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A couple of months ago Chedworth Roman Villa got in touch and asked if I was interested in submitting work for their inaugural art exhibition this year. They wanted the works to have some relationship with the Villa, a sense of place. I decided to pick out elements from the Chedworth Roman mosaics to use for…
The culture of popular art versus humble pie
This story was sent to me today: A musician played the violin in a Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 60 minutes. During that time approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After: 3 minutes A middle aged man…
Lions of Bath auction
Here is one last picture of Zillion with some of his friends, taken last weekend at the preview by Ian Dart. The auction is this Friday 15th October at the Assembly rooms in Bath. There may be some tickets still available. They are £45 and include champagne reception, dinner and entertainment. Zillion plus 62 of…
Mosaic Mix Weekend
This weekend I am running a mosaic mix workshop. I mentioned in a previous post that the aim of the course is to make a textural mosaic with a variety of mosaic materials. Each student receives a 3 page ideas file prior to the workshop. This is a photo of a small sample mosaic in…
Wake Up It’s Morning!!
I sleep like a bear in the winter holidays, but this morning my partner woke me at 8am to look at the sunrise. Bleary eyed I bumbled about, threw open some windows to the biting cold and took some pictures. Most of the photos are blurred (wouldn’t yours be if you were barely conscious?) This…
Two More Weeks in Upper Street, Angel, Islington
For the last two weeks and for the following two weeks I have several pieces of my work in a new pop up shop in Angel, Islington, London. Makers & Friends is at 126 Upper Street, selling hand made jewellery, prints, cushions, soaps and herbal concoctions. I haven’t visited yet but I hear the shop…