Sadness and happiness

Thinking about the fragility and poignancy of later life through my developing work on ‘Lola’: How happiness is inextricably coupled with sadness was a theme of the ‘Happy’… Read More →
Thinking about the fragility and poignancy of later life through my developing work on ‘Lola’: How happiness is inextricably coupled with sadness was a theme of the ‘Happy’… Read More →
Person of the month for March is Edna, who came into being as part of my Foundation Diploma graduation exhibit at West Dean College. Give that Edna’s chief hobby is… Read More →
Recently, I very much enjoyed the Street Art Festival in Lake Worth Florida, a joyful non-commercial celebration of ‘art for art’s sake’. Painstaking work, all eventually to be destroyed by… Read More →
Experimental polymer clay project. When finished, Lola will stand about 16’’ (45cm) high. Lola was very patient throughout her 3 long sessions in the oven. She is now feeling much… Read More →
Queen of the photoshoot, Ms February is Bette. Bette is the current Chair of the Curtain Call Care Home Escape Committee, when she is not escaping herself and wintering in… Read More →
Mr January is Harold. Harold is a lofty 4’3’’ (130cm) and was once part of the ‘Flying Fig leaves’, a high wire and trapeze act. Harold’s dreams for 2020 include… Read More →
I am exploring the possibilities of representing the Curtain Call Care Home with some much smaller figures, 12’’ (30cm) tall, i.e. about two thirds smaller than the current characters. I… Read More →
Yesterday, I went to see ‘That Golden Girls Show’ a parody of a long-running US sitcom, done with old lady puppets. Both the puppets (by Joel Gennari) and the puppetry… Read More →