

working on collograph #2
Time to speed up my pace on work for the Visible group exhibition in November. I developed the basis for a collograph during the week of...


In situ 3D work
'Islands', an exhibition of work by Kirsty Palmer, in Gallery 1 at Patriothall, Edinburgh, until yesterday. I heard Phyllida Barlow on...
earphones on
Yesterday I was able to spend a good amount of time working on the sound piece I'm preparing for the group exhibition later this year....


Home
Ages since I posted, and meantime my plan to revert to the Rubber Factory project is again put off. The group exhibition I'm involved in...


Time Is All Around
Just before my second eye op I completed a set of prints on the theme Time Is All Around for the Edinburgh Printmakers members'...


Cairnpapple, West Lothian
I recently visited the site with the kind help of friend and tutor Leesa. We found the visitor centre closed but were able to walk freely...


thinking about collagraphs
As a help towards making a start on my Hands theme printmaking I had a browsing session at the library. I found this quote (I've noted...


the appeal of porcelain
It seems I've encountered porcelain (as used in fine art rather than teasets) more frequently in recent times. Jane Bustin (see my recent...
Resistance and Persistence
This is the title of an exhibition I visited at the Ingleby Gallery recently. Their guide to the exhibition has a quotation from Sean...


The gesture must always come first
I recently joined a Look & Draw class, 'Life into the Figure'. In last week's class we did a number of rapid drawings with charcoal...