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The residency is finished, the exhibition has come down but you can see images of some of the pieces here: www.stephaniesmart.net
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
Pictures from the exhibition!
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
I recently suggested a collaboration to Steve Joyce (www.stevejoyce.co.uk) who I’d met (online only) through an enquiry re. the AA2A scheme a year ago. His screen print called ‘Tracing the Everyday 2’ which I saw on his a-n blog is […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
So, it’s the last month of the studio space/working access part of my residency. The solo shows of the 4 Muse Gallery a.i.r’s start next month. Mine will be from the 21st Nov-8th Dec. It’s tough to know whether you’ve […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
I am grateful to inspiration (the muse/my muse) for my progress so far. My drawings and ideas are changing/growing and running well ahead of the speed at which I can produce work, but that’s all to the good I’m sure. […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
So now to a work of filigree, of fine paper cutting, as I work on the third garment of the series “…bloody Women…!” The white (slightly sheer) over-dress of this piece will be longer than any others I’ve done, the […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
I anticipated my drawing of a female model would be life-size, perhaps just over 6ft tall. In fact it will stand just over 8ft tall. This means that the young girl by her side will be almost my height and […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
An area of fashion I must surely examine in the future is that of uniforms. In comparison to the unique quality of each piece I’ve made so far, not just regarding the detailing (text and imagery) but also the style/look/colour […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
People talk of how what we wear speaks of who we are, or perhaps of how we wish to be perceived. Yet what if neither of these things is really true? I, for one, have never had any problems appreciating […]
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
My solo show is to be end Nov-mid Dec’13.
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
So a jam-packed working fortnight – 3 weeks (whilst house-sitting in Edgware) concentrating on paper garments. Attaching lots of images to this entry, letting the images speak.
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Untitled blog post from "My residency at The Muse Gallery"
It’s fascinating to explore the tension between two and three dimensions as my paper garments get ever more depth to them…