Of course you can't just go into a room and Make Something, there has to be a starting point. I find myself bedevilled by too many crazy ideas for woodblock printing (and not enough time for working on just one) and very few ideas for ceramics (and not enough energy to start working on just one).
So it's a matter of Yet More Research, waiting for the Vital Spark ... or tracking down the whiff of woodsmoke that leads to the smouldering embers of an old fire...
Meanwhile, exhibitions were seen -
Sunday,
Crouch End open studios, with a "big show" in the town hall -
... including prints inspired by the town hall - for instance, the steps -
And interesting things in the individual studios -
Monday, woodblock inspiration at the woodblock + bookbinding course -
Tuesday, drawing at the Horniman museum -
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| ...reflections... |
Wednesday, a close encounter with the
Bawden murals at Morley -
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| So many lovely details! |
All day Thursday at the
Draw art fair ... finding some familiar artists...
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| Miro - on a manky bit of cardboard! |
And some new ones -
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| detail from an architectural drawing by Tchoban |
Techniques for "works on paper" and intriguing mark-making -
Not to forget the display of work by
Linda Karshan, and the gallery of a grand variety of architectural drawings "Drawing Ambience".
Friday - quick visit to "Contemporary Art + Ritual" at the Crypt Gallery (till 21 May) -
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Small, intriguing metal boxes by Sally Tyrie
(footnote - in the process of adding the link, I discovered that
the piece I bought at A Letter In Mind in 2017 is by her! No.183) |
Saturday -
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Sketchbooks on view at "Dreaming in Cuban" during "meet the artist" at
Westminster Reference Library - exhibition is on till 25 May |
On the way home, later, a quick visit to the Estorick's small-but-satisfying drawing exhibition ... more about that later ...
So, lots of art inspiration this week, especially with all the links in the Guardian's art e-bulletin to follow up on. I started reading about
Lee Krasner at 8am and still haven't finished that article, what with all the diversions offered by the links in it, and the links in the links, and a thought of my own here and there...
Finally, some sparky ideas for ceramics -
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| "cracked world" - ! |
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| "family groups" ... |
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| lights ... |
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| ... need light fixings, research needed... |
Or maybe ... plaster casting???
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| (yet another daft idea ... well, let's see if it has legs) |
Quick visit to the ceramics studio, just to say hello really, but if the need to stitch doesn't dissipate, I'll be back stitching pots in no time -
The rest of the week was centred around printmaking. Around north London, research on the moon in various locations, through glass (thinking about inadvertent reflections) -
... and mistiness (condensation), and difraction -
While travelling by tube, hatching a plan for displaying some prints -
Back home, sorting them out -
Interlude: more moonlight -
Getting down to it - 
Other prints conveniently fit behind sample mounts -
