As there was too much to put into my last post, here are a few more images from the show. Victoria Burge explores terrestrial matrices and celestial constellations as some of these prints below show. Alan Franklin uses repetition and the ritual of labour in his drawings and sculpture. Joella Wheatley‘s drawings evoke a world of solitude and silence whilst Jayne Wilton‘s […]
Mapping Time – part 2 of 2
Mapping Time – part 1 of 2
It isn’t often I see a mixed show where I llike most of the work but this exhibition, Mapping Time at Frameless Gallery, delivered the goods. It was the first collaboration between art curators and dealers Joanna Bryant and Julian Page. Each artist represented tackles the recording and passage of time. The images and names below are […]
Z Hotel Shoreditch
If you’re looking for a cheap and cheerful place to stay in London then Z Hotels is worth investigating. The recently opened Z Hotel Shoreditch is right by Old Street station so well located for the area.Walk in to the small friendly reception area for check-in. A lovely touch is the offering of wine and cheese served […]
A visit to Wilton’s Music Hall
Tucked away near Tower Bridge is a pedestrian passage where you will find this doorway, leading to the gem of Wilton’s Music Hall. Regularly used as a film location and open once more for performances, this is the only remaining original and active music hall venue in London. You can join a history tour as we […]
Lines of Beauty – work by Geoffrey Preston
Geoffrey Preston is one of the UK’s foremost architectural sculptors whose skills are used in restoration as well as for new projects. Lines of Beauty is an exhibition of his work, including his restoration of the Rococo plaster ceilings at Uppark House for the National Trust as shown below. I came across this exhibition when visiting the Foundling […]
Glass seen at New Designers
There is an innately seductive quality to glass. Charlotte Broadley, from Edinburgh College of Art, showed a collection called Deteriorate based as you may have guessed, on origami and the imperfections of a process of transformation. For me it was all about the geometric rawness of quartz and crystal. Jo Mitchell from the University of Sunderland […]