It is important no matter what, to keep moving and looking for opportunities in a positive way, with the same energy and vision. I say this, because I have been feeling like I have hit a bit the ground, although […]
Drawing breath I am thinking about drawing and trying to write about it. The task turned out to be far from simple. I have been surprised how little I know and can explain, how much more I know tacitly than […]
Part 2 On a positive note, I’ve taken part in some interesting performance workshops and I can’t help but hope that those explorations might lead to future collaborations that will feed into my art practice in future. But they didn’t […]
Week 49: 19th – 25th AugustLearning more about the history of paper and its predecessors has led me to consider more about the ritualistic uses of these materials, in particular the uses and production of Amatl, a form of paper […]
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
12 – 13 October 2013
going for a walk When things get complicated or I have so much information that I need to process, I go for a walk. There’s nothing like bucket loads of fresh air to clear the head and with miles and […]
My Portfolio Review session at Impressions Gallery on Friday, with exhibiting photographer Melanie Friend and Head of Programming Pippa Oldfield, has given me much to think about over the weekend.Although I am very interested in Melanie Friend’s work, and found […]
The aspect I find most difficult to manage as an artist with a portfolio career is the fluid nature of projects, how there are no hard edges as such and one piece of work has a tendency to bleed over, […]
I have been working on sketches for what will become an object – the object – starting point for my work on the project programme. After years of working with ready-made second-hand objects drawing something to be made with with […]
Week 48: 12th – 18th AugustAs we’re technically in the summer holidays at the moment, I decided to catch up on some professional development and to learn a new skill. I’d always wanted to try out laser cutting, specifically in […]
Well first post. It’s been a few weeks since I started this position but it’s only really felt like it has started in the last few days. I’m located in our sculpture studios, close to where I constructed my degree […]
Well I have secured the Sculpture Graduate Fellowship at Northumbria and I am now also the Co-ordinator of our student project and exhibition space. I have started a new blog here – www.a-n.co.uk/p/3888221 Hopefully it will document my transition into […]
OSR Projects, West Coker
21 September – 6 October 2013
The Art of Play (part 1/2) ‘Psychotherapy takes place in the overlap of two areas of playing, that of the patient and that of the therapist. Psychotherapy has to do with two people playing together. The corollary of this is […]
back from first session at college……….somewhat odd but then I think it was always going to be. Same college as my BA five years ago, An unaccredited six months course of studio practice, seminars, crits and student led research groups… […]
An unexpected development, a meeting with my mentor and a birthday party While I was working back in June or July, I was unexpectedly put forward for an opportunity at Phoenix Arts in Brighton. Things progressed and excitingly, I have […]
I went back down to Marlborough over last weekend, for the SKETCH 2013 seminar. It was very interesting to hear the four artists talking about how they use sketch books (or not) and how important the acts of drawing, collating, […]
Comparing Bubbles It became apparent during our conversation with Nina Pope that keeping a balance between self-directed projects and working to an invited or open commission, has been a long-term struggle for many artists, and will continue to be so. […]
Erica Scourti – collaboration The second artist I met was Erica Scourti. I wanted to meet her for a couple of reasons. Firstly she is working in contexts that I would like to – regularly doing residencies and making video […]
Now at the last day of my residency it is easy to say time flies but I think that is an indication of activity – when you have no set task or having almost nothing to do, time can appear […]
For my first ‘a-n’ blog post I though I would write about a seminar I attended last week – Archive This a series of talks based around the position of the archive within art and culture. Held at Eastside Projects […]
POST 26: (Paibian) Time has passed, but not much time… Correspondence with a friend (MU) has been vital throughout this project. He was running a project based in Milton Keynes and both of us were keeping blogs and making work-in-progress […]
Week 47: 5th – 11th AugustGiven my interest in all things museal at the moment, I decided to investigate the local museums and archives, to supplement my knowledge in the field. Unfortunately, despite my researcher status, it can still be […]
‘On Brown & Violet Grounds’ Install Diary Friday, 20 September 2013 DAY 4 of Install – On Brown and Violet Grounds I started the day painting a plinth I brought with me from my studio at Rogue and positioning a […]
