Author Archives: beckybendylegs

In the house of art

Posted on 5 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

So I’m here again, sat in my little black chair, listening to Gary Ringroad coo: ‘We live in uncertain times’ over and over. (He will have said it 70 times by the time I go home. Yes, I have calculated … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Leave a comment

Random thoughts while invigilating

Posted on 3 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

I’m sat here invigilating for the MA Art Show at the Walsall Gallery and it has just struck me as interesting the way thoughts flow when given freedom, when the body is forced to sit still.  I’m looking after the family … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Leave a comment

New Art Gallery Walsall – art, life and a rather damp pot plant

Posted on 2 October 2019 by beckybendylegs

About last night… what can I say? It was the start of something beautiful. Last night being of course the opening night of the MA fine art and art and design by research show. And, despite spending the evening very … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The essence of pickled cabbage

Posted on 29 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

Part of my MA research was about feeling the essence of objects and how a viewer of art can receive an echo of this essence of objects through art. This ‘essence’ isn’t just to be felt in the visual arts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Almost there – bye bye precious artworks

Posted on 26 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

On Tuesday this week we transported our precious artworks from the Wolverhampton School of Art to Walsall Art Gallery. On paper, this was quite an irritating task. It meant that I had to go into Wolverhampton just to move my … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Sitting amongst the trees

Posted on 22 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

Last week I bumped into a friend by the art building lift. She and I had studied the final year of the BA together and she was back for a quick visit. We hadn’t seen each other in a while. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

My bits and pieces and what I think of them

Posted on 17 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

I am now in a bit of a state of stasis: between handing in the thesis and the final show. I have finished my artwork, more or less, and I sit here now surrounded by it, looking at it, feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Finished

Posted on 12 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

The Beast has been handed in, delivered, left on a desk, abandoned, passed over and given away. It has finally gone. I have finished. Getting this far has been a catalogue of bad omens: printing issues, ink issues, terrible headache … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged | 2 Comments

Gallery visit – and I’m still obsessed with revising the beast

Posted on 10 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

This morning the MA students who are graduating this year met at the Walsall Art Gallery to examine the space and chat with the curators, Debra and Kevin, about any issues we might have. I arrived nice and early and … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Just when I thought I had finished…

Posted on 9 September 2019 by beckybendylegs

…I decided to add more.  I can’t seem to put the beast down. I have a week left now until hand-in date. I was happy with it before the weekend. Then I decided to give it ‘one more read through’. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog | Tagged | Leave a comment