Sketchup offers such a quick way of constructing architectural spaces – a great new tool for me when putting together commission proposals. A scale plan of a space can easily be imported and traced, then converted to a 3D visualisation. […]
I had another morning at Meltdowns Foundry on Tuesday, this time applying resin with a brush. I didn’t put quite enough catalyst into the mixture which meant that the afternoon was spent staring at the work and trying to speed […]
“Sometimes just the act of writing down the problems straightens out your head as to what they really are.” Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Chapter 9 I have decided to make writing a regular and more integral part […]
Our third session looking at creating responses to the site involved taking Bo to visit the Brindley Village location and to critique ideas discussed so far. As mentioned in a previous blog post, it has been interesting to consider making […]
The past few weeks have been rather manic, to say the least. I have completed the summer intensive part of the Artist Teacher Scheme, an experience I found intensely liberating and also intensely emotional; I wanted to cry for several […]
Documenting my experience on the Artist Teacher Scheme 2016-17, my personal growth as an artist, and where it leads me to next.
We recently went to Kidderminster to meet with Loz Samuels, who is the Arts and Play Development Officer at Wyre Forest District Council. She organises Kidderminster Arts Festival, which runs for 1 month through August every year. http://www.kidderminsterartsfestival.org.uk/ We met […]
On Friday 15th July Sarah and I headed to London to visit the Victoria Miro gallery to see Yayoi Kusama and to the V&A to see Elytra. This was a real treat as we’d spent the last few weeks in […]
I live in the very brilliant Coventry which is full of exciting creativeness. On 10th June 2016 a lovely man by the name of Dom arranged a symposium all about digital in art followed by a micro festival the following […]
Since the last blog entry the two mentoring sessions with Magali Avezou(archipelago), the peer mentoring group (book project group) and the site specific exhibition has happened. The mentoring sessions with Magali which has started back in May has been very […]
Last month I finished an exhibition at Collective, Edinburgh. I then started work on making some new objects. I am trying to not be fixated on them being finished. Having exhibitions is often, strangely, antithetical to progress as there is so […]
So Wednesday 3rd August was my first meeting with my new mentor, Susan Mumford. I was exhausted before I arrived; this was largely due to my inability to sleep when I’m nervous (I was very nervous) and my lovely, but […]
Blog 6: On way to Edinburgh , think I should just move here been coming back and forward so many times, but I am enjoying it. I was not sure what Dorothy had in mind this time, I took […]
The winner of the inaugural award named after the Acme Studios co-founder will receive a rent-free shared studio and bursary as well as mentoring and studio visits.
Excuse the title, I like to live my life with an imaginary soundtrack. Anyhow, you have not heard from me for a while, this is not because I have been sat idly by, watching the world… No! It is […]
On Friday 20th May we met with Emma Harrabin from Coventry 2021, Coventry 2021 is the campaign for Coventry to be the City of Culture in 2021. Emma was organising the public launch which was taking place at Godiva Festival […]
On the 13th June Nichola from Vortex Creates came to meet Sarah and I. We wanted to meet her as she does really interesting projects which have essences of our interests. The two that really interest me are the Lost […]
I am feeling very guilty as Sarah and I haven’t been blogging recently for our Professional Development Grant. Everything has been going so well, we are incredibly busy and this is why our blogs have been a bit delayed! Today […]
Today I knocked the resin out of the moulds and realised how much less work it is if you get the mould right in the first place: I would have needed even more shellack… I think I’ll try melamine moulds […]
As part of my Professional Development Bursary, I am keen to spread the new knowledge and skills gained during my recent completion of two courses. This week I met with a group of art students in Newcastle and I was able […]
After completing the week long course at Nottingham Trent University – part of their Global Summer School programme – I am finding the skills and new materials I was introduced to immediately beneficial to my practice. This week I have […]
Chief Librarians 1852–1858 Edward Edwards 1858–1864 Robert Wilson Smiles 1864–1879 Andrea Crestadoro 1879–1920 Charles William Suttan I read the list of librarians, sitting next to the old Manchester Library fireplace, it reminded me of a man for whom everything […]
Megan Calver and Gabrielle Hoad write: Posted by Susie David As we start to think about how to develop work arising from Dawlish Warren, we’re asking the question: “what do non-artists get out of collaborating?” So we were delighted to have the opportunity […]
