Rachel Whiteread Show Tate Britain, Sketches and Snaps

One of my latests prints; I look forward to sharing more about this in the new year

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My Official Season's Greeting Card For This Year - Thank You To Everyone I Have Seen, Worked and Collaborated With. Past, Present and Future, I Hope These Reached You All Safely

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Quick Visit To The Geffrye Museum of the Home As It Closes Its Doors For A Two Year Renovation

London Illustration Fair

Exciting trip around this years London Illustration Fair. Lots to look at and get the creative juices flowing. These events are great to see artists and illustrators talking about their work and to bump into people you know.

Studio Studio Studio

I am currently working on a couple of projects including a small one I hope to share next week.
I also completed a couple of commissioned projects due out next year that I look forward to sharing with you in the new year!

Jasper Johns: 'Something Resembling Truth' at the RA

Today I called into the Royal Academy to see the Jasper Johns exhibition. I was keen having seen the Rauschenberg exhibition at the Tate Modern earlier in the year and to see how their works might have influenced one another. I didn't feel too moved by a lot of the work until the room which had a focus on John's fixation with numbers and particularly the piece charcoal  '0 through 9', 1960. My own studio walls are smothered with drawings of items I obsess over, illustrated through a fascination and a constant curiosity and intrigue. I find it inspiring and comforting to see this in others work and to see how it can help push an artists work on. 

These are just some of the rambling thoughts I put in my notebook from my trip to the RA.

Jasper Johns
'0 through 9'
1960
https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/postcard-0-through-9-1960-by-jasper-johns.html

On a side note I often find it tricky to concentrate on the work on the walls when the floor grates are so beautiful. Ornate cast iron of the everyday - too good to walk over.

Holding Things Together

More to come from this project soon

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Today I Have Been Hand Printing and Experimenting With Letters and Ink

Late Nights In The Studio

Tate Exchange - The Factory The Seen And The Unseen, Clare Twomey

I called in to Tate Modern to have a look at artist Clare Twomey's mock production line; a set up for visitors to partake in making and exchanging ceramics. The artist statement explained the hope to draw people into a conversation about 'how we connect to our everyday ideas of labour, value and exchange'. 

For me personally this is an interesting conversation point as much of my own work aims to capture an appreciation of the tools, craftsmanship and labour that goes into items and tasks of the everyday. 

The rows of drying racks were stunning. These are some snaps of the final items to be exchanged.