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Open Studio

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

3 June 2016

Open Studio

Open Studio this weekend
at Second Floor Studios & Arts
Harrington Way (off Warspite Road) London SE18 5NR

Friday to Sunday 3 – 5 June. 1.00 – 7.00pm

I am in Unit 0, Studio 17, by the river beyond the Royal Iris boat
(If you would like to use the lift please text me for the code 07803609977)

Between One Breath and The Next s

Between One Breath and The Next. Sugar-lift etching, edition  of 40

A Week of Sculpture

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

April 28 2016

Last week I took part in a week long sculpture course, mornings were spent at the V&A drawing, afternoons in a beautiful victorian studio close to the museum, sculpting under the exceptional tutoring of sculptor Marcus Cornish. Here are 2 of my 3 heads.

1s

2s

Ali sculpted in brown wax

3a_edited-1

1a_edited-1

Vanessa sculpted in yellow wax

It was a joy to work with the wax, a very different experience to working with unforgiving wire, so good to be tutored and to work with others. I feel encouraged to explore the wax modelling further, but for now I must concentrate on completing a wire life size sculpture and printing etchings for our Open Studios in June.

My Signature on Copper

Monday, July 13th, 2015

July 13 2015

My Signature Etched on Copper Plate

My signature’s on the way to Spain to be attached to Sara, my latest sculpture commissioned by an advertising company in Madrid. I etched a copper plate using sugar-lift and ferric acid

signature

Sara 3

Sculpture Commission, Sara

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

July 1st 2015

Madrid Sculpture Commission, Sara

Over the last few weeks I have been working on a life size wire sculpture, I have named her Sara, she is currently on her way to Madrid.
Sara 2

Sara 1

Sara 4

Sara 3

Sara

Sara 9

Sara, preparations for the journey

Sara 10

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My Open Studio

Friday, May 15th, 2015

14 May 2015

My Open Studio

Second Floor Studios & Arts are having the Open Studio event this weekend. Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th, my studio will be open 11.00 – 18.00 on both days. Studio 17, Unit 0, entrance by the river past the boat

Between One Breath and the Next s

I will be selling paintings, etchings and drawings, all connected to the human figure in movement

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Where to see My Work in 2015

Thursday, April 16th, 2015

16 April 2015

Where to See My Work in 2015

Greenwich Printmakers Gallery  

1a Greenwich Market, London SE10 9HZ

I am one of 32 artist-printmakers running a printmakers gallery to display and sell our work in Greenwich. I show  1 – 3 framed prints each month as well as unframed work in the browsers. The spring exhibition ends on 3rd May, with a new hang on 5th May.

Ordinary Courage

Ordinary Courage. Two plate sugar lift etching and aquatint with chine colle

 

Bourneside Gallery. No 1 North Street, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1DN

Exhibiting with Greenwich Printmakers 31st March – 25th April

Close Your Eyes and Dream

Close Your Eyes and Dream. 2 plate etching

 

Open Studios. Second Floor Studios & Arts

Studio 17, Unit 0, Riverside entrance, Harrington Way, London, SE18 5NR

16th – 17th May 11.00am – 6.00pm

good morning midnight

Good Morning Midnight. Painting on canvas, acrylic & oil

 

Jack House Gallery. 121 High Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2HW

25th June  – 1st August. 10.00am – 6.00pm. Group show

Sally. SUB II

SUB II. Sugar lift etching with chine colle

 

Edinburgh Art Fair Edinburgh Corn Exchange, New Market Road, EH14 1RJ

13th – 15th November Open 11am daily

Drawn to You. Etching and Aquatint

 

Open Studio.Second Floor Studios & Arts

Studio 17, Unit 0, Harrington Way, London, SE18 5NR

21st, 22nd November 11.00am – 6.00pm

 

Beyond Print. No Format Gallery. 

Harrington Way, London, SE18 5NR

November and December, dates and more information to follow soon.

Where to see my work, November & December 2014

Monday, November 10th, 2014

9 November 2014

Where to see my work, November & December 2014

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition

Thursday 13 – Sunday 23 November 2014  10.00 – 5.00pm

The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

Rapidly Scrawled Life©

My 2 plate etching: Rapidly Scrawled Life, edition of 30, will be part of the ING Discerning Eye exhibition which opens next Thursday. My etching was selected by the Curator, Writer and Artistic Director of Pallant House Gallery, Simon Martin.

OPEN STUDIOS weekend

Sat Nov 15 – Sun 16 Nov 11.00 – 18.00

Second Floor Studios & Arts

My studio is Studio 17, Unit 0 I will be showing new etchings, sculpture, painting and drawing

Ordinary Courage.

 

Greenwich Printmakers Gallery

Wednesday 12 November – 14 January 2015

I will show 3 new etchings in the group show

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Gerald Moore Gallery. Group show

Saturday 29 November – 24 January

Merge Festival 2014

Friday, October 10th, 2014

9 October 2014

Merge Festival, Bankside

Bankside arts festival, Merge, is on until 19th October and is well worth a visit. The one to see this weekend is the interactive kinetic sculptures, Dance Machines by Peter William Holden which finishes on Sunday.

1. dance machines

2 dance machines

Return to Harrods Fine Watch Room

Monday, September 15th, 2014

15 September 2014

Baume & Mercier Sculpture Commission. The sculpture is displayed in a special Promesse exhibition in the Fine Watch Room on the Ground Floor at Harrods during the month of September.

Today I returned to Harrods Fine Watch Room to see my most recent sculpture commissioned by Baume & Mercier to celebrate the launch of their new ladies collection, Promesse. On my first visit I was told that it was a marketing success and again this time was told how well it is being received. The sculpture surface is now full of padlocks, many with personal messages written on. Although the padlocks have now run out I am told there are more on the way. Behind the sculpture there is a interview with me filmed in my studio while I’m working on the sculpture.

Promesse 3

Promesse 4

Years ago when I was an art student at Goldsmiths College I worked in Harrods during the summer sales in the china department. As the doors opened to the public on the first day of the sales we were told to be still and listen, a distant rumble became a deafening roar, it was the pounding of hundreds of feet and they all seemed to be coming our way: the Summer Sales had begun! An enjoyable time, I made lasting friendships earning enough to pay my student rent and take a great holiday on a Greek Island with 9 others.

My Wire Sculpture at Harrods during September

Thursday, September 4th, 2014

4 September 2014

Baume & Mercier Sculpture Commission. The sculpture is displayed in a special Promesse exhibition in the Fine Watch Room on the Ground Floor at Harrods during the month of September.

You may remember that in June I was commissioned by the luxury Swiss watch brand, Baume & Mercier, to create a 5 x’s life size wire sculpture of two hands with little fingers entwined in the ‘Pinkie Promise’, the sculpture was made to celebrate the launch of the new ladies collection, Promesse. The sculpture is already a great marketing success, from the Marketing and Communications Manager: “The sculpture has been in Harrods for almost a week now and the response has been fantastic”. Visitors to the Fine Watch Room in Harrods can collect a padlock at the Baume & Mercier stand to lock to the sculpture, a pen is available to write your message, you keep the key.

Wire Sculpture Promesse 2

Wire Sculpture Promesse 3

Wire Sculpture Promesse 4

Wire Sculpture Promesse

Since the launch in London at the ICA in June the sculpture has travelled to Singapore to launch Promesse and later in the year will be in New York and Dubai. Just wish I could go too.