While researching the different types of creative businesses being run by creative women, I spoke to Managing Director of Creative City, Beth Powell, about running her company. In this interview she tells me about the creative possibilities and challenges of […]
If you work as an art technician, you are part of a fairly new and growing trade, which wasn’t as prominent twenty years ago, as it is today. I wanted to connect the trends visible in today’s art tech scene […]
It happened. I can’t quite believe it. I remember when I got the news that I had received the a-n bursary. I jumped into the living room where my husband was sat watchign tv and shouted “I got the bursary!”. […]
Create to Move is a collaborative practice between Emma Macleod (visual artist), Fiona Hermse (visual artist, jeweller & community artist) and Emma Snellgrove (choreographer & dancer). We are a recently formed collaborative arts collective. Key to our practice is a […]
A reflection on Create to Move Residency at The Steeple in Fife in October 2018. Blog by Fiona Hermse Blog by Fiona Hermse We had decided that this residency week would be a time for us to figure out our […]
A reflection on Create to Move Residency at The Steeple in Fife October 2018. Blog by Dancer and Choreographer Emma Snellgrove Blog by Emma Snellgrove Newburgh Fife was a perfect setting for our fourth residency as Create to Move collective. […]
A reflection on Create to Move Residency at St Margaret’s House in July 2018. Blog by Emma Macleod (visual artist) The first of our Create to Move residencies as part of our AN Artist Bursary, was a 3 week-long residency […]
As part of my bursary activity, I spent a lot of my summer weekends in London; visiting libraries and archives, attending meetups and discussions. I found myself in the capital again in early June, on my way to a workshop […]
A blog about Create to Move – a collaborative project with Emma Macleod, Fiona Hermse and Emma Snellgrove. We were supported by AN to develop our working practice through a residency as part of the Artist Bursary 2018. This blog is a reflection on our residencies.
Test Disc (pipa pipa) Slip trailed layers of terracotta Bisque | 1040 °C
Ceramic Bonfire Sticks Brushed layers of terracotta on found twigs Burnt in a bonfire until red hot
Test Tile (tray formation) Brushed layers of stoneware on found plastic food tray Bisque | 960 °C Glaze | Botz, Travertin | 1240 °C
Untitled Object Brushed layers of terracotta on found cardboard objects Bisque | 1040 °C Glaze | Botz, Titan Black with engobes | 1040 °C
The Blue and Orange Noodle Pots Brushed layers of terracotta in found instant noodle pots with base Bisque | 960 °C Glaze | Botz, Waterfall | 1040 °C
Test Tile (agaric) Terracotta tile with pieces of crushed casting slip Bisque | 960 °C Glaze | Botz, Coral Red & Lava | 1040 °C
Test (organic trypophobia tube) Slip trailed layers of terracotta on found cardboard tube Bisque | 1040 °C
Untitled Object(s) Brushed layers of stoneware on found cardboard objects with final layer of terracotta Separate elements | bisque fired | 960 °C Bisque fired elements joined with slip Second bisque | 1040 °C Glaze | Botz, Ironstone with stoneware […]
Musky Stang (stoneware with string, feathers and patchouli oil) Rolled stoneware lengths, dried, cut to size and joined with slip Layers of paper thin terracotta stuck on surface Bisque | 960 °C Terracotta slip with found mixed glaze (frosty rust […]
Test Tile (spiral) Stoneware tile with slip trailed terracotta spiral Bisque fired | 1040 °C Glaze | Botz, Glossy Ochre | 1040 °C
Dial of Divine Offerings Dial: stoneware layers brushed onto styrofoam base from frozen pizza, final layer terracotta Detail: stoneware slip poured into bottle tops Mushroom: stoneware elements cast in found plaster moulds with layer of terracotta Bisque fired | 1040 […]
Throughout the time of the research project, thanks to the bursary, I had been able to travel down to London many times to attend meet-ups and workshops; two of these occasions stand out as milestones, either by allowing me to […]
Intention: to develop my current practice beyond cardboard structures and explore a move into ceramic, focusing on the sculptural possibilities and limitations of paper clay to create more robust forms with the potential to endure outdoor environments.
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My aim with the a-n bursary I received was to build an imaginary subterranean location as a basis for an art work which in its most basic form is both open-ended and critically interesting for the player to explore. The […]
Come April, when the news of the bursary was doing the rounds on social media, it dawned on me; this might be a much bigger project than I intended to take on. I was pretty stunned by the prospect of, […]
