So the last blog I wrote on a-n, simmered down after I began a 0.5fte lecturing role. The time outside my teaching was a rammed pack with making as much as possible with not a lot of room for reflection. […]
First Re:View Presentation Last week I had my first a-n Re:View meeting with performance artist Lowri Evans and upcoming producer Catherine Shaw at Contact Theatre. I used my iPad with a PDF slideshow of my past work and Manse Project […]
A beautiful sunny day on the Southbank outside the WoW Festival at the Royal Festival Hall
The thing I am looking forward to the most with the US residency is being able to do my own work for 16 consecutive days. I think I’d have to go back to my college days to remember what that […]
It is interesting where the cross over of feminism, sexism and racism occur or even clash. I feel angry about the atrocities of FGM. I am startlingly aware of the silence on this from the majority of men and women […]
I have a video to share with you. I hope you will find it interesting. It is rather intriguing and kind of grabs your attention and draws you in to find out where the journey leads you. I think it […]
Experimenting today using acrylic paints-exploring colour within sea-sky image concerning aspects of the horizon whilst at the same time being aware of the important role of colour within a composition and the use of complimentary colours… colbalt blue Ultra marine […]
All ready and packed to set up my installation for w0budong – an exhibition of writing without meaning, in Manchester tomorrow. I have decided to set my stones on a long, narrow piece of canvas. The only ingredient missing to […]
Bit of a delay in blogging as up to my eyes in stuff-husband away in Oman, son buying his first house, Clay Station business. But I have been working! Just no time to blog. So here’s a bit of a […]
The Carving has Begun! With the dark tones and the highlights painted in, I was ready to reveal the mid-tone. I began by slicing through the cardboard for the finer details and tearing the broader areas. The torn areas could […]
I have succeeded in sticking to my schedule of finishing all the prototypes for the new designs by today. Well, actually it was supposed to be yesterday, but typically there were some unfinished bits and pieces. Also I had to […]
Recap I need to recap and find were I am, so here goes.. I was looking at my studio wall all-together as one. As iv slowly been putting these words and quotes onto my white wall, iv found it’s turned […]
I have a pile of ironing. Not clothes, but table linens, old, embroidered, loved but abandoned. Crunchy, creased, wrinkled and worn. They have old faded stains here and there. They have piled up over months. I use them, then discard […]
Over the last week I have decided that I am going to start a painting on a much larger scale, 6ft x 4ft. I have primed the canvas, bought wood to have a frame made up and on friday I […]
reflection 5: post-project blues ! Once the much-looked-forward-to opportunity is over there is a bit of a hole and that hole can be filled with the making on mental lists that go along the lines of …I should have…I wish […]
SITE VISIT In my search for materials, I have recently been given permission to access a building whose decrepit state attests to its liberation from utility. Awaiting demolition, in the coming months I will be investigating this transitional environment- a […]
RESEARCHING online. I came across artist Gwyneth Scally and an interesting article on her by Gabriel Del Valle below, I found this inspiring as I have been considering my own approach in possibly using ideas for a sculpture or an […]
I had a minor melt down this afternoon; trying to find the drawings that I knew were mounted and wrapped, that I will be taking to Manchester tomorrow for w0budong. I think my brain scrambled all the info inside it […]
For the last four years SLWA have actively been involved at the Women of the World Festival (WoW) during International Women’s Day in March. We normally promote our organisation and artists inside the Royal Festival Hall. This year was different […]
Firstsite, Colchester
23 November 2012 – 9 March 2014
Attending two quite different explosion workshops this week (as part of the ‘Normalcy Cluster’ activities – not that I really understand what that means) has led me to wonder if I am spreading myself too thin. This wondering concerns the […]
Catholic nuns were required to wear linen breast binder under their outfits. The rationale was that binding the breasts of nuns would reduce distraction and encourage faithful obedience to abstinence. Women have used binding to help them pass as a […]
PAGE 6, A PROPOSAL, A DAY IN THE STUDIO After what seems like a very long period of planning, organising, proposal writing and generally doing all the boring stuff that hopefully sets everything up for the next few months (fingers […]
