Although that title implies that I’ve not been doing any, which would be inaccurate. More precisely, we now return you to your regularly scheduled life, sans major holidays for a while. Over the hols I spent a wee bit of time playing with highly messy techniques involving glue, dyes, cheesecloth and tissue paper. It was…
Category: artwork
Back to work…
Although that title implies that I’ve not been doing any, which would be inaccurate. More precisely, we now return you to your regularly scheduled life, sans major holidays for a while. Over the hols I spent a wee bit of time playing with highly messy techniques involving glue, dyes, cheesecloth and tissue paper. It was…
Art for Art’s Sake
Every year I read the write-ups on the Turner Prize, partially for the sake of keeping an eye on what’s going on the the world of Modern Art (Ecclectic, Provoking, Weird and Often Disturbing Art might be a more accurate description) and partially for a good laugh at what our society has made of itself. This…
Art for Art’s Sake
Every year I read the write-ups on the Turner Prize, partially for the sake of keeping an eye on what’s going on the the world of Modern Art (Ecclectic, Provoking, Weird and Often Disturbing Art might be a more accurate description) and partially for a good laugh at what our society has made of itself. This…
Raising the bar: Craft or Fine Craft? Semantics or Public Perception?
The word “craft” elicits many images in peoples’ minds, from plastic canvas and popsicle sticks arranged into predictable objects of dubious originality and bead kits assembled into Christmas ornaments to expertly knit socks, hats, and mittens, jewelry and home decor wrought from metal, and wood turned, shaped and polished in such a way that the…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 