Over the past week, I have been planning for future projects and applying for various opportunities. I have spent a lot of time with my head down, on the computer, which feels very virtuous.
I visited Bolton last week to meet with Bethan Hamilton who is curating an exhibition ‘In Time, Over Time’ at the Neo:gallery 22 in July. I am making a new sculpture for the show, which will reflect on various features of different architecture from a range of periods. I am using ceramic tiles for the base of the work, which I am printing onto with lino print. I am going to have to print quite a fair few, so I have been looking for discarded tiles from companies. One company, Tiles UK, has been generous so far, but I am not sure if it is going to get me enough. I will be working with wood/ mdf for the upper part, so I will be looking for some discarded parts of wood and mdf, and I may recycle some older sculptures. I am looking forward to building it, as it will be quite an ambitious project for me.
The large sheets of cardboard for the Barnaby Festival sculpture have arrived, which is exciting. Again, I will using up some off cuts of coloured card for the surface. I have cleared space in my studio, where I was previously working on some experiments, so I am ready to go.
