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Elena Thomas
Drawing
Stitching
Songwriting
Singing
Talking and teaching now and then. Near Birmingham
While I was making the work for Five, Six, Pick up Sticks, it was very important to me to collect real twigs, pick them up from the ground, consider them carefully for wrapping. I still have all these wrapped […]
Those who read this blog, or who follow me on social media when they meet me they say “You’re SO busy aren’t you?” And yes, it does appear so, and I am tired so it must be true! Some of […]
Back in the studio, the effects of Sweden are still swimming around in me. I’m hoping that it lasts. I have taken down all the large drawings of sticks and stones, feeling that they have done as much as I […]
I’ve come away from Sweden with a profound sense of clarity about who I am and what I should be doing, and feeling grateful that I can do it. It wasn’t without its difficulties and obstacles. I must say up […]
Remember the scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, when they rig up a helicopter with banks of lights and speakers and send it up to communicate with the mother ship? Bah bah bah baaah BAAAAH! KABOOOM!! That’s what […]
Hosted by Stuart Mayes and Glitterball Showroom. This residency took place at Ateljeföreningen Hospitalet, Uppsala, Sweden from 12th to 16th June 2024 I took with me a bundle of the wrapped twigs from Five, Six, Pick up Sticks, and a […]
On Wednesday I fly to Stockholm. It seems weird really, that this thing is actually happening. I have known Stuart Mayes for about ten years, since starting my blog on a-n.co.uk. We started out by commenting on each others blog […]
I’m reading four books at the moment: Object Lessons by Eavan Boland Dandelions by Thea Lenarduzzi Introducing Semiotics by Paul Cobley and Litza Jansz The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction by Ursula k Le Guin And I’m also frequently […]
Too Busy To Work… I know I am not the only one, having read the words of my fellow bloggers, to feel that sometimes life as an artist can sometimes mean one is too busy to do the work. April […]
I’m at the point now where everything is metaphorically on the table. Anything is possible. I’ve got to the point where I don’t want to draw any more sticks and stones. I don’t want to do any more large drawings […]
And moving on.. I’m still basking in a bit of glory, it is wise to do so I think, when the occasion calls for it, and will be doing so at least until the presentation of my new full membership […]
I inhabit a space exactly half way between cool entitlement and imposter syndrome, called excitement and pride. I’ve just been elected a full member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. I’ve been an Associate Member for the minimum required […]