Friday, Saturday and today I have been at St George’s Church. It has been a combination of ‘Heritage Weekend’, Surrey Cyclists Saturday and my usual open studio on Fridays. So lots of visitors and lots of contributions towards the Elmbridge […]
Following our second preparation day, I put aside some time to go through all the photographs I’ve taken at the allotment so far, and to begin to make up a work book in which links might begin to appear. A […]
Notes about the woodworker I’ve been trying in my mind to get to grips with wood and began to read ‘Woodland Crafts in Britain’ by Herbert Eldin. Putting into context the cultural importance wood Eldin outlines how many industries have […]
Back into the normal routine now, its been several months since I left the island. I have so far managed to stick to quite a few of my resolutions, in particular the reading, drawing, looking and walking. I have made […]
The exhibition opened yesterday and we are all still reeling from the media coverage. Thanks to the amazing press release sent out by Dr Carole Reeves from The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine we got two […]
Lost in Peru The lenticular was meant to turn up Friday, so I waited in all day, but no show. I finally got through to the company who sent it and they said it left Thursday for guaranteed next […]
Shilihe Market Returned to Shilihe for the insects again during Thursday afternoon. I thought the warmer time of day would bring more insect sellers and more singing from the insects – and yes, indeed it was the case. Sellers brought […]
Dr Liu, Chun-Xiang The next day I had an appointment with Dr Liu, Chun-XIang, a colleague of Prof Liang, Ai-Ping’s. She is a cricket expert and listened to a number of my cricket recordings. Both she and Ai-Ping were reluctant […]
Cameron and Jake arrive tonight, so the second phase of my residency will begin! You may notice a new blog on the list from another Red Gate artist – Cathy Busby. She is a Canadian artist and has decided to […]
Projects unedited blog by Cathy Busby
Beijing t-shirts Many people here wear t-shirts with texts on them. It seems to be a trendy thing to do. These are often in English and may be expressions, or simply words, like love, or brandnames, like Nike. (Catherine Clover, […]
Projects unedited blog by Alison Kershaw
I am an artist / curator who works with places and people. A few years ago (2003-4) I was lucky enough to be instigating, organising, fundraising and then helping select and develop the vision for an exhibition from a national […]
I think veneer can make you think about trees in a different way, the patterns, deformaties, bug holes and knots. These qualities aren’t just potential things of beauty but say alot more about the lives of the trees they came […]
2/9 – Charging through the early morning countryside on the Shatabdi express towards Agra, a rare example in Delhi of something that works without a lot of shoving and hooting. I’m feeling particularly misanthropic at the end of a week […]
Dense inscriptions. An impromptu lecture from Anu Venugopalan on photon entanglement, and the equally tortuous labyrinth of Chawri bazar.
Hello Alex, hope you are well, how is brighton? I spoke to the guy from west end arcade today, unfortunately he said that he wouldn’t be able to rent the space for a week or few days. He said that […]
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The electrician has finally made a start. Some other good news: the partner of one of the artists runs a kitchen business and will install kitchen units. What generosity! I can’t believe our luck. We are currently using a wash […]
Frauen die malen, drücken sich vor der arbeit. (Women who are artists don’t want to do housework). Instead of a couple of hours of cleaning and then a pleasant lunch, maybe even a last visit to a museum, it was […]
ALLOTMENT DAY-TYPEWRITER BURIAL On Brighton beach 8 years ago when I was beginning my new life in art I found a rusty burned typewriter. It represented change and I made several pieces of work based on this typewriter. But it […]
Wednesday 5th September Alternative Platform starts today, recieved my badge with ‘artist in residence’ written on it. Seems strange but now it feels real. It was before but these few words in print make a difference. Strange though as they […]
Spent the last few weeks screwing, really sore. I’ve been attaching plates and fixtures to my pictures; the sore bits are my fingertips. Puerile way to open I know but anyway let’s “Carry on blogging”. So at the moment it’s […]
After a far-reaching review and reshaping exercise, the Crafts Council has launched its new three-year plan. Describing itself as the national development agency for contemporary crafts in the UK, its key areas of work for the future are summarised as […]
The Mayfly connotes ephemerality, a point no doubt in the minds of those naming this series of three one-day events.
