Lucy + Jorge Orta : Food - Peterborough Museum

Wonderful exhibition - described here - 

thinking about food waste

Press coverage of the exhibition

Bedford Creative Arts - Artists Supper

Beautiful meal at the Pavillion, Bedford Park inspired by 

and served on the Peterborough Food dinner service

From Lincolnshire and Back - Exhibition at The Majestic Studios in Stoke

"Sometimes artists just need the space to make, to challenge their working practice, to network and be inspired by others. From Lincolnshire and Back is about artists exchanging unfinished work with each other; relinquishing ownership and collaborating to create a finished piece." Carol Parker

This self funded project was initiated by Carol Parker, socially engaged artist and contributed to by artists across the UK. Including the new managers of the Majestic Studio's, artists Chris Reader and Andrew Cliff. 

You can see all the works from all the artists in this Pinterest Album including the first exhibition at Moulton Mill December 2015

Last year I received a parcel of starting points for the project - photos of abandoned shoes - from Beth Barlow and so decided to continue looking out for shoes. 

My resulting piece is called the Map of Maybe, a stitched imaginary map of walks, a selection of shoe / walk photos on magnetic paper and magnetic poetry kit.

The idea was the photos and poetry letters could 

go on their own journey through a space -

the one flaw with this is you need metal 

surfaces to make this happen.

 So for the time being the work 

is contained on a small stand.

We were all asked to fill a strip of small pockets to represent our practice, you can see them all on the Pinterest link too. I feel that due to time, distance and other commitments, I was only able to stick my toe in the waters of this project but feel pleased that I made something. Many of the participants had a very rich, collaborative experience so do check out all their makings and doings on Pinterest or at The majestic Studios. The exhibition is available to tour to other venues, if you would like it to visit you contact Carol Parker

I'm also happy to have been part of Carol's Visible Mending Project  went to Canterbury and is now off to Bridport 

The International Postcard Show 2016

Surface Gallery welcomed back the International Postcard Show. A vibrant, long-running exhibition including hundreds of original artworks from established and aspiring artists from all over the world. All submissions were included, from painting and print through to textiles and illustration, creating a wonderfully eclectic mix of artwork. All artworks were priced at £15, if the work doesn't sell it can be swapped randomly with other work in the exhibition.

I sent these

looking forward to receiving my swaps!

You can view the show here

International Postcard Show 2013

I'm excited to say I have two works in the Surface Gallery  International Postcard Show 2013. This long-running annual exhibition features hundreds of original artworks by established artists, students and newcomers from all over the world. I didn't have time to take pictures of the cards I sent but one included a copper tag / medal saying Yours and the other a Fortuneteller game plus digital image and both are mounted on Zoffany wallpaper and include machine stitching.

All participating artists have the opportunity to exchange their postcard with another artist selected at random at the end of the exhibition.  

All artworks are priced at £15 throughout the exhibition, so this is a great opportunity for visitors and aspiring art collectors to snap up an original work of art at an affordable price. It also feels like a win / win situation as either I'll make a sale or receive a swap. The show runs until the 16th of February and apparently things are selling fast.

Medals in progress

Surface Gallery
• 16 Southwell Road
• NG1 1DL Nottingham, United Kingdom