Category Archives: Blog

Why is the sky blue?

Posted on 28 July 2015 by beckybendylegs

Why is the sky blue? This is the cliche question that is the rite of passage of parenthood. Before my children were old enough to ask this question I researched the answer in anticipation. The answer the Internet gave me … Continue reading →

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Why all artists should drink coffee

Posted on 12 July 2015 by beckybendylegs

I’ve always suspected that coffee fired my imagination. Today I found out that science and history backs up my suspicions. History has it that coffee was discovered in Ethiopia over a thousand years ago by a poetic goat-herder called Kaldi … Continue reading →

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The little people have landed

Posted on 12 July 2015 by beckybendylegs

Today, while reading Embracing the Ordinary by Michael Foley (which is brilliant, by the way) I stumbled across ‘street artist’ Slinkachu. I’m surprised that I haven’t seen this person’s work before because it is quirky, original, and fun and very … Continue reading →

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Are all artists existentialists at heart?

Posted on 2 July 2015 by beckybendylegs

Existentialism is a philosophical idea which is centered on the idea of the individual as a disorientated and confused being in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd world. When experiencing an existential dilemma, one feels alone in the … Continue reading →

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Depth vs Diversity

Posted on 28 June 2015 by beckybendylegs

What makes for a better artist? Is it someone who finds their style early on and studies and explores one area in considerable depth throughout their career or is it someone who experiments, reinvents, diversifies, moves, travels and tries different … Continue reading →

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Do objects have to be tangible to be loved?

Posted on 21 June 2015 by beckybendylegs

I’m obsessed with objects and things (which, incidentally, aren’t the same – an object is specific and a thing is transient). Most of my art centres around objects and what they do for us and the ‘thingyness of things’ so … Continue reading →

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‘It is the artist temperament’

Posted on 3 June 2015 by beckybendylegs

Today I had my grades and feedback for my final project as a student on the foundation degree at SCAT. I spent last night having the most weird and wonderful dreams. In my sleep, I received my feedback in my … Continue reading →

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Turner Prize 2015 – fur coats on chairs?

Posted on 1 June 2015 by beckybendylegs

I’ve been meaning to write about the nominees for this year’s Turner Prize for a few weeks now and today I have the chance to do so (now it is a couple of weeks since I finished my foundation degree … Continue reading →

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For artist, read ethnographer

Posted on 28 May 2015 by beckybendylegs

Now that I have finished my foundation degree I find myself wallowing in a void of directionless thinking while I wait for my ‘top-up’ at Wolverhampton to start in the autumn. Actually, that’s not strictly true. I have the History … Continue reading →

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My last post as a SCAT student, but not the last post

Posted on 18 May 2015 by beckybendylegs

This will probably be my last post as a student at SCAT, but it certainly won’t be my last post on this blog. I started this blog during my first few weeks at SCAT, it’s primary objective was to be … Continue reading →

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