PRESS - York Press 12/06/14

A piece on York Curiouser and my Porcelain Sandwiches in today's York Press...

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/exhibitions/11274603.York_Curiouser__various_locations_around_York__June_14_to_July_7/

PRESS - Northern Echo 12/06/14

A Full Page article in todays Northern Press. Steve Pratt interviewed me about my work for the forthcoming 'York Curiouser' which kicks off at the weekend...
 

Northern Echo 12/06/14

Read the article online here -

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/entertainment/11273636.This_sandwich_provides_food_for_thought/

EXHIBITION - York Curioser Programme

UPCOMING - York Curiouser Exhibition

York Curiouser kicks off next weekend. I'll be out and about on the morning of Saturday 14th placing the first batches of porcelain sandwiches. Some of the places they will be going are the Museums Gardens, The York Walls, Kings Manor and the Treasures House... I'm interested to see the response to them! Getting excited now....

PORCELAIN SANDWICHES - A Porcelain Picnic

The porcelain sandwiches are coming out thick and fast now... only 100 or so more to go! Tony Bartholomew took some press shots the other day. I like the idea of the picnic basket, which reminds me, I really should dig out a rather pertinent suitcase from my mum's loft to take the sandwiches to York in. One of my more tortured childhood memories involving the tall ships race and corned beef and onion sandwiches!! My fathers brainwave! One day I'll tell the full story... perhaps at my artists talk....

PRESS - CC #todayimmaking

The Crafts Council very kindly covered me on their #todayimmaking feature. Thanks guys. 

Today I'm making... Porcelain sandwiches for @YorkCuriouser 

 

STUDIO - Button Project

I've created 3 buttons for Jo Dahn's Button Project... The 2 blue buttons were made at the time of working on 'GOVESHY' for the Art Party Conference. The tiger button was made alongside my 'Trilogy of Death' series. I love sending things like this off for contribution in group projects and exhibitions. 

http://www.academia.edu/4488161/The_Button_Project_updated_call_for_buttons

PRESS - Crafts Mag (exhibition review)

Great review by Anna Burnside in Crafts Magazine, pity she got the wrong end of the stick/knife & fork with the Death of Sainsbury's though. She surmised that Monrow is feeding the tiger not eating the tiger. I shall have to re-look at how I display this piece in the future. I had previously displayed Monrow with his knife and fork resting on the tummy of the tiger but I thought to move him to the end to make him a bit clearer and have him eating a bit of a delicacy of tiger tongue. Will definitely reconsider the positioning in future. I might possibly have to get new studio photographs taken of the trilogy again to compensate for this. Makes you think how clear you have to be in your thought process and how what you're trying to convey can be construed. 

Crafts Magazine's Review of Hidden Agenda

DRAWINGS - The Fugitive

Karen Thompson - The Fugitive 2013 (ink & watercolour)

Sometimes I find it hard to let go of work that I've created. I put some of my A2 & A1 drawings into my recent exhibition at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate. The first time I've really put any of them out for sale. Somebody snapped up The Fugitive which I am particularly fond of... I've got to let some things go I guess!

WORK IN PROGRESS - Can you tell what it is yet?

Starting work on my next project for York Curiouser, a commission to make an intervention for the City of York to tie in with the Tour De France and the 100 day festival in June / July 2014. There are nine artists creating original work, alongside talks, performances etc... For more info link to the York Curiouser website - http://www.yorkcuriouser.com/

EXHIBITION - The Buried City

I've some work included in this group exhibition aft Crescent Arts for Museums at Night...

EXHIBITION - Hidden Agenda, Granary Gallery, Berwick

A lovely opening on Saturday at the Granary Gallery in Berwick Upon Tweed for the Hidden Agenda exhibition. It was lovely to meet the artist Doug Jones who co curated the exhibition and was showing a fab piece of work called Generations, also the artist Katie Davies who was just a couple of days into her new residency with Berwick Visual Arts.... been checking out their past work online, check out the following links. Katie Davies  Doug Jones

 

 

  

PRESS - The Journal (Hidden Agenda Exhibition)

Hidden Agenda - socially Conscious Craft at Berwick Granary Gallery... exhibition preview in the Journal 19/03/2014

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/culture/arts-culture-news/berwick-exhibition-reveals-craft-social-6848342

UPCOMING - Hidden Agenda Exhibition Preview

Please join me at the preview of Hidden Agenda - Socially
Conscious Craft. I am showing my 'Trilogy of Death' series in this
exhibition co curated by the Crafts Council Collection, Berwick Visual Arts & artist Doug Jones. 

Exhibition Preview
The Granary Gallery - Saturday 22 March 2014 from 2pm

A Crafts Council Collection exhibition, curated in partnership with Berwick Visual Arts and artist Doug Jones, ‘Hidden Agenda’ presents works by makers and designers who use craft as a platform for social comment and provocation.

The exhibition includes works from the Crafts Council Collection by artists Jane Atfield, Stephen Dixon, Michael Marriott, Angela O’Kelly, Grayson Perry, Paul Scott, Lynn Setterington, Audrey Walker, Michele Walker and Lois Walpole alongside new work by Doug Jones and Karen Thompson.

The exhibition will be launched by Annabelle Campbell, Head of Exhibitions and Collections, Crafts Council with Doug Jones and Karen Thompson discussing their work in the exhibition.

All welcome with complimentary tea and cake served on Level 1 of Berwick YHA, courtesy of the YHA Bistro.

The Granary Gallery, YHA Berwick, Dewars Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1H

Image above: Apple Laundry Basket, Lois Walpole, 1995. Crafts Council Collection W121. Photo Nick Moss

OUT AND ABOUT - Granary Gallery, Berwick

I dropped the 'Trilogy of Death' off today at the Granary Gallery in Berwick upon Tweed, for inclusion in the Hidden Agenda - Socially Conscious Craft exhibition... more of which later...

Granary Gallery, Berwick Upon Tweed.

EXHIBITION - 108 Fine Art

My exhibition opened yesterday at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate, it runs until the 22nd February. It includes recent ceramics and Drawings. Please contact Andrew Stewart at 108 Fine Art for more details. 

+44 (0)1423 709108 / 07798 908857

 

 

PRESS - York Curiouser in the York Press

The artists involved with York Curiouser.

The first public announcement of the artists involved with York Curiouser in todays York Press...

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10963519.York_Curiouser_art_event_to_encourage_people_to_explore_hidden_areas_of_the_city/

EVENT - National Glass Centre Showcase

National Glass Centre Showcase.

I set up my showcase with the National Glass Centre in Sunderland today. It runs until 4th May, it includes Tureen Heads, Eyeball Vases, PMN2 Landmines & Goveshy Busts.

EXHIBITION - Solo Exhibition at 108 Fine Art, Harrogate

I've a forthcoming solo exhibition at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate, the private view is Saturday 1st February, if you are in the area you are most welcome to pop in. Thank you so much 108 Fine Art for inviting me to have this solo exhibition.

PRESS - National Glass Centre Brochure

National Glass Centre, Brochure. Jan-April 2014

My tureen heads feature in the new booklet for the National Glass Centre. I have a showcase with the Glass Centre running from 17th January until the 4th May. The Tureen heads will be included in the showcase along with other works.