Fiona Philipps Gallery Practice Process and Exhibition The venue, the Contemporary Urban Centre, Novas was I think the perfect venue for our exhibition as there was enough room to accommodate our work but as there are only twelve of us […]
Whitstable part 1 We are travelling! The six eleven train departed on time and I am hopeful we shall make our ongoing connections at Stratford, Stratford International and Rochester. My companion has rallied during the day. She sports a little […]
Mag and Bet helped me to play Bingo. I sat on a table with them. Bet had a ‘Take a Break’ magazine and they had their own camping cutlery that they had brought with them. Mag filled my bonus bingo […]
The summer expedition to Truro for the Association of Medical Humanities conference is taking shape: our paper has been accepted, and the booking form (& cheque) have been sent. I’ve booked the accommodation and inspected the available rail fares…could be […]
So, more busy weeks are passing at lightning speed and I’m starting to wonder whether I will ever actually get round to making and experimenting with any of the vast number of ideas that are floating around my head at […]
Blogging has been hard to sustain, but now recommitted after a talk from What!? Creative Agency (whatcreative.co.uk), two very knowledgeable and generous digital creatives, who explained the relevance of a web presence. I have now made the Deposition body cast, […]
Introducing the GUEST (part 1) A trouble of not writing the blog from the first day of my job is that I have accumulated so many notes and thoughts that the very burden of them prevents me from starting to […]
Introducing the GUEST (part 2) These are just some thoughts behind the creation of a character, another persona, that of a GUEST for my temporary job as an ‘artist in residence’ with the University of Bath’s Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary […]
::DESCRIPTION}{FICTION:: www.rich-taylor.co.uk/collection/museumproject The new museum compositions and development of sculptural form: or a thought of housing a sculptural form, through arrangement within studio setting and site specific time of day. This is a dialogue with arrangement and anticipation of installation […]
I’ve been on the phone to the district valuers for the past few (working) days as HMS business rates have been reassessed and the rateable value has doubled. http://www.2010.voa.gov.uk/rli/en/basic/find/assessment-history/2010/10559206000 It’s a double whammy as it affects small business rates relief. […]
“If you know exactly what you’re going to do, what’s the good in doing it? since you know, the excercise is pointless. It is better to do something else.” – Picasso After i got home from school i put this […]
Hmmm – now I am using this project as an excuse to buy chocolate… In fairness they are butterfly shaped chocolates AND you can plant the packet which has been impregnated with candytuft seeds, to grow a plant that attracts […]
I have been busy developing four different sculptural forms and during this process constantly thinking about how they could be displayed. I want the pieces to explore and expand on the historical content of the buildings and landscape that inspired […]
Sometimes things just work out right – not often, but sometimes. A couple of days ago I posted a question in the know how section of the forums, asking a tricky point of copyright query on a song I wanted […]
So this is the first step of what will hopefully be an amazing project to work on. I say hopefully as the Butterfly Park is presently under threat of closure. The Landowners (Brock plc) want the land back, they won’t […]
I’ve decided to set up a new blog specifically for the Butterfly Park and keep this one for the ret of my MA and any other art projects that come along. I really want to give the park a visual […]
The last two weeks have been eventful. I have had meetings with two members of Wirral Council, both very helpful. Pointing me in the right direction for smaller funding pots until we can get the problem of land ownership sorted. […]
Well I have been away from blogging longer than I thought! The deadline for our print work was 10am last Tues. 16th. It was a far less stressful experience than my last deadline at Christmas. I have yet to decide […]
Have been doing a lot of thinking about skill swapping and passing knowledge on this weekend. Hoping to have a bookbinding day with a couple of friends sometime soon to pass on what I have learned about hardback binding. I […]
I set up a painters’ group last year; we meet every six weeks or so, taking turns to meet in someone’s studio and look at/discuss their recent work. This morning we found ourselves once again turning someone’s canvases upside down… […]
BA (Hons) 3D Design in Ceramics
Thought I would start a separate blog about the trials and tribulations of my residency at the Butterfly Park. The next 18 months are sure to have highs and lows, maybe even some tears and tantrums but will hopefully prove […]
