I find myself part of a rather wonderful collaborative group which has acquired the name ‘Mud Collective’. We have crafted an audio walk that connects Iraq and the UK through soil, telling the story of a pot made from earth […]
Image: Mud. 14.03.20 50°18’49.0″N 3°38’02.7″W 14.03.20 First: ‘why blog?’ The medium seems problematic. This takes me back to art school. I was talking about humans as animals and illustration was my medium of choice, it was and is also my […]
There is progress in Trench Y, down by the water’s edge, where they are looking for the outer wall of the settlement. A test pit revealed what they were hoping for so this has been enlarged. Obviously it’s early […]
Never have I been so excited about being given a whole lot of mud (well, I probably have, but in the context of growing things… which I guess connects all these ideas). Thanks to ceramicist Elsa Naveda as well […]
Self-directed, micro-residency in an old farmhouse in the Upper Eden Valley. Holly, Cate and I, onetime studio mates, but forever sketching mates, take up residence for 4 days of disciplined work in a sparse environment to see what emerges.
Stuck in the mud yesterday. Immobile. No way out of the mud. My legs would not move. Nor my head. Struggle is creative. Forced to focus in this tight spot, I went in circles, searching for my inner earth, my […]
Photographs taken by Martin Owen for our group exhibition Majority Under Division you can see more about our first group exhibition on our blog http://mudcollective.blogspot.co.uk/
