Fashion fixers day

Great fun at Fashion fixers at South Hill Park. Some really creative work by the students - using heat transfer printing (top) with the other Jane to transform a lacy underslip, and building up an exciting mix of colours and textures (above).

My skirt  - made from a man's knitted cotton pullover, with box pleat and frilled edge. Very pleased with how this turned out, with the raspberry pink polkadot underskirt.

A quick and easy denim bag to go with it.

The full outfit, with a recycled t-shirt scarf. Needs a bit more work to make the scarf more exciting - some printing would be great because the edge didn't go as wavy because the t-shirt wasn't quite stretchy enough. And some customising of the Betty Boop t-shirt. But the glitter print of Betty's dress is a perfect match for the raspberry scarf and polka dot voile of the skirt - so I love it.
And now its over to the Fashion Fixers for more work before the show on 16th April and the pop-up shop coming soon in Bracknell.

At Play 3 - South Hill Park

I have been selected for At Play 3 in the Bracknell Gallery at South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire. My proposal is a complete change for me in that it is's going to be an installation piece. It explores the obsessive side of a child putting together a scrapbook of old photographs dating from WWII.

Previous At Play exhibitions in 2009 and 2010 have been successful and popular shows at South Hill Park, and I'm looking forward to being part of the 2011 event from 17th April to 19th June.

Images of the previous shows can be seen on Cally Trench's website - the curator of the exhibitions, along with Outi Remes of the Bracknell Gallery itself.

In the meantime, best get busy ... I've got lots to do to develop my piece ready for show!

Removal

My installation 'Removal' is in the ReOrsa studio window in Bracknell (114 Broadway, upstairs at the top of the spiral ramp) for another month until the end of June. More details on the listings page at ArtRabbit

So much to update, so little time

I'm very pleased to announce that I am now officially working as an intern with the Visual Arts team at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell, working with the Head of Exhibitions. I'm looking forward to learning lots about behind the scenes in a contemporary art gallery from the Curator's point of view.
http://www.southhillpark.org.uk/

Wider view of ReOrsa exhibition

Here is the exhibition populated by people rather than buffet food!

ReOrsa exhibition success

The ReOrsa event in Bracknell was a success. Here is my exhibit pictured at the Private View. There was lots of people at the Private View, and the gallery room overall looked great. The whole event was apparantly very busy on the Saturday with lots going on in the street and plenty of people through the doors of the exhibition. Unfortunately I couldn't be there on the busiest day. It was a great thrill to be included and on a roll of "You've got to be in it to win it" excitement, I entered my pieces for the Open Art Exhibition for Poole - ReOpen

Discard/salvage

I'm working on how to hang my new pieces. This one is very light and I want it to be as 'floaty' as possible in contrast to its pair which is VERY heavy and made out of five pairs of trousers. Fingers crossed it all works ready for submitting to ReOrsa on Sunday.

ReOrsa exhibition, Bracknell: 17-20 September

I'm participating in 'Art on Broadway'. The exhibition will open with a private view on Wednesday 16th from 5-7pm, and will be open from 11am-4pm from Thursday to Saturday 20th.

More information www.reorsa.org

ReOrsa - Art on Broadway

I've recently been acccepted as a member of ReOrsa - an artist-led initiative promoting the activities of professional visual artists in the Thames Valley. The group was established in 2007, and the network aims to support and promote the activities of professional, practising visual artists in this area.

In September 2009 ReOrsa have planned to hold 'Art on Broadway'. An exhibition project which will take over an area of Bracknell town centre. I am hoping to participate ...