I really dig ceramic art. It’s a wonderful excuse to buy something handmade thats both artful and functional. You can always say to yourself, “Yeah, but I don’t really need art”, but with ceramics you can always say back to … Continue reading
I keep forgetting to mention this on my own blog, but I’m the 2011-2012 Artist in Residence at Prospect Gallery. Which means lots of doing stuff, and also a rather wonderful excuse to get back into that quite strange field, … Continue reading
Earlier on I posted a few examples of the work I did in the final semester of my bachelors, Colour Photogravure from three plates. Well, these posts really asked more questions that they answered, and given that I may not … Continue reading
“And remember, nothing you do actually matters.” These were the closing words of a presentation on the first day of my Skills for Creative Events intensive earlier this year. And, they’re perfectly accurate, in context. In putting on exhibitions and … Continue reading
One of my tutors, Jared Thomas, once made a statement that has stuck with me ever since, “…it’s about utilising the Language of Power.” And the amazing Elizabeth Emery once referred a wonderful statement too me too, “No two words … Continue reading
I graduated from my Bachelor of Visual Arts last month. Graduating from art school is the wall, on the other side you either you grow up and get a real job or you keep pursuing art and hope for the … Continue reading
Last month I popped out to Pepper Street Art Centre so see a panel event they were running called Learning Curves. I took some notes and thought I should write up my take on it. Learning Curves developed as a … Continue reading
Nihao Pingyao – Send us to China. A bunch of rad people – Courtney Bignell, Aurelia Carbone, Sundari Carmody and Alice Jane – are trying to scrape together enough money to go to the 2011 PIP Festival in China. Their … Continue reading