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1st March 2010 First full meeting of just the studio group since the fire. We had news to tell them: We accepted the offer of free temporary space found for us by the council within the Kendal College site. We […]

We had the first meeting on Thursday last week which seems so long ago now and the point of reflection is to do it pretty soon after the event so maybe better luck next time. Or maybe it’s not a […]

Rolling forward After more days of collecting, assembling and scribbling down ideas, I arrive at a solution for a work. Having spent the last five months or so travelling and working in Australia, the process of settling in a place, […]

Hand Writing At a stall at Paarden Eiland market, I find some ink wells dating to the early 1900s, around the time Woolf Beinart would have arrived in South Africa. I start talking to the guy who runs the stall, […]

Molten Wax Experiments I’ve been doing some experimental pieces involving pouring molten wax into a basin of cold water. It is quite tricky to control, but I find with wax that has cooled a bit, I can get some really […]

“So what’s important to you? The object or the text? How wedded are you to the combination?’ … or words to that effect … spoken by a fellow student during a self directed seminar. Damn! I have to make a […]

Last few days have been hectic. Publicity is now distributed, framing done … It seemed odd to be framing ideas & unfinished work including pages ripped from sketchbooks. By Saturday lunchtime the exhibition was up. Thank you to helpers. Questions […]

Offline for two days and it was when everything needed to be emailed. Anyway, much hurried emailing of reports and things that hadn’t sent because they were too big.. silly girl. This is interesting and worrying.. Margaret Hodge: the arts […]

Ah haa, this explains a lot. My husband forwarded this link after reading my Fraud complex blog entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruge… “The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which “people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs […]

The papers are with the court. Allocation questionaire is filled in. http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/n150.pdf

Trying to figure out where your work fits in, where it should be shown and who your contemporaries are can be minefield of confusion! I’ve decided to continue with what I’m doing for now and worry about all of this […]

got back from berlin on saturday, hello real world almost getting run over from looking the opposite direction and saying Danke schon to a shop attendant. haven’t even really thought about my practice saw a hell of a lot of […]

My online Etsy shop received an order for one of my pieces. I sell handmade items from cuddly toys to bespoke jewellery. It was not a piece related to my current module as it was for a previous module in […]

After a lot of indecisive moments and questioning wether the impossible was challenging I finally settled on the February Challenge: I challenge you not to think about art for a whole year. Challenged by Paul Matosic I questioned this challenge, […]

Returning to Melbourne via a snowy but Spring-like New York. Just a couple of days, and will see the Whitney Biennial tomorrow. Some interesting shows today — the Guggenheim (Anish Kapoor, Tino Sehgal), Marian Goodman (Steve McQueen) and others. And […]

Saturday, 27 February 2010The Caul Harry Caul spies on people, making a living from listening in. He is the best bugger on the west coast. He is paranoid, secretive and wears a dirty translucent rain mac. He hears but he […]

Post performance review I was happy with the performance although I did start a few minutes earlier, which I didn’t think was a problem as the moment just felt right to start. After the performance I was told that it […]

Our launch show for Core Gallery, opening on the 30th April has been decided: “Exquisite Corpse” An Exhibition and Curatorial experiment by 11 International artists and curators. Co-ordinated by Nick Kaplony ‘Also known as “exquisite cadaver” or “rotating corpse” Exquisite […]

images and words submitted for the catalogue. far less painful than than the presentation preparation. i’ve been through something akin to an eye of a needle recently. it feels now the thread is through the hole and the benefits of […]

It’s the 1st of March. My degree show is 105 days away, and so what better time to start a new blog! Last week was a mid-way point, a critical review of what we have developed so far this year, […]

By Fiona Philipps. FA22- I am planning to continue throughout this module with my research into the human body. I looked last module in particular at our bones and the effects caused by the food we eat. I have decided […]

Anything to declare, ma’am? … Yes, this live, wriggling jewel-encrusted pet beetle brooch … Sorry ma’am, you don’t have the right paperwork, you need a PPQ form 526 It was an unlikely fashion accessory but the arrival of a jewel-encrusted […]

It feels like Spring today, and that always makes it easier for me to work for some reason. I always seem to be more productive during the Spring and the Summer. My aims for the next few days is to […]