Oh Whistle and I'll Come To You
Entanglement
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Thursday, 2 February 2012
You Did That!
Tonight the target figure for the crowd funding "Save the Old Lock-up Studio"
project was reached!
Sincere thanks to all who contributed!
I'll probably be asleep for the next few days... :-)
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
£1,483 funded; £302 to go!
Very exciting times! We are approaching our target with just three days
remaining on the "We Did This" Crowd Funding site!
£1,483 funded; £302 to go!
This will secure the lease for the Old Lock Up studio for the next six months.
original painting by Rachael Pinks
Online gallery here
Rachael in her studio
Thanks so much to everyone who's contributed,
either directly or by purchasing paintings and prints
from my etsy shop. At least 50%
of any art sales I make up to the deadline on February 4th
will go towards this project.
Many thanks too to all
who've helped to spread the word!
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
High summer revisited, mid-January
Summer Storm (II)
Here I was revisiting an older painting idea,
but aiming for a slightly different look, darker and more loose with less clearly defined shapes.
I
I don't normally post such large closeups at full size but in this case I think it's necessary as my camera doesn't capture the effect of looking at the complete painting well at all! I suppose that's only to be expected as it only has one lens for a start- like listening to an elaborate stereo track in mono!
Violets and mauves are notoriously elusive, a camera really can never properly replicate the optical blending effects within our visual systems. The experience of standing in front of a painting is so much more of a rich, multisensory experience. I hope one day to be able to have short video clips (in 3d?! hmm...) ranging over the painting, rather than static shots only.
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
New work, mid-January: Iced Summer, Enivrez-Vous, Bright Young Thing (ii)
Iced Summer
view on etsy (opens in new window)
Enivrez-Vous (large detail)
Bright Young Thing (II)
etsy
Monday, 9 January 2012
Save The Old Lock Up Studio - an exciting new crowdfunding arts project in Cromford, Derbyshire!
Fellow artist Rachael Pinks has a great little studio in a historic building in our local village, Cromford, Derbyshire. She has set up a rewards-based initiative on the UK-based Crowdfunding site We Did This in order to extend the lease on the studio and expand its uses to serve arts and crafts activities in the local area, including a regular affordable life drawing class, arts and crafts workshops, regular "open studio" selling events and low-cost work/exhibition space for individual artists, all based on a self-supporting, non-profit making collective ethos:
http://www.wedidthis.org.uk/projects/save-old-lock-studio
A shot of the exterior of the studio (centre)
Below, a glimpse of Rachael's wonderful art:
and the studio space:
Below, some photos of the recent Open Studios Christmas event- (the first of many, we hope!) :
Framed works and prints by Rachael Pinks on display at the Apple Day art event, Scarthin Promenade, Cromford, last autumn.
Discover more here
Rachael's art blog
http://rachaelpinksart.co.uk/
http://www.wedidthis.org.uk/projects/save-old-lock-studio
Below, a glimpse of Rachael's wonderful art:
Teardrop by Rachael Pinks
The Day After Yesterday by Rachael Pinks
Below, some photos of the recent Open Studios Christmas event- (the first of many, we hope!) :
The rewards: This is a unique opportunity for art lovers to buy affordable original works from an exciting emerging British painter. Then there is the lasting sense of achievement from having contributed towards developing the studio into a thriving, independent rural arts hub - nurturing creativity in people of all ages and ultimately enriching the culture of the area - all from an individual contribution of as little as £10. Quite something if you compare that to the ephemeral nature of most everyday spending!
Framed works and prints by Rachael Pinks on display at the Apple Day art event, Scarthin Promenade, Cromford, last autumn.
Discover more here
Rachael's art blog
http://rachaelpinksart.co.uk/
Sunday, 11 December 2011
Catching up with Channel 4's Life Class: Today's Nude series.
As Maggi Hambling (the artist who accompanies us in episode one - a definite highlight!) and others emphasised: although the series makes a great introduction to life drawing, it's a completely different experience - a privilege actually - to really draw "from the life".
Why not have a go? Is there a class near you?
A quick sketch done during the John Berger/Maria Muñoz episode. I really need to go to a regular life class. As you can see!
But I found Maria - dancer and one half of Mal Pelo- so fascinating to observe - her tough yet elfin androgynous grace.
All episodes are intriguing though. I loved the encouraging guidance and sensitive comments by tutor Judy Purbeck in episode 2. Once begun, I had to watch the lot in one session. They are only half an hour long each and as I was drawing along each time, they really sped by! My only criticism would be that there was sometimes too much commentary in situ. I was quite happy for silence to reign, sometimes artists (Hume and Ocean specifically) seemed to feel an obligation to speak (very distracting for the artist and observer both, I think) rather than just leaving us to observe/draw. Perhaps an occasional split screen might have been more useful at certain moments to reveal how the featured artists were progressing along.
Watch series one here (UK ONLY? Probably)
There's also a great flickr pool of others' drawings in direct response to the programmes hereAs Maggi Hambling (the artist who accompanies us in episode one - a definite highlight!) and others emphasised: although the series makes a great introduction to life drawing, it's a completely different experience - a privilege actually - to really draw "from the life".
Why not have a go? Is there a class near you?
Friday, 2 December 2011
New silver clay ring
Here's a new ring-in progress, formed by
carving the silver clay at the dry stage.
After firing in the kiln it was dipped in
Liver of Sulphur solution to darken the lower
areas giving greater contrast to the burnished
upper surface.
Part way through the carving process I began to make
smaller scored lines and notches in some areas trying
to echo and amplify the lines and irregularities seen in
the surface of the fingers. I like the idea of pieces that
sit well with the characterful fissures of use and age.
This is one interesting aspect of making it up as you go
along, you allow space for new things to come up.
I was also using the irregular slight dips and hills of the
simple clay shape to determine where and how I was
carving into the clay. The deeper carved areas set up
natural weaknesses and tensions in the clay which can
cause cracking when you fire the piece, and this happened
in one place on the inside surface.
but this can easily be righted by refiring with oil paste
in the gap, which forms a very strong bond fusing with the
surrounding metal.
The look here is influenced by work
made using lost wax casting technique, something I
would love to have experience of and access to, but with
silver clay I enjoy that you often find your own ways around
technical difficulties to make a fine silver object without much
equipment, it can all be done in a very small kitchen.
more silver clay jewellery here
metal clay info
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