Happy New Years: what is your plan?

Having read others blogs exploring what their aims for the new year are, I have been inspired to define what I am trying to do. I am aiming for clarity through a reflective practise, and as I try to teach my students to have a reflective practise, and I am also trying to practice whatContinue reading “Happy New Years: what is your plan?”

The year end deserves a new recipe!

one small onion chopped finely, one clove of smoked garlic chopped, one chicken stock packet, lots of black pepper, a bit of water, a knob of butter, stirred up in a pan until the onion turns clear; one Jerusalem artichoke, one portabello mushroom, chopped and in the pan, then a little more water and stirContinue reading “The year end deserves a new recipe!”

Harry Potter, magic and amazing art

Today I went to Warner Brothers, The Harry Potter experience. It surprised me, I know little about the world of film, and was happily amazed by the skill and wonder of the art show that is the Harry Potter Experience! There are drawings, making, science, imagination, and a sprinkle of hope and dream. I thinkContinue reading “Harry Potter, magic and amazing art”

Saturday Addition 15: Photographing the every day

What do you photograph? I have recently seen “Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr” (21 September 2013 – 16 March 2014 at the Science Museum, £8), and Miyako Ishiuchi “Yokosuka story” 1977 at Tate Modern ( Part of “Transformed Visions”, Level 3) and been following a friends (Arnab Ghosal) photographic projectContinue reading “Saturday Addition 15: Photographing the every day”

Wednesday addition: Little Pieces of Art 13

Wednesday addition: Little Pieces of Art 13 abstract, Art, gift, London, painting, photography, printmaking, Sophie Mayer, Wednesday, http://www.sophiemayer.com This work is created by Sophie Mayer ©www.sophiemayer.com