represents […]
During spring 2014 issues in making our slips were resolved. Drying of clay before processing is a must and our custom made ‘Whizzer’, which fits into our drills made easy work of blending our studio made slips. Another necessary purchase […]
The Marlene Dumas exhibition was brilliant. I felt compelled to go as Sarah Bale was going on about it ad nauseum. So I went, not expecting to be wowed but ….just the opposite. Her portraits – Marlene’s not Sarah’s, […]
This week’s selection includes ‘solo’ shows in York and Nottingham by two artists who include examples of other artists’ works to create a dialogue around their own, while a double-header in Leeds sets in place a more formal conversation around the meaning of sculptural objects.
Francesca Blomfield, Archie Franks and Dale Lewis have been announced as the latest recipients of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation Painting Fellowships, a year-long programme that supports early career artists through studio time and mentoring.
The trip to Cyprus was a welcome break from the intense activity of the past several weeks. A chance to relax and just make art without any other distractions. I put together a compilation of some of the images from […]
On a usual weekend, Easter Bank Holiday Weekend, so much happened in one day to enrich my personal development with my disability. Firstly me and my darling Adam went to visit a friend from UCS Fine Art course, Ania who […]
The second of the participatory series required a small group of people to throw paint bombs at projections of abstract drawings layered on top of governmental buildings. By recording this I was hoping to reflect upon media bias and the […]
Been working o another animation, this one focuses on the issue of climate change and the need for more green energy sources. Im especially interested in this issue as in my local area a 9 turbine wind farm is in […]
In this post I will try to show all my work during the course of fine art till now April 2015. This print it was the first one made in the printmaking workshop. “The scream ” It’s made by the […]
The build continues with us making the structure more stable, painting the external rings with blackboard paint and running a motor test to see it moving one of the rings (as you can see on the video). There are […]
I can’t believe, (and am rather fed up with myself) that I have almost completed my degree and haven’t managed to get a blog up and running until now! The past three years seemed to have flown by. I started […]
A quick Easter update, things are progressing well at this end. As you can see the form is starting to take shape nicely. Am hoping to have the first mould done by next weekend and all being well shall be […]
At the end of the third year of my degree at Hereford College of Art, I finally take the plunge and start a blog. Better late than never!
It’s early April and we’re just now entering week two of the Broomhill Sculpture Award work. As with most projects, the beginning is often a lot of sketching, a lot of writing, and a lot of speaking with fabricators, and […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here The effects of the contents in the previous two posts will undoubtedly rumble on… in and out of consciousness as and when required, and occasionally and uncomfortably when not. So I’ll let it lie… […]
In the 1960s, it is possible to avoid the presence of inquisitive child artists in the pub; no child, no matter how precocius, is allowed in the public bar. The older artist can hold forth on the tyranny of the […]
Where have all the potteries gone,long time passing Given freshly fired and glazed presents is like being given delicious food.; or at least something to put it on. Visiting a potter always meant being given something lovely, even if it […]
A few weeks ago a friend sent me a booklet, an illustrated version of The princess and the pea, which much delighted me, partly because, as she knew, it brought childhood memories, partly because my body/skin can be fired up […]
Hi there, I have recently joined a-n. I make handcrafted jewellery and have started selling via etsy. Can anybody tell me if the a-n insurance covers me for selling all over the world, including America? I have looked at the […]
I’m reading back through a book a studied for my dissertation Evocative Objects Things We Think With edited by Sherry Turkle (MIT Press 2007). The book is a series of short essays by guest writers who talk about objects that have personal value. […]
This image, taken from Vogue Magazine, May 2nd, 2002, is supposed to pay homage to the rescue workers saving lives after Hurricane Sandy. At the time the image was seen as disrespectful and received a lot of bad press. This […]
