tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29509381882815460512024-03-06T03:47:50.648+00:00CALM AIR ALL ICE18th-23rd May 2009
Room 212 Gloucester Road, Bristol
Claire-Elizabeth Platt and Camilla Stacey
before, during and afterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-11254980649195815562010-05-27T02:32:00.001+01:002010-05-27T02:33:44.935+01:00Coming up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94FxR65GhcPsrSfRkNrbwLIvXbNDRdmz04uBdNKnhp82jLee91khyCr7Dfea3S-yCJG-j8BVQZAfIUZSvkZl2I92FrGmfKPgoa_lCCMTMraGaZnPvJKZ8dQgntzAWXqqcf1PDpBhaAMg/s1600/here+today+gone+tomorrow+flyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94FxR65GhcPsrSfRkNrbwLIvXbNDRdmz04uBdNKnhp82jLee91khyCr7Dfea3S-yCJG-j8BVQZAfIUZSvkZl2I92FrGmfKPgoa_lCCMTMraGaZnPvJKZ8dQgntzAWXqqcf1PDpBhaAMg/s400/here+today+gone+tomorrow+flyer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://madebymilla.blogspot.com/">One half</a> of Calm Air All Ice is going to be showing her work as part of <a href="http://heretodaygonetomorrowfab.blogspot.com/">Here Today, Gone Tomorrow</a>- a show curated by <a href="http://www.fionacassidy.com/">Fiona Cassidy</a>, who took part in 'Fifty Two'.<br />
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The <a href="http://ilovesewing.blogspot.com/">other half</a> of Calm Air All Ice has been showing her work as part of '<a href="http://ilovesewing.blogspot.com/2010/05/knit-one-purl-one-pictures.html">Knit one, Purl one</a>' at Touchstones gallery in Rochdale.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-24668800892881641332010-04-26T20:47:00.000+01:002010-04-26T20:47:07.897+01:00Sophie JonesJust popping in to let you know that Sophie Jones, one of our stars from 'fifty-two' has an exhibition on at the moment at the Bath Spa Gallery, in the University Campus of Weston College. The exhibition runs til the end of this week, and you can find more info on the facebook group: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/BathSpaGallery.UniversityCampus.WestonsuperMare">Bath Spa Gallery at Weston College</a><br />
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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZdsDmLQw2yPDUISxmOofLh9JHdWK_FZdAyuzh4yENdHJukI3Srsbf2eiecwI615DeEz4jb8BI2KhKMGW1YkTiPLii_BSvugZiVBZWN-coWAfmhyNhL6aLnwTsrRs4hR9jFpwIytuuOg3/s400/DSCF0541.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457366281792555202" border="0" /></a>want more pictures?<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/claire-elizabethplatt/">Claires photos</a>, <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crunchcandy/">Camillas photos</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We're back! The show was SO much fun - thanks to everyone who turned out for the private view ( and the daytimes following) Installing the show was slightly overwhelming to start - where to begin? It was exciting searching through, hanging, re hanging, and finally stepping back once it was all up - thankfully it all fitted in and (we think) looked wonderful!<br /><br />Here's some links to a few bits and mentions...<a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://ilovesewing.blogspot.com/2010/04/fifty-two.html">my own little post</a>, <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://inkygoodness.com/archives/1624">inky goodnes</a>s (already posted on the <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://calmairallice.blogspot.com/2010/04/inkygoodness-review-of-fifty-two.html">blog</a> by <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.davebain.com/">dave bain</a>) a post by <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://kirstyhall.co.uk/blog/2010/04/52-exhibition/">kirsty hall </a>who created a piece '52 drawings for claire and camilla' especially for the show and installed it over an epic two days! <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://artesprit.blogspot.com/search/label/calmairallice">Susan</a> did some interviews with both me and camilla over on here blog too!<br /><br />We'll keep updating throughout the week with more pictures and bits from the show!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-58006552295463147352010-04-03T01:57:00.000+01:002010-04-03T01:57:05.356+01:0052 mini interviews: Elin Thomas<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.101739543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.101739543.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Name</b>: Elin Thomas<br />
<b>Location</b> :Bristol<br />
<b>Age</b>: 42<br />
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<b>Websites</b><br />
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<a href="http://elintm.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://elintm.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="http://elintm.bigcartel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://elintm.bigcartel.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.elinart.etsy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.elinart.etsy.com</a><br />
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<b>How would you describe your work?</b><br />
</span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the moment I'm into making textile based pieces. I'm an avid crocheter and interested in the possibilities of the technique and using it in a playful way. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<b>What are you currently working on</b>?<br />
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Faux moulds....the furry kind. Not as easy as you think to create an organic look.<br />
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<b>Where do you find inspiration for our work</b>?<br />
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Stumbling about in the woods. Other artists and makers. The macro experts on Flickr.<br />
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<b>3 artist/ designers you love.</b></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<a href="http://www.joanavasconcelos.com/"> Joana Vasconcelos</a>. - Thee Queen of crochet. We miss out a lot on great European artists here in the UK.<br />
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Lisa Paterson - Jeweller from. Fresh look </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-66382920991246067462010-04-03T01:49:00.000+01:002010-04-03T01:49:10.391+01:0052 mini interviews: Dave Bain<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAPQRfOrTqiPnfoJ4Pwu0RFhnQBPh9GcoZuG5ciiQzLGeLj-rnaBXxjuOIoYSMZbmn8iK2ehhJEbwrWj400dliBYB0qPmuaL8lWxCKfhsqg6X3yk_GHu8NWGvK187I5sdRiLV8fL9oCk/s1600/yellow-snow-dave-bain-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAPQRfOrTqiPnfoJ4Pwu0RFhnQBPh9GcoZuG5ciiQzLGeLj-rnaBXxjuOIoYSMZbmn8iK2ehhJEbwrWj400dliBYB0qPmuaL8lWxCKfhsqg6X3yk_GHu8NWGvK187I5sdRiLV8fL9oCk/s320/yellow-snow-dave-bain-web.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Name: <span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Dave Bain</span> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Location:</b> Bristol<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Age: </b>26<br />
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<b>Websites:</b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.davebain.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.davebain.com</a> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://davebainlatest.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://davebainlatest.blogspot.com</a><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>How would you describe your work?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
I try and bring colour and fun to my work as well as a positive and cheerful sense to my paintings and drawings.<br />
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<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are you currently working on?</b><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Several projects for some up-and-coming music groups, doing album cover work and installation images. Also, working on some children's story ideas.<br />
</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love looking through reference books, bric-a-brac shops and finding music that creates images in my head.<br />
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<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why!:</b><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.saeleeoh.com/">Saelee Oh</a> I've only recently come across this lady and can't get enough of her beautiful use of shapes and textures.<br />
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<a href="http://russellcobb.com/">Russell Cobb</a> His conceptual imagery is simply astonishing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.studiocanoe.com/">Temujin Doran</a> Long-term friend, photographer, film-maker and drawer of stunning line images. Total leg end.<br />
</span> <span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3 things that make you smile:</b><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1) People's favourite biscuit choices<br />
2) Falling asleep with my hand between the pages of a book.<br />
3) Holding hands<br />
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<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</b><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">DECKED<br />
5th - 29th August 2010<br />
Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street, London<br />
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INKYGOODNESS 4 "PLAY"<br />
2nd - 12th September 2010<br />
EAST Gallery, Brick Lane, London</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-2914066570762848952010-04-01T12:35:00.005+01:002010-04-01T12:56:41.971+01:00Inkygoodness Review of 'Fifty-two'<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Calm Air All Ice presents 'Fifty-two'</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvM5UUjsOl553LUBOic9DAVnSNaH20eaRRS1gyl9xx7hsqOx75D5kdFMXpRnLbY9SSh9T-xuloB08DHsac2MHJErpTcKKYrTloUTn6FHWm_qQ0VVADQpy8-AnDLwRP3jOrMx5vv_idrw/s1600/odd+shapes_52.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvM5UUjsOl553LUBOic9DAVnSNaH20eaRRS1gyl9xx7hsqOx75D5kdFMXpRnLbY9SSh9T-xuloB08DHsac2MHJErpTcKKYrTloUTn6FHWm_qQ0VVADQpy8-AnDLwRP3jOrMx5vv_idrw/s400/odd+shapes_52.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132101105375938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Calm Air All Ice is a collaborative project between artists <a href="http://ilovesewing.blogspot.com/">Claire Platt</a> and <a href="http://madebymilla.blogspot.com/">Camilla Stacey</a> and hats off to them, as they've put on a remarkable exhibition fitting 52 illustrators & artists into the smallest gallery of Bristol. Running only until Saturday 3rd April (Noon - 4pm (5.30pm: Sat. only)) the show comprises of up to three pieces each, from the represented image-makers. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Carefully and sensitively hung, the curators lead the viewer on a lively journey around the enclosed space. It's quite the showcase of some of Claire and Camilla's favourite artists, which is reflected in the enthusiasm behind the associated blog, mini-interviews and overall promotion of this exhibit. The windows are adorned with intriguing constructed work, from delicate strung together drawings, to fragile and beautiful 3D sculptural work. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You are then led through a set of pieces all created on unusual surfaces or in unusual ways: dinner trays, odd bits of wood (<a href="http://www.amandablakeart.com">Amanda Blake</a>'s piece caught my eye right away), rounded fabric frames, old photos and woolen sculptures (Claire Platt's own work). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92073964@N00/sets/72157600043584373/">Genevieve Dionne</a> has included three of her woodburnt pieces, featuring her twisted versions of creatures - a delight to see in real life.</span><br /><br />(Genevieve Dionne)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsasvp1Cmcy_mRq_Gh3hrQLxnOP6fNTXME1u8ymZIKqQrvn265TwS5y7JbN-yGVCnxAFDWVlW7-m2exOIj3X6qtN33eFDQXkbP9KddX-p8sJwaTi_Tm8TJLtUhsmi7B8bMO-V-L1tELNw/s1600/Dionne_52.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsasvp1Cmcy_mRq_Gh3hrQLxnOP6fNTXME1u8ymZIKqQrvn265TwS5y7JbN-yGVCnxAFDWVlW7-m2exOIj3X6qtN33eFDQXkbP9KddX-p8sJwaTi_Tm8TJLtUhsmi7B8bMO-V-L1tELNw/s400/Dionne_52.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132096537812098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.bjornlie.com/">Bjorn Lie</a>'s enormous print starts off the next wall, which continues this snapshot of contemporary illustration. Prints, detailed drawings and semi-abstract art all sit comfortably together, some pieces left open to interpretation, while others, like "Beware Of Yellow Snow" (<a href="http://www.davebain.com">Dave Bain</a>) are out to amuse. </span><br /><br />(Dave Bain)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzMVNmpfgj01rIPvaJmJFlqh3dmJcyn50hXHd_lYbb4_UBWf7JetK3Vf7rP0gGYBDDAiW93dOXqPpcqpxFb0h5kG_YucBUcgQPJn1KWEkatd3SGJVUWwacLvvRJUgNtuQ3lgyfdoIpI4/s1600/dave+bain_snow_52.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 385px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzMVNmpfgj01rIPvaJmJFlqh3dmJcyn50hXHd_lYbb4_UBWf7JetK3Vf7rP0gGYBDDAiW93dOXqPpcqpxFb0h5kG_YucBUcgQPJn1KWEkatd3SGJVUWwacLvvRJUgNtuQ3lgyfdoIpI4/s400/dave+bain_snow_52.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132091929567714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The final side of 'room 212' is covered with primarily unframed work, ranging from very immediate sketches and photo collage work to the lively colours of <a href="http://www.peskimo.com/">Peskimo</a> prints, <a href="http://www.debbie-hill.co.uk/">Debbie Hill</a>'s cut-outs, <a href="http://www.wowoutrageous.com/">Patrick Gildersleeves</a> oriental based work and <a href="http://www.abouttoday.co.uk/">Lizzie Stewart</a>'s stunning drawings, just to pick out a few.</span><br /><br />(Patrick Gildersleeves)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixTXvoTdkR41n5QgS2G784_RVEObsTz4ozkijlzpYKm6d31nH7QbbE1VHH_F-BpWUdONI_R4fwj_t0o3Tina-qvA_zupseo4c7PIjjdlb1FOkYfeux2_pFRxrV4vKYrTcpgWSDYa0mnE/s1600/Gildersleeves_52.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixTXvoTdkR41n5QgS2G784_RVEObsTz4ozkijlzpYKm6d31nH7QbbE1VHH_F-BpWUdONI_R4fwj_t0o3Tina-qvA_zupseo4c7PIjjdlb1FOkYfeux2_pFRxrV4vKYrTcpgWSDYa0mnE/s400/Gildersleeves_52.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132103473971538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It is remarkable. A brilliant show, with work already selling. If you are in Bristol and have a chance to see it, don't miss out!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(words: Dave Bain on behalf of <a href="http://inkygoodness.com">Inkygoodness</a>)</span></span><br /><br />(Various photos from the opening evening)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYYxOUicxL7yZKyMMHBrwehrTtopwCHixF9I58DELzmQxl-9Hgypzc3eHhabyKPXtuwAN8A-eP_kFPAvyCHZ2X4RUjuOOjJD3ob7RY7QTlaqHOthJWq9jc-EuRwNN7resmgC582fnRCs/s1600/opening_52.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYYxOUicxL7yZKyMMHBrwehrTtopwCHixF9I58DELzmQxl-9Hgypzc3eHhabyKPXtuwAN8A-eP_kFPAvyCHZ2X4RUjuOOjJD3ob7RY7QTlaqHOthJWq9jc-EuRwNN7resmgC582fnRCs/s400/opening_52.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132524127188146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoEkYx5Hn2Jsi0lWs80i1dEhExWIl3Bufc9-VNmyTw9r5o65M3R-rVrLmjq3w-tDN4yBc-p2rqTUc050fmrwlwkEQ757GDscwOPUXfBGJC_uk6QunEgNPa7gXg4kMxXPEXHX8Ll0cbSM/s1600/opening_52_4.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoEkYx5Hn2Jsi0lWs80i1dEhExWIl3Bufc9-VNmyTw9r5o65M3R-rVrLmjq3w-tDN4yBc-p2rqTUc050fmrwlwkEQ757GDscwOPUXfBGJC_uk6QunEgNPa7gXg4kMxXPEXHX8Ll0cbSM/s400/opening_52_4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132517919513810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWQVf9yZ8kqKNmWKR3mj_R7zJU5-nf6_lPc0rPx4QwMWVyA7kPzw04DVo0YOApZ5DNLMHHaKFjJnOFSUpSNWhAhmQSJl6xd2fKqXWYoyb9Wt1BXPqv8wxMegVtc4lVqXgaNW0grrMCSw/s1600/opening_52_3.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWQVf9yZ8kqKNmWKR3mj_R7zJU5-nf6_lPc0rPx4QwMWVyA7kPzw04DVo0YOApZ5DNLMHHaKFjJnOFSUpSNWhAhmQSJl6xd2fKqXWYoyb9Wt1BXPqv8wxMegVtc4lVqXgaNW0grrMCSw/s400/opening_52_3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132512531733778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZseGoVeQwDDha8_xItIm7kVcXd9AE35p_MWClVq2fufR2NRjx5_-rrtFWAscYm89LwJOzx-svwVqhaqQLbRYzLHFbi7CYmUeRVX7GnKmzcNwrk23C401fpq8MKZM2hql-6xahwVqHQ0/s1600/opening_52_2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZseGoVeQwDDha8_xItIm7kVcXd9AE35p_MWClVq2fufR2NRjx5_-rrtFWAscYm89LwJOzx-svwVqhaqQLbRYzLHFbi7CYmUeRVX7GnKmzcNwrk23C401fpq8MKZM2hql-6xahwVqHQ0/s400/opening_52_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455132511779010722" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-76332368186780322912010-04-01T01:31:00.000+01:002010-04-01T01:31:22.947+01:00We're open!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0jCuGQoIL-FVOWi5cN9xVbQiNbUVhDfyWbFDtDRt1jANTXUitnLpJ7-bpgF0VZNkxJlPPq_JbbIAvdjN-U0naMPZDk4Y0bEfKI0nqjy35O5aUJYjOFXtfuC_VUoWiE3G0RCfMWLezRs/s1600/mosaicf41d00949474952251be94372d5812e20c35fe87.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0jCuGQoIL-FVOWi5cN9xVbQiNbUVhDfyWbFDtDRt1jANTXUitnLpJ7-bpgF0VZNkxJlPPq_JbbIAvdjN-U0naMPZDk4Y0bEfKI0nqjy35O5aUJYjOFXtfuC_VUoWiE3G0RCfMWLezRs/s400/mosaicf41d00949474952251be94372d5812e20c35fe87.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/63569979@N00/4479849559/"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-22161683716134239452010-03-30T15:18:00.000+01:002010-03-30T15:18:00.711+01:00For those with a little more pocket money may we suggest...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcV8LPevnjeeOAPxthmyxsBZmbgirWdpdoUDLOTnwmmsyw4Wo7ar1Q1yLeyg0E7GYIz8EhkY8QbxY6Iwh36gWh3CbpjSaX6D7U8d_I2qm4-mrOyoMoWSEyjLv53wWxobaYzgzK4PTpVA/s1600/3283337596_0d892cab2c_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcV8LPevnjeeOAPxthmyxsBZmbgirWdpdoUDLOTnwmmsyw4Wo7ar1Q1yLeyg0E7GYIz8EhkY8QbxY6Iwh36gWh3CbpjSaX6D7U8d_I2qm4-mrOyoMoWSEyjLv53wWxobaYzgzK4PTpVA/s320/3283337596_0d892cab2c_b.jpg" /></a></div>One of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92073964@N00/">Genevieve Dionne</a>'s gouache and wood burner plaques for £100.<br />
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A delicate embroidered print from <a href="http://www.lisasolomon.com/">Lisa Solomon</a> for £200<br />
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Lovely mixed media print from <a href="http://www.amygreenan.com/">Amy Greenan</a> for £235 (framed)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-23514152529123284712010-03-30T00:06:00.004+01:002010-03-30T00:07:55.598+01:0052 mini interviews: Michal William<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1mrajqMG2vbO4sYWYGSUpNYCQQJkgcpR-vUMDa0Smmr1ALasKHnLEZN1j9EtjO0sqnDfYa2QpS4XQoQb2TBawvyDFczZoXpsEiWcg7wmbmm6N_fsOM7NIlWOTYKFrJxuQflPQogN9xA/s1600/102_0943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG1mrajqMG2vbO4sYWYGSUpNYCQQJkgcpR-vUMDa0Smmr1ALasKHnLEZN1j9EtjO0sqnDfYa2QpS4XQoQb2TBawvyDFczZoXpsEiWcg7wmbmm6N_fsOM7NIlWOTYKFrJxuQflPQogN9xA/s320/102_0943.JPG" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Name:</b> Michal William</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Location:</b> Bristol</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Age:</b>33</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<b>Website(s):</b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.semi-square.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.semi-square.co.uk</a>,</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.localkid.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.localkid.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<b>How would you describe your work?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b> </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I work mostly with photocopies, making minimalist collage/photomontage using text and images. For years I made gig posters, slowly realising that they had 'artistic' merit in their own right, and even slowerly realising that I could even make something that didn't even have any 'information' in it! In my posters I would be facinated by the movement I could create by placing the cut-out letters and numbers and shapes in different places, and how each would determine how and where the others would be placed. Various gravitational points would pull figures, characters, in, and spin them out. And it's this play-fight between choas and control that entertains me enough to continue to create my non-poster work.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am currently expoloring the flight of sea gulls and ballerinas and others. It's funny.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Old films, old buildings and old books. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why! : </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matt Jones (as well as others around him in the Bristol music scene) has greatly influenced not only my artwork, but also has informed my music, temperament and life goals. Before I knew Matt, I was a big fan of the bands he was involved in (<a href="http://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/crescent/">Crescent</a>, <a href="http://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/movietone/">Movietone</a>, etc), and when I first saw his large white abstract carpentered paintings in 1996, it was some of the first art that I felt I could instantly understand and relate to. And the simple style of his posters for Cafe Mono made me rethink what gig posters could be.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Brandt">Marianne Brandt</a> is my favourite artist of all time. She is mostly known for her metal design work at the Bauhaus in the 1920's, but at the same time she also produced many photomontages, usually just for herself or her friends. Her photomontages are playful, political and minimalist, and again I felt an instant understanding as soon as I saw them. I have never studied art, and so I can only trust my instincts when making or appreciating it. Marrianne Brandt's artwork stuck out its hand and said 'hello, you and I are the same.'</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.schulzmuseum.org/">Charles M. Schulz</a> was suprised himself how a few lines and dashes on paper could invoke so much emotion and human recognition. This is what any form of art means to me - seeing a relationship in it to what you know, belonging to some language that is not part of words (even when words are used). </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-55825261071446604182010-03-29T17:11:00.003+01:002010-03-30T00:17:59.956+01:00some sneaky peeks of super affordable work for you<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.peskimo.com/">Peskimo</a> have sent over some photos of their work for the show, can you tell what it is yet?</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U-J_ENlxiVc/S7DKvxTSFwI/AAAAAAAAAZk/3HvVVO8gqHc/s1600/52-PESKIMO-BunnyBandit+%285%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U-J_ENlxiVc/S7DKvxTSFwI/AAAAAAAAAZk/3HvVVO8gqHc/s320/52-PESKIMO-BunnyBandit+%285%29.JPG" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This have been screen printed using the set up that they've built in their own home, how great must it be to have screen printing facilities at home?</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUBHqgnH9T8tzAkyktI61xi-yfJsg9egSAtFQHNmZeNeMbW7ELYeIAIeoHwrw0IoBsxNaTiTEx9A-qUtGfm3pbAKsRyjP9YWeVI4YmHITr8RfTTmamZzSNAMCIini712NWOFOOTnLJu8/s1600/52-PESKIMO-BunnyBandit+%282%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUBHqgnH9T8tzAkyktI61xi-yfJsg9egSAtFQHNmZeNeMbW7ELYeIAIeoHwrw0IoBsxNaTiTEx9A-qUtGfm3pbAKsRyjP9YWeVI4YmHITr8RfTTmamZzSNAMCIini712NWOFOOTnLJu8/s320/52-PESKIMO-BunnyBandit+%282%29.JPG" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> It's a bandit bunny! Just in time to steal all the Easter Eggs! These will be on sale for just £12 so I am pretty sure that they are going to get snapped up quick fast.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And here are three of <a href="http://www.fionacassidy.com/">Fiona Cassidy</a>'s 'Units of Habitation' which are just £10 each, or £50 for the set of 7. These little houses are made from hand stitched calico.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.edithabeyta.net/">Edith Abeyta</a> is sending some of her <a href="http://www.edithabeyta.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bunnyside1-225x300.jpg">'Bats and Rats'</a> bunnies our way- you can take one home for just £20</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH2UHv2agu43XhyphenhyphenaN7v9VJMNiYbpI18CMlJJcOIJEHWDnQ08-NyBIBRfsjzxfkfFN3BHDUDn9Nk17UmBQj_Mgcg6rpdlBXTiRtbsUu91JpRNGdtvTnF_28ahGofgbEY2d8iUB3q6mugM/s1600/susanschwake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoH2UHv2agu43XhyphenhyphenaN7v9VJMNiYbpI18CMlJJcOIJEHWDnQ08-NyBIBRfsjzxfkfFN3BHDUDn9Nk17UmBQj_Mgcg6rpdlBXTiRtbsUu91JpRNGdtvTnF_28ahGofgbEY2d8iUB3q6mugM/s320/susanschwake.jpg" /></a></div><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1156153187"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.susanschwake.com/">Susan Schwake</a> has two of these lovely paintings on cedar wood for just £20 each<br />
</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-5852596522942751932010-03-27T20:26:00.000+00:002010-03-27T20:26:25.482+00:00Venue Magazine says 'Don't Miss Fifty-Two'<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4467291225_d0904406a7_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4467291225_d0904406a7_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I didn't have time to scan this but if you look closely you can see that our show is one of five that are marked as Don't Miss shows for next week. Pretty sweet if you ask me. Here's an even worse photo of the listing:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I promise i'll get a good scan of it soon.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-28646047615257441302010-03-26T13:29:00.000+00:002010-03-26T13:29:27.835+00:0052 mini interviews: Bjorn Rune Lie<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituo2RGaNlKLcRcALHVJL8SzOJC4Aatdws7-cMH0aW11ywR6K1szhfcG_6oE1iKMgvzxh-bgIisbAS7k-j8SD0XjY0whvDjN4oJ9O8PWGAIqyVZJ2aAgWI8gttutHmxmOBNnUcT70Ol6TR/s1600/+UFO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEituo2RGaNlKLcRcALHVJL8SzOJC4Aatdws7-cMH0aW11ywR6K1szhfcG_6oE1iKMgvzxh-bgIisbAS7k-j8SD0XjY0whvDjN4oJ9O8PWGAIqyVZJ2aAgWI8gttutHmxmOBNnUcT70Ol6TR/s320/+UFO.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Name</b>: Bjorn Rune Lie<br />
<b>Location</b>: Bristol<br />
<b>Age</b>: 32 1/2</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
<b>Website</b>(s): </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.bjornlie.com/"> www.bjornlie.com</a> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://bjornrunelie.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bjornrunelie.blogspot.com</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
<b>How would you describe your work?</b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">It depends who I'd be describing it to....It often features ordinary people in bizarre circumstances or vice versa; outlandish looking characters in an everyday setting. Playful and warm, rich in detail and texture..Possibly overworked a lot of the time.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><br />
What are you currently working on?</b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">A picture book for Nobrow Press in London. To be printed in 3 spot colours..Quite exciting, but probably economic suicide.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
<b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> Everywhere but illustration annuals.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><br />
3 artists/designers you love and why!</b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artist/423818800/jockum-nordstrom.html">Jockum Nordstrom</a>, <a href="http://www.gosiamachon.de/">Gosia Machon</a> and <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/user/yokoland">Yokoland</a>. Because they are confident enough to do "loose" work. I can't do that myself..It just doesn't feel finished to me if I haven't worked my ass off. Guess you just gotta do what feels natural. And I love this here blog: <a href="http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ajourneyroundmyskull.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br />
<b>3 things that make you smile:</b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Scrambled eggs, newspaper, Fresh coffee. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><br />
Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</b> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Got this really exciting show called 52! Apart from that, no...Well..Jamaica Street Open Studios in June, of course.</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-2867346059582101732010-03-25T22:15:00.001+00:002010-03-25T22:17:06.222+00:0052 mini interviews: Edith Abeyta<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2wxd_6dGF1vFcOpEMLk76flGU0GNQ1ICpx6b0aCT48iv6yWRJxLEpXVQwXmprwVQHvy0opJpXkfFpfJ5AP8MA82B1P-JrbRZVyXe8xopoh245RYIifJbdTgvb3uw4Cv6NMbd2iFImsw/s1600/MyBusinessisCircumference122909A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2wxd_6dGF1vFcOpEMLk76flGU0GNQ1ICpx6b0aCT48iv6yWRJxLEpXVQwXmprwVQHvy0opJpXkfFpfJ5AP8MA82B1P-JrbRZVyXe8xopoh245RYIifJbdTgvb3uw4Cv6NMbd2iFImsw/s320/MyBusinessisCircumference122909A.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Name</b>: Edith Abeyta</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Location</b>: Los Angeles, CA<br />
<b>Age</b>: 44</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<b>Website</b>(s): </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://edithabeyta.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://edithabeyta.net</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edithabeyta/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/edithabeyta/</a></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
How would you describe your work?</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fiber based installations with 19th century ragpicker sensibilities infused with literature and radical politics.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<b> </b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"My Business is Circumference No. 2" an installation for the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/BathSpaGallery.UniversityCampus.WestonsuperMare?ref=ts">Bath Spa Gallery</a> and "Me, You, Us" an exchange based installation for the exhibition "Crossbreed: the art of collaboration" at the <a href="http://www.elcamino.edu/commadv/artgallery/index.html">El Camino College Art Gallery</a> in southern California.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Where do you find inspiration for your work?</span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Much of it comes from reading novels and talking to people.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://owltooth.com/">Porous Walker</a> He has an approach and sensibility like no one else.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://odoka.org/">Vanessa Renwick</a> The only artist I know who can make black eyes look sexy and the demolition of nuclear reactors beautiful</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/1636-yong-sin"><span class="Apple-style-span">Yong Sin</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Her perseverance and dedication to her work is more extreme than anyone I know.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<b>3 things that make you smile:</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Getting a good night's sleep</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. Being told, "We'll reimburse you for materials."</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. Homemade Stout</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
<b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">see answer above</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-66941323287331897842010-03-24T22:27:00.000+00:002010-03-24T22:27:00.643+00:0052 mini interviews: Fiona Cassidy<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4408487277_f2316eeb6e_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4408487277_f2316eeb6e_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Name:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i></b>Fiona Cassidy</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Location:<i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></i></b>Bath</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: normal;"><b>Website(s)</b><b><i>:</i></b><i> </i></span><a href="http://www.fionacassidy.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">http://www.fionacassidy.com</span></a></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">How would you describe your work?</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">reversible</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">working on finding a studio space so I can actually get some work made</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">skips, second-hand furniture shops, neglected urban spaces, building sites</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why! : </b></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_781995172"><br />
</a></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ceal-floyer/">Ceal Floyer</a>: clever clever titles</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.richardlong.org/">Richard Long</a>: he’s taken a simple idea and carried it through with integrity</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1637_outoftheordinary/artists_detail.php?artistTag=collis">Susan Collis:</a> immaculate execution</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">3 things that make you smile:</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">sunshine</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">cake</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">nice surprises</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>Dispatch Office Residents 09</i> - April 30 - May 3 - Spike Island Sculpture Shed, Bristol</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.americanmuseum.org/"><i>Wilderness</i></a> - May 27 - June 13 - The American Museum, Claverton, Bath</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Curator - <i><a href="http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/">Here Today, Gone Tomorrow</a> </i> - May 28 - June 13 - Fringe Arts Bath - Bath</span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-67148785717973128712010-03-24T09:56:00.001+00:002011-02-24T11:01:59.658+00:0052 mini interviews: Claire Platt (aka the other half of Calm Air All Ice)<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJiy-kQlf82lCINxRuR7TKE2hiRJ2l1a2gxY4iIyc6s3SMK6rQpDFg5KBOOXeVDnBT31n5RQQ0wIx0n1ZuH29FXoVWV-Yq7iFKNHuXqxAhmymBpdfnlnxwbcHRnbaXgIVZl0690oO-1fI/s1600/P8310298.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJiy-kQlf82lCINxRuR7TKE2hiRJ2l1a2gxY4iIyc6s3SMK6rQpDFg5KBOOXeVDnBT31n5RQQ0wIx0n1ZuH29FXoVWV-Yq7iFKNHuXqxAhmymBpdfnlnxwbcHRnbaXgIVZl0690oO-1fI/s400/P8310298.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452136793673661874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >hand knitted Heinkel He 111</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Name:</span> Claire Platt</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Age: </span>24</span> <span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Location:</span> London</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" ><br />Website(s):</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.claireplatt.com/">www.claireplatt.com</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://ilovesewing.blogspot.com/">blog</a>, <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/claire-elizabethplatt/">flickr</a>, <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://claireplatt.tumblr.com/">tumblr </a><br />and <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://calmairallice.blogspot.com/">calm air all ice!</a><br /><br /></span><div style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How would you describe your</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">work?</span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">an attempt to combine things I love and make them into beautiful objects. or to put it in plain terms (no pun intended) knitted aeroplanes! (mostly)<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What are you currently working on?<br /></b>I'm currently finishing knitting a duck for an upcoming show and planning some new pieces - </span></span></span></span>This summer/autumn marks the 7oth anniversary of the<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain">battle of britain</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>so my new pieces will be centred entirely around British planes and those specifically involved in the battle. I'm collecting the new wood cut pieces on Monday! I'm very excited!<br /><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b> </b></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Airshows, the sky, knitting books, fair isle knitting, aran knitting, magazines, galleries, etc etc<br /><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why! </b>:</span></span></span></span><br />Obviously all the wonderful people involved with this show, but outside of that...<br /><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/">Kiki Smith</a> - her drawings are stunning, and her objects even more so<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://racheldenny.com/home.html">Rachel Denny</a> - because she transforms knitted jumpers into wonderful sculptures<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.jeffreymilstein.com/">Jeffrey Milstein</a> - his photographs of commercial airliners are the best I've ever seen, in fact I saw a show of his at <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.photonet.org.uk/">the photographers gallery</a> long before I was creating my planes. I think it sat in my head inspiring me subconsciously.<br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>3 things that make you smile:<br /></b>matthew<br />sunny days<br />listening to good music<br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:<br /></b>knit one, purl one:</span></span></span></span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Contemporary Knitting and Crochet</strong><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> at the <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=146">touchstones gallery</a>, Rochdale May 1st-July 4th 2010<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-64893290174741707202010-03-24T00:10:00.000+00:002010-03-24T00:14:31.391+00:0052 mini interviews: Camilla Stacey (aka one half of Calm Air All Ice)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzBpO4JWDalXpjLk3_kXB8DUVFQoZrID7H3RkaJhdB1nBnwH_YKYKYRAySoliuM25TWAoxJF96ZKVeYyq3UqaHoJs1BF2ISZQyKnocCCTwtZgUj9r6jQ_a1w1oLcHEYwuBx4T2Mmz2Os/s1600-h/beachtrial6small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzBpO4JWDalXpjLk3_kXB8DUVFQoZrID7H3RkaJhdB1nBnwH_YKYKYRAySoliuM25TWAoxJF96ZKVeYyq3UqaHoJs1BF2ISZQyKnocCCTwtZgUj9r6jQ_a1w1oLcHEYwuBx4T2Mmz2Os/s400/beachtrial6small.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Name: </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Camilla Stacey<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Location: </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Weston-super-Mare<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Age: </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">36</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Website(s):<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://madebymilla.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://madebymilla.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/camillastacey"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.flickr.com/photos/camillastacey</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://madebymilla.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://madebymilla.etsy.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://calmairallice.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://calmairallice.blogspot.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"> of course!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>How would you describe your work? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Drawing plays a large part in my work, it’s one of the threads that links whatever I do, although I do work across a wide variety of media. I have a fascination with found photos and postcards and a love of nostalgia and the past. A sense of time and memory is important to my work.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I’m working on a series of pieces at the moment that are investigating time, ways of mapping histories and imagined timelines. I am working with found pianola rolls and am enjoying working in a scroll like format- it lends itself well to work about time and I’m starting to investigate making durational work and incorporate the tidal aspect that is ever present in a seaside town like Weston.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Junk shops, old photo albums, found postcards, family histories, old films, ‘treasure’. My house is full of ‘stuff’ and I can’t stop picking up things that inspire me- I’m inspired by pretty much everything I ever see. I love to visit new exhibitions and am a fan of history documentaries. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why! :<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://amysantoferraro.com/home.html">Amy Santoferraro</a> I saw an exhibition of her work in Cwmbran, Wales completely by chance and I totally loved her use of found objects and ceramics.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><b> </b><a href="http://amysantoferraro.com/home.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doinkydoodles/sets/72157607877407453/">Xin</a> one of the artists that sadly couldn’t take part in 52, I love her drawings and paintings, and she also makes amazing comics as well as her Doinky Doodles shop that sells handmade goodies<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://mayabloch.carbonmade.com/">Maya Bloch:</a><o:p></o:p> I just love Maya’s drawings and wish I could own one for myself. Her work makes me want to draw more and more and to be true to my own way of drawing.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;">(Lots of my other favourites are taking part in this show of course!)<br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>3 things that make you smile: </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">My oldest nephew<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">My youngest nephew<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">My niece<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">(don’t worry I haven’t left anyone out- I only have the three)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc: <o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><b><br />
</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Here Today, Gone Tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/">Fringe Arts Bath </a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">May 28 - June 13 </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Summer Show<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Bath Spa University Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">17<sup>th</sup> June<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">I’m also curating shows by <a href="http://www.rachaelallen.com/">Rachael Allen</a> from 15<sup>th</sup>-26<sup>th</sup> March, Sophie Jones from 19<sup>th</sup>-30<sup>th</sup> April and <a href="http://www.edithabeyta.net/">Edith Abeyta</a> from 3<sup>rd</sup>-21<sup>st</sup> May all at the Bath Spa University Gallery.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-50400712290617159682010-03-23T22:12:00.003+00:002010-03-23T22:23:31.259+00:0052 mini interviews: Cathy Cullis<span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;" ></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;" ></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><b><a href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4452089070_c201ec92c5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/4452089070_c201ec92c5.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="240" /></a></b></span></div><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;" ><b></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Name</b>: Cathy Cullis<br /><b>Location</b>: London / Surrey<br /><b>Age</b>: 40<br /><b>Website</b>(s): </span></span></span><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;" ><a href="http://cathycullis.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cathycullis.blogspot.com</a></span><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://cathycullis.bigcartel.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cathycullis.bigcartel.com</a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span><div style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How would you describe your</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">work?</span></span></span></i></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I'm a poet as well as a visual artist, so my mixed media work is about making visual poems. I like to explore word and image, personal experience, line and texture. I'm often working on several different projects at the same time.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></span></span><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Current obsessions are making folding mixed media books and exploring natural dyes on fabric. I'm also working on a new collection of poems, so these ideas are playing together and one thing leads to another.<br /><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b> </b></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;">I'm inspired by an interest in literature, women's lives, the work of primitive and outsider artists, medieval art, spirituality, Victorian obsessions with ghosts, nature.... I studied both English and Art at university and the work I looked into during that time has continued to inspire. I also enjoy visiting as many current art exhibitions as I can get to.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why! </b>:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;">'outsider artist' <a href="http://madgegill.com/">Madge Gill</a> - I wrote my undergrad dissertation on Madge Gill (along with other outsiders) and her mesmerizing style has certainly impressed me. My own great-grandmother was a spiritualist medium, so I am very interested in Gill's spirit-inspired work.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://ornamental.typepad.com/">Nina Bagley</a> is an amazing, supportive friend and artist who has encouraged me greatly. I admire her use of materials in her jewellery making, her subtle use of word, texture and colour.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://ornamental.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">I really admire <a href="http://corneliaodonovan.com/">Cornelia O'Donovan's</a> illustration and artwork. She is a fab artist and I have several of her prints in my home. Her work makes me smile. I like it's freshness and humour.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>3 things that make you smile:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;">my children - I have two school-age children who are my best critics and tell it like it is!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">a good phrase in a poem - you know the kind you wish you wrote yourself!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">spring flowers especially auriculas - I collect auriculas, I am a bit of a collector</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Next I'm working on a collaborative book project with a group of other artists - more details on <a href="http://cathycullis.blogspot.com/">my blog</a> later.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">I've got work currently at The Edge Gallery, Lancaster.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Also my work is to be featured in a US magazine this Summer - more details on that to follow also!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-64281264709054794752010-03-23T09:10:00.000+00:002010-03-23T09:10:57.721+00:0052 mini interviews: Alys Paterson<span style="font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.110483438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.110483438.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>Name:</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"> Alys Paterson <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p><b>Location:</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"> Bristol<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p><b>Age: </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"> 30<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>How would you describe your work?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Wow it’s hard to describe your own work! It’s colourful, happy and hopefully a little bit magical.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">I am currently working on some cards for John Lewis. After that I am planning a screen print of a boat. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">People, books, music, art, folklore, poetry, films, music, walks, natural history….and on and on….<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>3 artists/designers you love and why!:</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.howardhodgkin.org.uk/">Howard Hodgkin</a> - what he does with colour is phenomenal. Though seemingly abstract his pictures are full of emotion and feeling. Each painting is associated with a memory, a person or place. This is idea is central to my work too, many of the themes I go back to are in very linked to my childhood or linked in with how I am feeling or how I want to feel. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/">Maria Kalman</a> - read "Principle of Uncertainty' or look at her blog ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ and you will love her too: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1269334849592"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>3 things that make you smile:</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Family and friends <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">Gretel – our family cat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">silliness<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: small;">I have been asked me to take part in the next '</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://girlswhodraw.wordpress.com/">Girls Who Draw</a>' postcard book and exhibition, which I am very excited about.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-47661686592183014522010-03-22T18:32:00.000+00:002010-03-22T18:32:33.140+00:0052 mini interviews: Simon Daly<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPWxSODJSGSFVPBfrNvWeDad7IQTTN2lF09CiUXIrZZXGJaRR1jpV2h6RQGN3Fp5yrX-oapygRQgNYzAR-JaawNKiIsyiWled_pIEbDNDd8WBMKktg1BMzVafZy6waJ1ih8I-jIhxaw4/s1600-h/pegasus08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPWxSODJSGSFVPBfrNvWeDad7IQTTN2lF09CiUXIrZZXGJaRR1jpV2h6RQGN3Fp5yrX-oapygRQgNYzAR-JaawNKiIsyiWled_pIEbDNDd8WBMKktg1BMzVafZy6waJ1ih8I-jIhxaw4/s320/pegasus08.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>name</b>: Simon Daly</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>How would you describe your work?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would avoid describing my work. These questions are hard. Its only because you offered to punch me on the nose that i'm having another go. If my work was a dvd it would be a early eighties tv box set that was next to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Stones">Children of the Stones</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_%28TV_serial%29">Quatermass</a> in the shop. That's more of a description of a dvd I like than any thing I've produced. My work is not a dvd.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking at my website I'd say I like drawing and colours. Looks like there's some thing to do with popular culture, with animation, comics, and computer games. There's some sort of attempt at humour or something to do with ideas? who knows?</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>What are you currently working on?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm kinda in-between things at the moment. I'm thinking of doing more digital stuff in the future. I've just finished up some <a href="http://mint-sandcastle.blogspot.com/">3d modeling on the computer</a>. Doing that has made think about ways of working at higher speeds. Of simplifying things and combining 3d modeling and drawing. So I'm modeling 3d environments but some of the edges of objects are drawings rather than models. So I'm trying to merge a bunch of techniques into a new process. I don't know where its going but its a long time since i spent any time trying new stuff out for its own sake.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Books at the top of my pile are <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Nausicaa-Valley-Wind-Impressions/dp/1421514990/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269282064&sr=1-9">Miyazaki watercolours</a>, a book of aerial photos of Britain, book about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamishibai">Kamishibai</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've been looking at painting lately because of the 3d models. Trying to work out how to work more like that with patches of colour rather than having too much of the wrong detail as is the tradition with computer graphics. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would have liked to spend more time answering these questions properly. But then the show would be over. And where would that time come from anyway.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nathanfowkes-sketch.blogspot.com/"> Nathan Fowkes</a> : Found this the other day. Painting is good. I'm really into painting at the moment. Because I'm making 3d models ?!</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.paperrad.org/oldindex2009.html">Paper Rad</a>: i cant explain why i like that stuff as much as i do</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hayao Miyazaki: could try and link to some interesting things you might not have heard of but Miyzazki. just, you know. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3 things that make you smile:</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"now I wont be able to buy my hovercraft"</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">er...</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Plus two other things.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc.?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have nothing upcoming. but I think I'm starting from scratch again anyway. I'm not really into physical objects at the mo. And I'm not sure its relevant to exhibit digital stuff.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Simon was bullied into answering some questions for us, pointing out to me that 'not everyone likes to fill in forms as much as you do Camilla' so I feel a bit mean, but seriously Simon is great and Claire and I LOVED t<a href="http://chip-fork.blogspot.com/2009/05/calm-air-all-ice.html">he postcard he designed for our original Calm Air All Ice</a> show last year so we had to invite him back) </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-57589321745197626202010-03-21T20:05:00.000+00:002010-03-21T20:05:08.921+00:0052 mini interviews: Laura Donald<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dCYCWQgQeSGi_z7UhKowzTIdRdKD7v9mh_niaKWR3MapTqpKZLWsjhVXTN_Ls7FVsbCdXKY9_uyKXeky0m0xdplqhkglr-nJAFHY6mAgGU0S3XK2BNGYCJV24DSh69QefCt2v9Mg0XHr/s1600-h/laura+macdonald.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dCYCWQgQeSGi_z7UhKowzTIdRdKD7v9mh_niaKWR3MapTqpKZLWsjhVXTN_Ls7FVsbCdXKY9_uyKXeky0m0xdplqhkglr-nJAFHY6mAgGU0S3XK2BNGYCJV24DSh69QefCt2v9Mg0XHr/s400/laura+macdonald.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451177902068945794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span> <div style="font-family: georgia;"> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><b>Name:</b> Laura Donald</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><b>Location:</b> Glasgow, Scotland</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><b>Age:</b> 29</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><b>Website(s): </b>(websites, blogs, flickrs, etc you name it, we’ll link it!)<span style=""></span></span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style=""></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://dropstitchblog.blogspot.com/">Blog</a></span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style=""></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://lauradonald.etsy.com">etsy</a></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://lauradonald.myshopify.com/">shopify</a><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><span style=""></span><span style=""> </span></span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><b>How would you describe your work?</b><span style=""> </span></span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">That is a tough one!<span style=""> </span>I’d say I am fairly eclectic, which is really the diplomatic term for a jack of all trades!<span style=""> </span>I have to say, the first time I did a craft market and saw<span style=""> </span>all my wares together in one place, I was surprised by how… jaunty everything looked.<span style=""> </span>The things I make definitely do make people smile. Well, they either smile or look confused!</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">What are you currently working on?<span style=""> </span></span></span></b></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">Building up a healthy supply of stock so that I have more time to work on new ideas.<span style=""> </span>Despite developing a (tragic) allergy to sewing, I have lots of embroidery-based ideas and plans, but probably more embroidered products than embroideries, if you see what I mean…<span style=""> </span>I can’t say any more just now!</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">Where do you find inspiration for your work?</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">Television, fairy tales, chats, charity shops, vintage craft books and (obviously) the internet.<span style=""> </span>Getting into reading other people’s crafty blogs is probably why I do what I do.<span style=""> </span>I also find I get really inspired by looking at supplies.<span style=""> </span>Visiting an art/fabric shop always sets my mind buzzing with potential new projects.</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">3 artists/designers you love and why! : </span></span></b></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">Finding it too hard to narrow down, I’ve decided to focus on stitchers and have picked three good-humoured embroiderers who are far from traditional.<span style=""> </span>Here goes…</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loobiloo/">Lou Trigg</a> whose Dusty Springfield embroidery directly inspired me to sew my first ever Dot Cotton portrait!<span style=""> </span>Her tragic women collection is amazing.</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.misofunky.com/index.php">Claire of Miso Funky</a> who holds down a full-time job while running a veritable cross-stitch empire!<span style=""> </span>Claire has given me lots of advice and encouragement over the past couple of years and was also the first person to stock any of my work.</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://jessicakallam.wordpress.com/">Jessica Kallam</a> who gives away a hand-made embroidery on a monthly basis.<span style=""> </span>She used to give away an amazing embroidery every single week!<span style=""> </span>I wish I was as fast (and as generous) as her!</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">3 things that make you smile:</span></span></b></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">EastEnders (except when people die – I’m still not over the live episode)</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">Charity shopping</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">People choosing to buy something I’ve made myself – still so exciting!</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="EN-US">You will find me selling my wares at the <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://wearemadeintheshade.blogspot.com/2009/08/springtime-jamboree-vendors.html">Made In The Shade Springtime Jamboree</a> (the Lighthouse, Glasgow on Saturday 17<sup>th</sup> April) and at Say No To Plastic (<a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.oran-mor.co.uk/">Oran Mor</a>, Glasgow on Sunday 18<sup>th</sup> April).</span></span></p> </div> <span style="font-size: 10pt;font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-18618450360906610602010-03-21T19:50:00.000+00:002010-03-21T19:50:55.222+00:0052 mini interviews: Ekta Kaul<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQanzD32N67d8BXsfDz2qX9N2TuzTs_Jvs6me1dVAgU1rb6UNmYu3qa4S76uZWu4JPejDhpbDZpWXxVHzuplNaaoGyQndlPT8Z5-yS6I9sAvhyphenhyphenjgIghCQ7QF-fpKrgvE6OXDybFW1T0n5H/s1600-h/ekta+kaul.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQanzD32N67d8BXsfDz2qX9N2TuzTs_Jvs6me1dVAgU1rb6UNmYu3qa4S76uZWu4JPejDhpbDZpWXxVHzuplNaaoGyQndlPT8Z5-yS6I9sAvhyphenhyphenjgIghCQ7QF-fpKrgvE6OXDybFW1T0n5H/s400/ekta+kaul.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451175501929346642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Aerialscapes (detail), hand-dyed, embroidered and needle-punched.</span></span><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Ekta Kaul<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Location:</span> Bath<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age: </span>32<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Website(s):</span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.ektakaul.com/" target="_blank"><br />www.ektakaul.com </a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.ek-taar.blogspot.com/">Blog </a><br /><a href="http://www.ektakaul.com/" target="_blank"></a></span><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> </blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> </blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> </blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> </blockquote><div> </div> <blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia;"> </blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">How would you describe your work?</span><br /><div><span style="font-size:100%;">Tactile, graphic compositions underscored by bold colours. I make contemporary textile wall hangings, quilts and scarves.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are you currently working on?</span><br />A new body of work inspired by lines...weather patterns, aerial photographs of fields.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where do you find inspiration for your work?</span><br />Contemporary architecture, urban textures, aerial photographs, music, anything and everything.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3 artists/designers you love and why! :</span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.kateblee.co.uk/site/">Kate Blee</a> <span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Her use of colour!</span></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.francesgeesin.com/">Frances Geesin</a> </span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span">- I love her experimental approach to textiles</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;" class="ecxApple-style-span" ><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.karimrashid.com/">Karim Rashid</a> - The colours, the diversity of projects and inspirational spaces</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3 things that make you smile:</span><br />Adding to my collection of Indian textiles</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">Picnic on a perfect summer day </span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">Mock the Week</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.originuk.org/">Origin</a>- The London Craft Fair (hopefully)</span></div><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> </blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-21623081844230803782010-03-19T16:23:00.000+00:002010-03-19T16:23:54.831+00:0052 mini interviews: Lex Richards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4wl5jBvAg9bSrs_u3V5pCJyDTuupKJlK25GkP4QgQIwhSe60YQ1i9NY5yF7BRNhoVJKDuaiaR-NGsdk4efSAdDDM6vtxsLTjT4ROqpOBAy6KUHKq8D6HenmJZiiwWbXovzWXoarnL43K/s1600-h/alexis+richards.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4wl5jBvAg9bSrs_u3V5pCJyDTuupKJlK25GkP4QgQIwhSe60YQ1i9NY5yF7BRNhoVJKDuaiaR-NGsdk4efSAdDDM6vtxsLTjT4ROqpOBAy6KUHKq8D6HenmJZiiwWbXovzWXoarnL43K/s400/alexis+richards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450380600472500818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Name</strong>: Lex Richards</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Location</strong>: Dorset<br /><strong>Age</strong>:32<br /><strong>Website(s):</strong> Not yet - in process!<br /><br /><strong>How would you describe your work?<br /></strong>Applique retro inspired tropical pin-up!<br /><br /></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>What are you currently working on?</strong><br />New floral and bird pieces to later transform into fabric repeats using CAD<br /><br /><strong>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</strong><br /> Nature - always<br /><br /><strong>3 artists/designers you love and why!</strong> : </div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.claireplatt.com">Claire Platt</a> - V.talented designer/knitter - beautiful recycled Owls and fantastic neck cuffs. ;)</div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.bluebellgray.co.uk/">Bluebell gray</a> - she paints amazing florals which translate into all sorts of fabulous interior pieces- chairs, cushions etc.. <a href="http://www.bluebellgray.co.uk/" target="_blank"></a></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Van">Miss Van</a> - Awesome Frenchie graffitti artist <a href="http://www.missvan.com/" target="_blank"></a></div> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><strong>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc</strong>:<br />Not at the time of answering these questions, but new endeavours constantly present themselves!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-51285316976201694452010-03-19T15:39:00.000+00:002010-03-19T15:39:20.375+00:0052 mini interviews: Ben O'Leary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U-J_ENlxiVc/S6OaAMIQsBI/AAAAAAAAAY0/pXg_ZrnmHtw/s1600-h/untitled+photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U-J_ENlxiVc/S6OaAMIQsBI/AAAAAAAAAY0/pXg_ZrnmHtw/s320/untitled+photo.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Name: Ben O'Leary<br />
Location: Bristol (UK)<br />
Age: 30<br />
<span>Website(s): <a href="http://www.thingsfromhere.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thingsfromhere.co.uk</a></span><br />
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How would you describe your work?</b><br />
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Eclectic, in that I don't have any one particular medium or style I prefer to work in, it varies depending on what materials I have to hand or the space I'm working in, although currently I've been focusing on collage and photography<br />
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What are you currently working on?</b><br />
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Running the one of the <a href="http://www.thingsfromhere.co.uk/">best artist bookshops in the UK</a>, and making plans for our next Xmas exhibition.<br />
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<b>Where do you find inspiration for your work?</b><br />
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Everywhere; books, films, architecture, moslty vintage stuff, modernism etc.<br />
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3 artists/designers you love and why!</b> :<br />
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<a href="http://www.sophiewoodrow.co.uk/">Sophie Woodrow</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.dasmudwig.com/">Mudwig Dans</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.marciwashington.com/">Marci Washington</a><br />
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I think their work all shares something, in different ways. There's a darkness to it, and a twisted mix of Victoriana and natural history.<br />
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<b>3 things that make you smile</b>:<br />
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Good charity shop/car boot sale finds, Dogs, Music.<br />
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<b>Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc: </b><br />
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I'm working on designing/producing my own merchandise.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-34745107369125814652010-03-17T09:48:00.000+00:002010-03-17T09:48:34.657+00:0052 mini interviews: Bess Harding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfOtKdpFIWXpY2PAh-kvD0fAdNw1-7-nzSm3ZAiC4aFEzHMgRflpLZYTORtaBh7xHvVIYcRuv4I2F18kjVb_wDEpPDgq0OThBwiEQgm5Oxp7Rahwc2uZmLY-wSuU0RMPj0eFjXgpLJQMz/s1600-h/bessharding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfOtKdpFIWXpY2PAh-kvD0fAdNw1-7-nzSm3ZAiC4aFEzHMgRflpLZYTORtaBh7xHvVIYcRuv4I2F18kjVb_wDEpPDgq0OThBwiEQgm5Oxp7Rahwc2uZmLY-wSuU0RMPj0eFjXgpLJQMz/s400/bessharding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449535179571286594" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Name:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Bess Harding</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Location:</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">London</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Age:</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">25</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Website(s):</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.beebdesign.co.uk/"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Blog</span> </span></a></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="www.bessharding.co.uk"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Website</span></span></a></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/beeb"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Shop</span></span></a></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">How would you describe your work?</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Simple, clean, quirky, child-friendly, witty and diverse. I started off making fabric dolls and little characters, but this has grown to include illustration and some painting</span>.</span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What are you currently working on?</span> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’ve been concentrating mostly on two-dimensional things, including illustrating some children’s poems, experimenting with papercutting and a bit of logo design. I’m also contributing a monthly</span> <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://smallmagazine.typepad.com/smaller/2010/03/small-projects-egg-cosies.html">DIY craft project</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for the lovely online children’s magazine/blog Small.</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">W</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">here do you find inspiration for your work?</span> </span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I’m inspired by the creativity of other artists, but try not to let other people’s work influence mine too much, most of the time I’m not really sure where my ideas come from. One thing that always makes me desperate to create is reading interiors magazines like Elle Deco and Living Etc. or flicking through my scrapbook.</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3 artists/designers you love and why! : </span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.kristinvestgard.co.uk">Kristen Vestgard</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for her absolutely divine, ethereal and unique paintings </span><br /></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.oliverjeffers.com">Oliver Jeffers</a> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">for his incredibly brilliant children’s illustrations that are seriously artistic and manage to be equally appealing to adults ()</span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Julie Arkell for her offbeat-but-beautifully-made papier mâché creations.</span></span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3 things that make you smile:</span> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Swimming in the sea, an unexpected pun, when something I make turns out just how I imagined.</span></span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" > </span></p> <p style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68);font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</span> </span></p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: georgia;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" lang="EN-US" >Nothing at the moment. I have my <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/beeb">Etsy shop</a> though, which I intend to spend more time stocking up!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2950938188281546051.post-48295931088709993572010-03-15T16:42:00.001+00:002010-03-17T09:11:12.731+00:0052 mini interviews: Shannon Rankin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrV6LJWPVNpHwhSel87wO89Ln8ntZsQO1CgwMiaW_M5WQAVvoBdqUvEjShQso_CVrcyGqSKvN647i37zzhQ4z3enF92G7fnZMyP0bKuqWAefDE01CTxofihgekgLueAt6tEf27k5gXzwj2/s1600-h/shannon+rankin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrV6LJWPVNpHwhSel87wO89Ln8ntZsQO1CgwMiaW_M5WQAVvoBdqUvEjShQso_CVrcyGqSKvN647i37zzhQ4z3enF92G7fnZMyP0bKuqWAefDE01CTxofihgekgLueAt6tEf27k5gXzwj2/s400/shannon+rankin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448900107422831058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span>Shannon Rankin</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Location:</span> Rangeley, ME U.S.A.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age:</span> 38</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Website(s):</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://artistshannonrankin.com/home.html">Fine Art</a></span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/selflesh/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Flickr</span></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.selflesh.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blog</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/selflesh">Etsy Shop</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.facebook.com/selflesh">Facebook Fan Page</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >How would you describe your work?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">While bearing traces of the original form, I deconstruct maps to create new geographies, suggesting the potential for a broader landscape.</span></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, serif;"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are you currently working on?</span><br />I just wrapped up a small, varied body of work for a show at Craftland.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Where do you find inspiration for your work?</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">I am inspired by geological and biological processes; patterns in nature, geometry, botany, and anatomy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >3 artists/designers you love and why! :</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://adamfowler.com/default.aspx">Adam Fowler</a>: He creates intricately layered hand cut drawings.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.annahepler.com/">Anna Hepler</a>: I love everything she makes.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.richardgalpin.co.uk/">Richard Galpin</a>: He peels photographs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">3 things that make you smile:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Baby T (Our kitty Theodore)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">The chickadees that ring the little bell outside</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">My squeeze’s dance moves</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Do you have any other upcoming exhibitions/shows etc:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Convergence : A survey of process, pattern, and place Craftland Gallery</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">March 18th – April 17th, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Providence, RI</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://craftland.myshopify.com/pages/gallery"><span style="font-family:georgia;">website</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Drawing in Thread</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"> March 30th – May 2nd, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Mount Ida College Newton, MA</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.mountida.edu/sp.cfm?pageid=3158"><span style="font-family:georgia;">website</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Pattern Recognition</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">May 8th, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Zero Station Portland, ME</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.zerostation.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">website</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A Map Show (Title TBD)</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Spring 2010</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">June Fitzpatrick Gallery Portland, ME</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.junefitzpatrickgallery.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">website</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">And a solo show at Gallery Voss Disperse / Displace</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">December 10th, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Gallery Voss Düsseldorf, Germany</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://www.galerievoss.de/">website</a><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0