It’s an illustration of a tassel. Simple, you might think. Some would use a machine to do it. But 4160 Tuesdays is an artisan perfumery. This collection’s box and postcards have illustrations I started by doing research sketches at shows. So I’ve drawn from an actual tassel. I’ve looked at … Read More
The easy way to wrap up my Tower Gallery artist residency would be to spend the last two days packing up and taking stock. But why do ‘easy’ when there is a new thing still to try and work to reimagine? Brought an envelope of ready-prepared paper (Thank you, Sue … Read More
In week 11, the studio has been busy. My Tower Gallery residency days have also been open days for Open House and the September Open exhibition. So to make it easy to pause and chat with visitors, I’ve been stitching into my three textile pieces. These trace the movement of … Read More
I’ve taken to creeping up on people looking at my piece, “A modest detail” and saying “It’s the biggest drawing I’ve ever done!”… At 1.5m square, it’s also been the biggest challenge in my three-month artist residency at Tower Gallery – in its sheer size and in working out how … Read More
Rounding up and gathering in: week 10 of my Tower Gallery artist residency “How many drawings have you done?” In week 10 of my three-month artist residency at Tower Gallery I’ve looked through all of the work to find out. Let’s just say it’s a personal best (or worst) for … Read More
Design; creative direction; illustration; visual art… these seem like separate strands of creative work but I bring all of my knowledge, skills, experience and thinking to everything I do – including my Tower Gallery artist residency. As I prepare two pieces for the gallery’s September Open exhibition, there’s been some … Read More
In week 8 of my Tower Gallery artist residency ‘Reading the building’ there’s been drawing with wire, accidental upholstery, a tiny painting of an enormous sketch and a flower writ large on joined-up sandpaper. In each process, doing differently has brought fresh insight: The wire drawings are surprisingly tricky to … Read More
I could tell you that in week 7 of my artist residency at Tower Gallery in East London, in my project Reading the building, I’ve been developing some work: printing from the clay blocks I made last week; making covers for my leporello of shadow tracings; drawing another panorama; sketches … Read More
In week 6 of my Tower Gallery artist residency, I’ve been doing some giant sketches, 1.5 metres square, of brick detail, drawn in graphite, clay slip and iron. These bring together the two parts of my residency project. In this big space, I’ve wanted to draw at the opposite of … Read More
Railings; doors; banisters; fittings; hooks – they’re everyday things we meet in passing. But even the most modest details have stories to tell. So on day 9 of my artist residency at Tower Gallery, I’ve investigated, in the sketchbook I’ve bound from utility papers and painted with clay grounds. Glimpsed, … Read More