With all the preparation done, I was aching to start engraving. The transferring and outlining with the scriber gave me a false confidence, as when I started to actually engrave the results were something like this: My initial thoughts were […]
One thing quite particular to engraving is the amount of preparation. From the tools themselves to preparing the metal to transferring the design, it is a patient practice. The practical side of the preparation alone is time consuming – and […]
The thing I first realised upon starting the hand-engraving course with the Hand Engravers Association of Great Britain is that I knew absolutely nothing about engraving. With my head full of ideas and possible executions, in all honesty I hadn’t given much thought […]
London based illustrator Charlotte Edey explores hand-engraving in an intensive short course funded by A-n professional development bursary
October – November Hot Bed Press In late October I returned to Hot Bed Press to undertake an introductory hardback book making weekend course, led by artist Sylvia Waltering, who works with photography, text, installation and artists’ book. Over the course of […]
PRINTED OPINIONS/Lubaina Himid (Turner Prize 2017) WARNING: Some explicit content. Today I was fortunate enough to attend a Hull 2017 Writing Workshop (Printed Opinions) at the Ferens Art Gallery, led by performance-based British Fine Artist Nicola Singh and supported by Art-Writer and Turner Prize 2017 Co-Curator George […]
Intent: September 2017 My practice has been challenging epistemological questions, investigating how perception and experience can be rendered through drawing; my investigations thus far, which have focused on the layered language of line, serve as my starting point for the […]
A Mindfulness Exercise, Written For You Epistemological philosophers have been theorising upon how we know for a very long time. Over the coming minutes I invite you to see how I see, and reflect on the type of experience that […]
As a response to Francesca Cavallo Rehearsing Disaster 27 November 2017 MayDay Rooms
Waves drag at the shingle then push it back up the beach. Housekeeping, rearranging the shore line. Everything moves and shifts yet (almost) nothing changes. Lace built of water hangs in the air. Delicate and fleeting. Structures so easily fallen through […]
Responding to Hamish MacPherson ‘So where exactly did the future come from?’ 4 December 2017 Guest Projects, Shonibare Studios See Nathania Hartley’s response to same lecture here: https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/altmfa-artist-group-bursary-the-future/post/52517820
In response to: Nuno Coelho ‘Art In The Age Of Digital Reproduction’ 10 April 2017 Christies Education
In response to Florence Peake (workshop with) 18 September 2017 Green Rooms Hotel
Responding to: Hamish MacPherson ‘So where exactly did the future come from?’ 4 December 2017 Guest Projects, Shonibare Studios View Naima Karlsson’s response to this lecture here: https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/altmfa-artist-group-bursary-the-future/post/52517825
Notes on Bilbao and surrounding area. It is warmer but rains a lot in Bilbao than Vitoria, where it is icy and snowy… and transport links from the airport really easy and cheap. Meet someone from Technarte – http://www.technarte.org – […]
In 2015 we heard of a theory surrounding the movement of artists from Manchester city centre to create a place for production in Salford, and to think of the city centre as a place for the presentation or work. Being […]
In response to: Dave Beech Art & Post-Capitalism 20 October 2017 Christies Education
Responding to: Daniel Oliver’s performance workshop: Max Dyspraxe’s Post-Aprokrolips Chipolaterartparty 30 October 2017 Green Rooms, London See Eirini Kartsaki’s response to the same workshop here: https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/altmfa-artist-group-bursary-the-future/post/52517774
Responding to: Daniel Oliver performance workshop: Max Dyspraxe’s Post-Aprokrolips Chipolaterartparty 30 October 2017 Green Rooms See Eldi Dundee’s response to the same workshop here: https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/altmfa-artist-group-bursary-the-future/post/52517793
Responding to: Rosalie Schweiker & Margherita Huntley ‘Teaching for People Who Prefer Not to Teach’ 22 May 2017 MayDay Rooms
(Continued) …6 – In October (20th), Dave Beech took time out of his busy schedule to share his expertly honed insights in an intensely thought-provoking talk about ‘Art and Post-Capitalism’ – at Christies Education, no less! Andy Yau of Alt MFA jumped […]
We are visiting Vitoria-Gastiez, a Biophilic city like Birmingham, Green Capital of Europe in 2012, Bilbao and San Sebastián. For artist research and to build a network of academics, artists, arts organisations, government offices and environmental bodies. We have had […]
As ice carved its way through Cheshire thousands of years ago, wetland bowls were left behind creating a unique ecosystem unlike any other. A century ago, sphagnum was used as an emergency field dressing known simply as a soldier’s saviour, […]
