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I have just spent a very busy morning with the Updown Gallery in Ramsgate helping them to set up the wonderful Piers Secunda’s show. Another wonderful insight into the workings of this gallery. The owners are such lovely people and […]
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Well, it’s finally over. One door shuts and another opens. The past weeks have been chaotic, stressful, joyful and just plain hideous but at least we were all working towards a goal. I am so grateful to the people on […]
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The countdown is well and truly on. Questions are being asked about the dimensions of our final works and how we would like to display them. I am unsure as to the allocation of spaces – do other colleges give […]
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A little jaunt down to the very tip of Kent has revealed a new place to go. The Updown Gallery in Ramsgate is a real gem. It’s current exhibition is of incredible Howard Hodgkin prints, beautifully curated in an elegant […]
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I have just finished the triptych and I am pretty pleased with it. However, a comment from a friend has left me concerned. She felt it would not look out of place in a shop! The hours that have gone […]
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It has been the most productive weekend. I have been alone – no children, neighbour’s children, village children! My husband took all of them (our own – not the village) to Wales to see his granny and left me here […]
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At last we have broken up for the Easter and the dissertation is handed in. After checking and rechecking the damn thing I could no longer see words – just shapes! We had to do a presentation on Tuesday, which […]
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A productive week with successful experiments made in wax for my degree show. It is good to know that I understand what I will be doing over Easter in my studio at home.
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Professional Practice – Done! Dissertation – Done (well, almost)! Now I can really go for the final big unit – at last. I am so happy to be creating again. A trip to the V&A’s cast halls offered a visual […]
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Things are a little bit more under control now half term is over and the children are back to school. The dissertation is on the home run now and the professional practice unit is looking healthy – I think! Creatively, […]
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Does anyone else get the feeling they are just about to be found out? Someone will accuse you of being a great pretender and life will be forced to resume it’s normal routine. I am out of my depth here. […]
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The Cork Street Open Exhibition was an eye opener. It was interesting to see other’s works and I don’t think that it is wrong to assume that the show was purely a commercial venture. I didn’t sell my work but […]