This post comes at the very end of this most surprising of projects. My finger has even momentarily hovered over the submit button of the final report on the Grantium portal. Anxiety always makes me early, so I can […]
This is my journey of discovering objects in museum collections which resonate with me. Aspects of these discoveries then surface in my Art practice as I continue to develop my skills in Ceramics.
In an attempt to side-step a mind that is bent on destabilising my confidence, I often speed draw. Tea helps, as does the arrival of a motley of coffee shop frequenters in marvellous winter garb (and/or with fantastic haircuts to […]
To The Cushag’s Friend by Josephine Kermode, 1907 O THE cushag flower in a fairy bower Would shine like a star of gold; But when it grows in the farmer’s close ‘Tis a shocking weed, we’re told. Yet […]
I am experimenting and considering my piece for an exhibition I have in the new year. Using pebbles from a beach, thinking about how I can show the ephemeral process of them. I am looking at the possibility of 3D […]
Charlotte Kettell, Fading Lines 1 & 2, unfired clay, pebbles, sea glass Installation for ‘The Cube’ Exhibition, week long residency ’22. Charlotte Kettell, Fading Lines 2, unfired clay, pebbles, sea glass Charlotte Kettell, Fading Lines 1, unfired clay, canvas […]
An Essay on Katie Tomlinson’s Exhibition ‘Fight the Moon’ – exhibition continues to 18th December 2021
Philip Harris is researcher, image maker and senior lecturer at the University of Derby. He has a love of old, analogue technology which I originally mistook for a sense of nostalgia. However, Phil describes his approach to his work in […]
The first meeting will be on Wednesday 12 January 6pm – 8pm. I held a preliminary gathering on 29th November for those who had expressed interest already. I was joined by.. A shamanic practitioner A visual art student A poet […]
‘Untitled’ ,work in progress * photograph of both parts of the installation together – to be provided The viewer was properly challenged by not being provided with a title or any other clues. Some were attracted by the looping questions […]
As I have started to work through my ‘official’ list of plants, I am now also thinking about my rewinding project, and how to get that kickstarted. I have quite a bit of experience in planning smaller, one off actions, […]
As I have mentioned before, in order to complete my project, I need to work out some way of funding it, and there are many ways that I can do this – the three main ways that I am thinking […]
For Random String I created a totally new, immersive experience for myself and the audience. For the duration of Saturday 13th November I was in the projection marquee experimenting with circles and colours. I invited the audience to come and […]
The wind still raging post storm Arwen, the coffee shop was as cold and inhospitable as the week before. But, draw I must, and I did. With the door either propped open or left ajar for it to bash and […]
I opened the back of my car and noticed a lot of leaves and as soon as I saw them, I realised how they had got there and noted they had been there for two days and I brushed them […]
Latest from the studio
In Spring 2022 I will be the Artist in Residence along the 500km Lycian Way, an ancient trail around Turkey’s Aegean Coast. I will be accompanied by Emincan Alemdaroglu of COMMENTARIVM (Producers of the project), a film maker, and a sound artist.
An exploration through paintings, sculptures, photographs, essays and poetry of the power of place, and the trauma of displacement.
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