The above screenshot shows the Endangered Plant Index instagram as it is at the moment. As you can see, I have built it up using a variety of posts, some asking people to sign my petition, others sharing facts and […]
September This month saw loads more zooming, principally because Michael Clarke has moved to Devon. No more popping over to Kings Heath for an hour or so and a coffee! Instead, I went to Devon for three days and we […]
May Michael Clarke managed to come to work with me in my studio, we sorted out a few things that we could only do when in the same room, recorded a few bits and pieces, and made a big list […]
January We moved house, so the month was taken up with sorting, packing, signing, and taking boxes and bags of stuff to the studio “for now, to keep it safe”… ending up on the top shelves, still waiting for me […]
In the past few weeks, I have been working hard on the rewilding side of the project – building up a platform that I will be able to start doing in-person campaigning with in the new year. As I mentioned […]
Distance I have been doing something different this month; working in the hospitality sector to bring in some extra money and also to shake up the focus of my observation and experience. It came at a good time. Just before […]
It was all change when we returned to our coffee shop after Christmas. Stripped of tables and with a one way system marked out on the floor, I panicked. How or whom am I going to draw? Don’t indulge it, […]
Pictures taken for my Jewellery project on Light and Nostalgia
A continuing project about artist interpretation through the media of clay
Very happy to get a new painting underway this week. You can watch it develop…
I’ve been in the grip of what is often called ‘Creative Block’ for a long time. It’s miserable and it’s boring. In spite of it, I continue to draw and I continue to teach Drawing and to believe in Drawing […]
It’s Boxing Day, early morning and I’m the only one up. Insomnia strikes less often than it used to, but when it does it is always when I could do with a good night’s sleep. I feel I need to […]
Update: 18/01/22: The petition is going pretty well, considering I haven’t pushed it so much yet. I am starting to use it when emailing people about the project (so other organisations, etc., and I will return to pushing it shortly, once I […]
Today i experimented with the CAD embroidery software. I started to doodle shapes inspired by the project and turned them into illustrator drawings ( as shown in the images). I then booked out the embroidery room for the day and […]
Today was the life drawing session. We started off by doing 1 min, 2 min, 5 min and 10 min drawings of the lady in different drawing positions. This was quite intense as i had to try and get the […]
Today, we did a workshop on constructing our own visual outcomes on mini mannequins. I gathered materials and fabrics that I thought would be relevant to my project ideas, such as organza and metallic netting. for my eventual master’s collection, […]
“Like all cultural producers, I’ve been pushed to re-invent what I do.” Jasmina Cibic discusses the challenges and achievements of 2021.
Liverpool based artist Emily Speed‘s work explores the relationship between people and buildings and in particular the body and its relationship to architecture. She discusses what she has achieved over the last 12 months, including her first major solo exhibition […]
Alice Wilson is a London based artist exploring notions of home and shelter as a way of understanding relationships to space and place. Her practice has developed through engagement with participatory processes as well as negotiations of site. Her current […]
London based artist Karl Bielik‘s paintings have been in numerous high profile exhibitions, including John Moores Painting Prize, RA Summer Show, and The Marmite Prize. He is a member of Contemporary British Painting and is the Founder and Director of […]
2021 has been an exciting year for Bath based artist and a-n member Hannah Murgatroyd. The restrictions that lockdown imposed provided an opportunity to pause and reflect, leading to substantial changes in her approach to painting. She embraced a more […]
a-n Artists Council member Jasleen Kaur lives and works in London. Her practice involves working with sculpture, video and writing, and explores the malleability of culture and the layering of social histories within the material and immaterial things that surround […]