Sculpting In the Footsteps of My Forbears.
How I discovered a shared passion for stone carving with my Great Great Great Grandfather.
How I discovered a shared passion for stone carving with my Great Great Great Grandfather.
I came up with the title: ‘Ars Automata’ which I think works on many different levels. It was a totally unconscious intuitive title. That’s the 95% of my brain working without my knowledge and it’s much smarter than conscious me. […]
My practice has recently found its way towards exploring the relationship between human and the artificial…again. I recently watched a video of Russell Brand banging on about Klaus Schwab. In a short youtube video, MR Schwab appeared to be advacating […]
Hi, I am currently making tools from fabrics and bits and bobs. These are then cast in bronze. I am just interested in what other artists have paid for their bronze castings. I have just finished my MA, so the […]
A long meandering conversation via zoom led to an interesting debate about sculpture and forms, about materiality and air, about straight taut grids and floppy flailing grilles. Plan includes starting this conversation via a blog and testing out ideas, experimenting […]
Having shown work at the same venue in 2014, Sharon Haward and Laura Porter hit a chord, stayed in touch and finding many common themes in their work are now putting together a new body of work to exhibit. This blog reflects the ongoing conversation between them.
There’s so much about motherhood that I wish I had known beforehand but nothing quite prepares you for the madness that comes with it. I’m still processing day by day whilst caught up in the wider messiness of day to […]
Mother seems mandatory and has its own status in line with life choices, marriage success and size of kitchen. Becoming educated and having a career separate to the domestic, becoming a maker/artist empowered me to my perceived ideal of Woman. […]