Words count too. This blog might help me see myself in reflection.
For a few weeks now: a drawing of part of the studio, every morning, to start the working day. Collection of aspects of a small space.
This blog will document some of my experiences as one of the 38 designer/makers selected for the Crafts Council’s Hothouse programme.
I have been working by my window for over a year now…looking at the DLR platform like one looks at a mountain or the seascape for inspiration when one wants the mind to wonder somewhere else. One day, out of […]
Donald Trump in a Mexican wrestling mask, Kim Jong-un in Mickey Mouse ears and Vladimir Putin in a Pussy Riot-esque balaclava; not a standard Saturday night in with our favourite world leaders, but rather the screenprints from my ‘Masks of […]
Projects unedited blog by Nick Turvey
Postures of Making is a research and development project which is centered on working collaboratively with ergonomics scientist Dr Valerie Woods. Together we will explore the workings of the creative practitioner’s body when engaged in art making. Val and I […]
My artwork is made for exhibition, and usually carries a message about the human condition, our strengths and weakness. I know that making work is interesting for me, and for those who frequent the galleries which have exhibited my fibre […]
to encourage artists to “keep going”
During May I’m taking part in Brighton Festival’s artist development residency which enables a group of mid-career artists to intensively engage with the Festival, attending nearly 40 festival events. I’ll try to record some thoughts about this extraordinary experience here.
Based in the North West, I create both art and practical pieces in my small tailor made studio. I have always had a great interest in our historical past and I take the inspiration of the old Celtic designs of our ancestors and add them to my work. www.celticearthpottery.co.uk
Throughout 2017 I will be making new artworks and creating engagement opportunities responding to this unique architectural relic. This blog reflects on the ideas in my application and my initial responses to this unique residency opportunity within this iconic London landmark.
I have been selected through an application process to exhibit at Collect Open, Saatchi Gallery 3rd – 6th February 2017. To make this large installation work I have received an Arts Council ‘Grants for the Arts’ Award. Follow my works progress in this blog.
My account of the transition between academic years as an art student and dealing with the uncertainty that comes with that transition. The process of managing not knowing.
A catalogue of my journey of discovery through BA Fine Art degree studies.
With so much going on in the world at the moment its important to remember the causes that really matter… and there’s a lot of them so I was really pleased to donate a piece of artwork for my friend […]
The Lubomirov Angus-Hughes Centre for Contemporary Curation is proud to announce a solo show by Mark Woods curated by Vanya Balogh following his participation at the 56th Venice Biennale and the Gerwerbemuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland. The centre is located in 26 […]
Acrylic and ink on acrylic perspex.
New painting by artist Alexandra Francis.
A-N Professional Development Bursary – Diary and reflections of what I will be doing and have done. My career seems to be at a crucial juncture – I am ‘here’ but want to be ‘there’. I have achieved ‘this’ and now I want to achieve ‘that’: I want to move on to the Next Stage.
Artist with a participatory, enquiry-led practice seeks an alternative to the “more people == more better” metric for measuring success.
A journal recording the life of the Dissenters’ Gallery – a unique and unusual space located in the Kensal Green Cemetery
LIFE Now began as a project with mentoring support thanks to an a-n Re:View bursary in 2013 exploring “What can we understand as LIFE in the 21st century, when advances in bio-science and technology mean that scientists can create and craft […]
Over the last three years I’ve spent time volunteering in Calais and Jordan Refugee Camps, organising art projects for refugees and coming face to face with the human reality of the refugee crisis.
A week spent on Fowey moor, drawing.
Opinions and experiences, discussing and documenting practice in the visual arts.
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