Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you … Today is your seventh birthday! And as your author this has given me pause for thought. When I started you and proposed that you would be “charting my progress” it was, […]
I have been working on my 2m by 2m canvas. I attempted some gestural, Pollock style movements in my painting, but realised that this added a decorative effect and detracted from the unconcious mark making that is my goal. I […]
*ALARM BELLS * *SIREN* *WAILING* I am in danger zone I can feel it…… it is creeping up on me… the temptation to start something new… – to abandon a half finished project for sake of new SHINEY NEW IDEA!!! […]
Grief, Textile and The Creative Process I was up in Manchester for meetings about work current and future the last few days. I went to the Craft Design Centre, looked in on my work and had lunch with Kate (Direcrot) […]
I am a person that has many a conversation with myself, instead of internalising them into something damaging, I am externalising them, turning them in to a positive, into my art practice and into a conversation that others can join, […]
Following a £1.4million expansion project, Delfina Foundation re-opens its doors with The Politics of Food, a four-year residency project exploring ways creative process and practice can address issues around food, agriculture and the environment.
All a-n’s UK Artist + AIR members get free, specially tailored public and products liability insurance with their annual membership. Here, a-n’s Director outlines why making sure you’re properly covered is essential for every practising artist.
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“oh i don’t reflect that often actually” i’ve been out and about since my last post. meetings in pub, coffee shop, dining table and gallery. it’s good to talk. the gallery was site in Sheffield. their artist proposes study day(1) […]
In Conclusion . . . As my Re:view bursary period comes to an end I feel incredibly grateful to a-n for this opportunity it has afforded myself and other artists. To receive a bursary that enables something as fundamentally valuable […]
Finally sorted out my blog! So here is the link to my degree project proposal presentation. http://prezi.com/4c3g0wszttkp/?utm_campaign=share&…
Yesterday at college I was working by scratching into the surface of paper and then ‘excavating’ the marks by brushing very dry paint across the surface. I then did it on canvas with various implements to varying results. Working at […]
I’d like to start my blog with an intended post that I wrote back in October. I recently stumbled across a short video interview by the artist Richard Serra. In it he answers the question ‘Why make art?’- or at […]
At the beginning of the year I was on a ‘wait and see’ period (scratching my head and umming Where next?). Two weeks later some interesting and relavant work takes an unexpected landing straight into my lap (phew, that was […]
There isn’t enough time in my life……. Trying to fit in all of this admin on top of my full time job leaves no time at all for my own work. I spent a couple of hours last night making […]
Just a quick post as i have been harding some crochet squares with pva glue and managed to finally create a solid cube of which i have visualized in my mind for ages. I would say it was a success […]
There was a really fantastic co-resident artist working in the studios on Sunday who is working on a top secret project that I can’t share anything about, except perhaps that it deals with environmental issues and soil samples in an […]
The discourse between object and space continues. Using the found light, which works with the aid of a wooden clothes peg, a tunnel has been created that provides the focus for the light. In itself, it has little illumination, being […]
Today I was considering Louise Bourgeois and her sculpture ‘The Blind Leading the Blind”. I have some sawn rafters from my house from when we extended the roof out. They have been propped against my wall for ages, and something […]
For this week’s must-see shows, we’re wrapping up warm in London, getting immersed in a fictional 70s exploitation movie in Manchester, and enjoying a comprehensive survey of British Land Art in Coventry.
