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Jo Wilson explores the work of ceramicist and sculptor Amy Cooper, in particular her successful balance between business and creativity.

Antony Hall undertook an MA in Art as Environment at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating in 2002. Since then, his work has had an emphasis on technology, usually in the form of long-term research projects, residencies, performance, web and sound art.

David Kefford is a sculptor who uses low-tech craft processes to transform found objects into surreal creations imbued with human characteristics and emotions.

Lucy Panesar’s college aspiration was to be a practising artist and part-time college lecturer, and a methodical approach to her career has made this a reality.

Jo Wilson looks at the practice of Adele Prince who, since graduating in 2001, continues to work full-time as an artist on a variety of commissions and exhibitions.

Originally from Barbados, Alberta Whittle graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2002 with a Tapestry degree.

Sara Raza on Grace Ndiritu, a young London based artist who is enjoying an upwards ascent with an impressive portfolio of national and international exhibitions, that present a fresh style of politics and performativity.

Born in Kabul in 1973, Lida Abdul has returned to live there. Kim Dhillon looks at her practice, working accross various media, that fuses Western formalist traditions with numerous aesthetic influences.

Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää’s work confronts her viewpoint of impending ecological catastrophe through interventions and installations positing an alternative vision of existence. By Manick Govinda.

Artist’s story: French Mottershead

I don’t know whether it’s just me, but at the moment I can’t help thinking that a lot of what I do as a practising artist is to prepare to travel to some part of the country, usually by train.

What I like about being an artist

Paul Stone on east London based organisation Cell Project Space that across three sites encompasses gallery, studios and internship programme.

When asked the awkward question “What is your work about?” I have sometimes given the elusive answer, that it is an enquiry into what goes on “behind the net curtains”.

Back in 1980 I left Wolverhampton Poly with a BA in ceramics.

Nests and cocoon-like forms intrigue me because they are often built directly into existing structures, such as trees or architectural features.

Declan Long on two new Dublin-based galleries, and the relationship between artist-led spaces in Ireland and the UK.

In June 2004 I was shown around an empty flat in Farley Bank, Hastings, with a view to taking it on as an experimental space.

It has been a phenomenal time for us.

Gordon Dalton discusses the career progress of Bedwyr Williams, including Venice Biennale, his Paul Hamlyn Award and having a base in North Wales.

Carolyn Black profiles the Bombay Sapphire Prize and explores the nuances of commercial sponsorship of prizes, awards and commissions.

In December 2003 I undertook a residency at Ramsgate Maritime Museum in partnership with Turner Contemporary.

London, Winchester, Poole, St Malo, Nantes, Dijon, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Frankfurt.