Alice Kettle (right) presenting her talk at the Collect Craft Council Fair, Somerset House, London 2022.
Art and war, chance and serendipity. Intertwining themes for me this week as I attended the Collect art fair at Somerset House in London. How do you make art when all around you is in turmoil.? What role do textiles play in helping to mend the world and disrupt the narrative?
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The rocks and stones are calling me again - at the NES artist residency in Skagaströnd, Iceland in 2019.
The first part of any residency is always reconnaissance, getting to know the lie of the land. Much of the work is site-specific, responding to the new environment with your own ways of creating. Ideas emerge as you walk the landscape. Lots of photos, sketches and writing. As I write, I right my path and find my way forward.
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Boots made for walking + stone inspiration + maps for collages
In order to apply for an artist residency you have to be prepared to pay. The costs could include flights, residency costs and living allowances. Which is why many artists apply for grants to help offset the costs.
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Fascinated by Iceland’s rocks 2019 - it’s the subject of my upcoming residency 2022
How do you apply for an artist residency and how do you prepare to go to one? There are three key components in each application process that I use when writing my submissions. You need to articulate what you do, why you do it and how it fits the application criteria.
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An original collage & my first 2019 challenge
Take the germ of an idea that helped build a community thirty years ago and transpose it into the digital age. The Travel Art challenge has its roots in screening 16mm films in a rural library and building a socially engaged audience.
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A detail of one of my January 2022 10 x 10 cm map collages
I’ve written many blogposts about having a daily practice, for experimentation, documentation and accountability. What I now realise is that it is also an important tool for reviewing your own artistic development.
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What is the allure of exhibiting in a public space and what are the exhibiting options? There are numerous considerations when you are applying to exhibit, some involve cost, some money. Both group and solo exhibitions have their own benefits.
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James Clerk Maxwell’s electro-magnetic vibration equation with a mobile phone. Photogram, 2011
Einstein said “Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way.” I’ve noticed that when I choose to be happy, no matter what is going on in my life or the outside world, my energy lifts and I attract good things into my life.
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1-1-22 map collage
Many of my early creative works involve maps or journeys of one kind or another. Maps and stamps took me around the world when I was a kid, it’s no wonder that I love them. This year I have returned to collaging maps for my 2022 daily artworks.
Read MoreIt’s been a year where I have happily spent probably 70% of my creative time on zoom. This was the year I became courageous, started painting again, created new and surprising artworks and leaned into my role as an arts mentor.
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