Starting to process clay
We have a blunger gifted to us from the late, great Norwich Potter, Robin Dauncey. A blunger is a large machine a little like a food...
Cataloguing
On the same visit to Alice's I became very interested in her job of cataloguing the shards/sherds in collections. written very...
Alice Lyons- Handling collection Archeological finds
I have mentioned here before about my discussions and sharing of information with Alice Lyons ( Specialist in the analysis and...
Museum of Scotland- Industry, Geology and Archeology.
Great display of industrial machinery, geology and most importantly ( and why I came) burial urns. It called to mind the sounds and...
Scottish National Museum of Modern Art- Victor Passmore
On walking around the gallery, I came across a Victor Passmore drawing on a gesso board. There seemed for me a strange correlation...
Susan Phillips and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Something that appeals to me still is that sense of commanding attention through the use of space. Susan Phillips exhibition at the...
Scottish National Gallery
A number of things; Was really nice to touch base with some of the great painters ( Rembrandt, Canaletto etc) in this wonderful...
Edinburgh-Fruitmarket- Jacqueline Donachie
I was moved not only by the themes of the work by Jacqueline Donachies but how it intervened and intruded into a space.