Fight The Housing Squid
Community art work in response to housing crisis and Government’s proposed Housing and Planning Bill to build more “affordable” homes
Community art work in response to housing crisis and Government’s proposed Housing and Planning Bill to build more “affordable” homes
This blog will document the live art I create at Spurn and my experience of the environment. Focusing on the ‘psycho-geography’ of the place I aim to explore all aspects of my surroundings, natural and synthetic.
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It has been a while since my last blog post. Mainly because I have been so wrapped up in my practise. There has been so much going on. Since my last blog entry. I spent some time developing staging for […]
i was on the telegraph website, clicking through some of the art articles when I came across this artist Alex Queral. the work is made by drawing a portrait over the pages of a phone book. He then starts to […]
15/10/15 Gillian Hobson enlightens us about the realm of the uncanny and unknown through her latest light installations at the RED Gallery, Hull (19 Osbourne Street, HU1 2NL) Hobson creates a cosmic space within the pure gallery walls through use of geometric […]
I have been looking at the Artist’s Livelihood Survey trying to work out how to fill it out in a way that reflects my working life. This got me thinking about the what happened to the project that this blog was written […]
Looking Back | Moving Forward In Certain Places Project Space, Preston Opening Tuesday 15th March 5-7pm, continues until 24th March 2016 Looking Back | Moving Forward will show new sculptures and drawings by artist Jenny Steele from her recent research […]
Botanical inspiration for synthetic sculptures
Small sculptures made with found litter at Spurn
monochromatic studies investigating how a 3D object is transformed on a 2D surface
Having time and space to work on new ideas after the New Year has been a godsend. Space is a much undervalued factor… but not to us artists! I’ve been coming up with mind maps and numerous pages of notes […]
The most exciting part for me before entering the performance was to experience something live and up close and personal; this is exactly what ‘Smash It Up’ provided. In May 2013, the mural, representing the Chartist movement in Newport in […]
I have gotten some new ways to display my books. These bookcases can spin !!! revealing space for more books behind the front panel. I have decided this will be good as a interaction piece. I am currently making more […]
After a long await I am happy to say that I have finally got my new shelf, I have decided to place a few new books on it for now. The reason I have done this is because needed more […]
Yesterday I had a bone marrow biopsy (BMB) to assess the development of my blood cancer, and as usual I thought of recording (photographing) the procedure for my art however typically this idea only came to me as a flash […]
The Black Path is an ancient route. It has been many things: the northern boundary of an Anglian Kingdom, a medieval sailor’s trod, and a convenient path to work for the steelworkers of Middlesbrough. It is a nominal, barely remembered […]
This is a collection of articles talking about possible alternatives to the traditional Art College route in to being a professional artist. Collected from the A.N site. Also about Artist lead initiatives and Education ideas generally.
Yesterday I found myself filming the process of my work; continuously recording me in a space engaging and surrounded by my work. I was playing with how the work can interact with one another and the surrounded space; manipulating their positions […]