I have just confirmed a new exhibition date. It will be held at Beeston Library in Nottingham, they let their exhibition space out all year round and have something hanging around in there constantly.
It will be called "The fool over the Hill" - Wallis and Gibson make an exhibition of themselves!
I will be exhibiting along with Dave Gibson a friend of mine who produces some great acrylic portraits as well as water colour landscapes, find a link to him (ArtGibo) on this site.
i'm not sure on the content yet but it's not until February 2009, so we've got some time to think about it!
More info to come.
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Saturday, 26 April 2008
I've made the papers!
Ok, so it wasn’t the nationals.
After my work on Stanton Iron Works I got rather interested in its history, so I decided to do an article to accompany my work that I could approach a local paper or two with.
And to my amazement “The Ilkeston Advertiser” took it straight away! As Stanton is in Ilkeston I thought they may be interested due to the local interest thing, and they were! The article was condensed and re written from their perspective but I am very happy with the results.
It has already produced some great feedback and seems to have inspired a few people.
Exert from the Ilkeston Advertiser, Thursday 24th April 2007.
After my work on Stanton Iron Works I got rather interested in its history, so I decided to do an article to accompany my work that I could approach a local paper or two with.
And to my amazement “The Ilkeston Advertiser” took it straight away! As Stanton is in Ilkeston I thought they may be interested due to the local interest thing, and they were! The article was condensed and re written from their perspective but I am very happy with the results.
It has already produced some great feedback and seems to have inspired a few people.
Exert from the Ilkeston Advertiser, Thursday 24th April 2007.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
I'm a student again....it's 16 years since i've been one of those!
NOCN Photography (Digital) Human Form/Portraits Stage 3
I arrived a few minutes early, not really sure what to expect. I followed my nose to the studio and found it quite easily, there were a few there already, all very quiet obviously feeling a little like me, a bit nervous and a little out of place.
still I went in trying not to be too inward, there were two people already in there working, one guy in glasses at a pc he seemed a little flustered, I thought he was our tutor for a while! Then there was another, younger than me, by quite a bit, packing a way a portfolio, struggling with zip. "Student"... I thought..."hhmm, he seems young, ok now I feel old and out of place!”
They both left.
As the minutes ticked by more people arrived until there was about 10 of us.
The tutor, a woman called Kit, dark hair, glasses, came in and started to talk to us, I felt as if she had already said half her sentence in her head before she came in as it didn't seem much of an introduction. She had the air of an artist, by which I mean disorganised! She introduced herself as a photographer and a ceramicist. Once we got settled which seemed to take forever (over an hour) it all appeared calmer and I felt much better.
we spoke about enrolment student cards were acquired, we did a Biometric test to see what sort of a learner we all were…I ended up in the Pragmatist column (person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.) Seems about right!
It turns out that the course is run so that if you would like to take it a little further then you can by opting for level 3 instead of 2, not much different really you just need to submit more theory, so I thought I’m here I may as well do the higher one.
A quick tour of the place, fire exits, library, canteen….coffee nice one, we all had a bit of a chat everyone seems cool nice and chilled out.
Back in the studio and we looked through a slide show of old portrait photos from when the medium was new right up to present day. There were some fantastic images from Isombard Kingdom Brunel to Mick Jagger. My favourite stuff had be the more candid shots and one artist in particular Dorothea Lange and her photos from the American Depression in the 1930’s, she was asked to produce these images to raise awareness by the American government, I have to do some work on a famous artist that produced work in a style that appeals so im choosing her.
All in all... a great start.
I arrived a few minutes early, not really sure what to expect. I followed my nose to the studio and found it quite easily, there were a few there already, all very quiet obviously feeling a little like me, a bit nervous and a little out of place.
still I went in trying not to be too inward, there were two people already in there working, one guy in glasses at a pc he seemed a little flustered, I thought he was our tutor for a while! Then there was another, younger than me, by quite a bit, packing a way a portfolio, struggling with zip. "Student"... I thought..."hhmm, he seems young, ok now I feel old and out of place!”
They both left.
As the minutes ticked by more people arrived until there was about 10 of us.
The tutor, a woman called Kit, dark hair, glasses, came in and started to talk to us, I felt as if she had already said half her sentence in her head before she came in as it didn't seem much of an introduction. She had the air of an artist, by which I mean disorganised! She introduced herself as a photographer and a ceramicist. Once we got settled which seemed to take forever (over an hour) it all appeared calmer and I felt much better.
we spoke about enrolment student cards were acquired, we did a Biometric test to see what sort of a learner we all were…I ended up in the Pragmatist column (person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.) Seems about right!
It turns out that the course is run so that if you would like to take it a little further then you can by opting for level 3 instead of 2, not much different really you just need to submit more theory, so I thought I’m here I may as well do the higher one.
A quick tour of the place, fire exits, library, canteen….coffee nice one, we all had a bit of a chat everyone seems cool nice and chilled out.
Back in the studio and we looked through a slide show of old portrait photos from when the medium was new right up to present day. There were some fantastic images from Isombard Kingdom Brunel to Mick Jagger. My favourite stuff had be the more candid shots and one artist in particular Dorothea Lange and her photos from the American Depression in the 1930’s, she was asked to produce these images to raise awareness by the American government, I have to do some work on a famous artist that produced work in a style that appeals so im choosing her.
All in all... a great start.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Bagging machine bits!
Here's the shots i liked from a bunch of exposures taken of a customer demonstration machine at my work. it's difficult to get excited to be honest but i don't usually see the machinery as a photographic subject and these were reasonble as graphic images so i thought i'd post them.
Click the title to see the machinery.
Click the title to see the machinery.
Sunday, 6 April 2008
Saturday, 5 April 2008
More work from Stanton Iron Works
After finding that great old workshop where i was rumbled by the security guard...i went back today to set up a shoot in the rooms at the back of the shop...not really knowing what was in there, i took some props as i wanted to put stuff in there that was out of place in this enviroment. Namely, a glass, wine, torches, an orange, a plate, some cuttlery and some tea light candles.
What i was hoping the rooms to look like, was exactly what i found!
I think they speak for themselves, except this above. I read the writing on this wall and imagined there being some sort of seige here and the text being a mark of protest. if something did happen here...how did it end?
What i was hoping the rooms to look like, was exactly what i found!
I think they speak for themselves, except this above. I read the writing on this wall and imagined there being some sort of seige here and the text being a mark of protest. if something did happen here...how did it end?
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