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“I” – A Curious Collaboration

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:48:07 EDT

19 Artists & Makers - 6 Countries - 6 Weeks to Collaborate & Deliver

The idea for “I” came from a delightful Christmas present from Santa Claus! The Art of Not Making by Michael Petry, did not quite fit into my red Christmas stocking, but was welcome all the same!

The premise of the book is an in depth look into artists who use ‘makers’. In other words artist who sometimes find others to fabricate their exotic ideas. This is usually due to the technical requirements that the artist may have no experience with. However, even if the artist never touches the work, it is usually the sole property and ownership of the artist – the maker is not acknowledged...

The Meaning of Flowers

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:42:59 EDT

I’ve been fighting shadows, in this case the shadow has a name, ‘Insurance Company’.

A little hidden clause in my contract means that although they will pay for water damage, they will not pay for wood that has rotted due to water damage. Apparently, I was supposed to telepathically know that there was water leaking behind the pristine white tiles, before it became ‘rotted wood’. To placate me, the smooth-voiced man on the phone from the insurance company, apologises for not calling me back, and notes that he will—as a special request—send another inspector to the property to reassess their denial of my claim...

The Great Tapestry of Scotland

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:41:02 EDT

I did not expect to be moved by a tapestry, but I should have known better…

Stitching has long fascinated me. Maybe due to the early influence of Maggie Lechie’s needlework pictures framed in my family home or the white linen table cloths with neat embroidery stitches done by my Mother when she was young. Either way stitching fascinates me.

Stitching, as a general term, encompasses anything from the practical – dressmaking, quilting and darning, to the aesthetic, for example embroidery – with a plethora of different types of stitches – yet there are fundamental similarities to all forms: There is a front and back; an element of male and female; there is a sense of continuity as the thread is pulled through...

Artwork defaced at National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:06:38 EDT

Nassau, Bahamas - Late last week, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) issued an apology to to the public and to Grand Bahamian artist Susan Moir Mackay on the defacing of her multimedia piece entitled Conversation which hangs prominently in the NAGB's newest exhibition, SingleSex. SingleSex features imagery of women by Bahamian women artists and is a part of the Transforming Spaces 2013 Art Tour.

The piece Conversation depicts the female nude form with physical openings placed at the throat, the heart and the genitalia/reproductive areas of the body. On the left side of the form hangs a white stone tied to a piece of twine against a dark...

Roots of a Contemporary Alchemist

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 10:58:34 EDT

Transforming Spaces opens next weekend – 24th and 25th March. The annual event that takes tour buses around art galleries in New Providence for a feast of art, has a twist this year. The organisers sent out a call for proposals based on the theme “Fibre”, specifically a re-imagining of indigenous fibre.

It seems to me that with every piece of art I make, I hit a moment where I curse that I ever had the idea! This moment hit me very clearly when standing in Port Lucaya on a cool dark winters evening, with my pink folder in hand, pen and a pair of scissors handy, as I approached a young woman sitting on a step busily typing on her laptop.

She is surrounded by others who, like her, are taking advantage of free wifi...