Mixed Media Collage from found / vintage papers by Bernadette Helmers I am fascinated by collage and have used it myself to explore surfaces, textures and sketchbook ideas for projects. As an art form it has been around for centuries. But with the proliferation and mass availability of printed matter – text and image – it has gained in … Read More
Hannah Whale / ‘Bohwne’ – Art Spoons
Mixed Media Spoons by Hannah Whale My grandmother had a small wooden box with mother of pearl inlay which, as a small child, I was allowed to look at and open from time to time. It contained a selection of ‘memory spoons’ – silver plated teaspoons with brightly coloured enamel badges bearing coats of arms, flags and place names … Read More
Mick Lindberg – Textile Artist
‘In Her Head The World Was Green’ – Detail of a Textile ‘Art’ Bag by Mick Lindberg I discovered Mick Lindberg’s beautiful textile art at the start of my Instagram journey. I am fortunate to count her among my most constant and supportive ‘Insta-Friends’. Mick’s love of textiles and stitch were inherited from her Swedish mother and grandmother. Her … Read More
The Marsh House – A Painting by Christopher Gee
The Marsh House by Christopher Gee I saw a painting by Essex-based artist Christopher Gee on Instagram recently. It featured an old house, with many windows, set against a dark background of trees and an inky sky. I felt as though I recognised the building. Gee’s work really appeals to me. The muted tonal palette and sophisticated naivety of his … Read More
Street Art – ‘Miss KK’
‘You are much lovelier than you think’. Paste-up ‘doll’ by Miss KK. As an artist I am always observing, taking in the world around me, looking for details – small, inconsequential, easily overlooked and often to be discovered in out of the way places. This, coupled with a personal interest in graphic design, illustration and mixed media work, may well … Read More
‘Genius Loci’ – The Spirit of Place
‘Pillar and Moon’ 1932-42 (detail) by Paul Nash Certain works of art, like particular aromas, have the power to bring people or places vividly to mind and somehow transport us back through time. This painting, entitled ‘Pillar and Moon’, by Paul Nash had this effect when I came across it on a postcard recently. The image took me back, several … Read More
Bobbie Russon: Art as Self-Portrait
‘Rose’ by Bobbie Russon I have talked, in a previous Journal entry (‘Isobel’), about my belief that, as artists and makers, we give something of ourselves away in the work we make so that each piece stands, in some way, as a self-portrait. Art reveals a great deal about its creator – interests, obsessions, thought-processes and character. We give more … Read More
Instagram – Contacts and Creative Inspiration
Paperclay shoes from an installation entitled ‘Not all things go to plan’ by Alison Bournes. Some months ago I gained a new follower on Instagram. This artist had started making shoes from porcelain paperclay and I assumed that, rather than being a coincidence, there must be a link to my own ceramic work. A series of direct messages revealed … Read More
Sara Fanelli
‘Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly’ – mixed media illustration (from ‘Sometimes I think, Sometimes I am – by Sarah Fanelli) I stumbled across Sara Fanelli’s fascinating work completely by accident a few years ago in the Tate Modern Bookshop. I was looking for a present for a godchild and picked up her fabulous book entitled Mythological … Read More
Catrin Howell
Hound – ceramic wall piece by Catrin Howell I am a great admirer of Welsh ceramist Catrin Howell’s beautifully modelled ceramic beasts. Part real, part mythical, part imaginary, these creatures inhabit a hinterland between the rural landscape of the Gower Peninsula – where Catrin grew up and where her farming family still live – and the mythical world of … Read More
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