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
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
Whether I’m working on design, illustration or visual art, I love delving into the subject matter. So I’ve done a lot of research for my Tower Gallery artist residency, a project about the place itself. In week 4, I’ve been reading the building, literally as I’ve taken a closer look … Read More
Big drawings. How to prepare? The tiny sketchbooks I carry, which I bind from offcuts and scrap are – well – tiny. So, my Tower Gallery residency project being about the building, bringing my love of appropriate materials from my design life I’ve made one big sketchbook from lining paper, … Read More
I draw like a journalist, I’m told – and finding stories has become so instinctive that I only think about it when I explain it to someone else. So it’s been a treat to chat about all things sketching with textile artist Kate Shurety on the last leg of her … Read More
I’m thrilled to be selected for my first ever artist residency, with Tower Gallery, at the extraordinary Memorial Community Church in East London, in a studio built as its projection room. It has views into the church and across to the Royal Docks. Over the Summer I’ll be making some … Read More
It was like playing a harp… On a big sketch on canvas, I’d decided to show the way reeds glitter in the light by way of gold embroidery. Cody Dock is a favourite spot for a screen break tea break – so, tea bags for a colour wash. I had … Read More
