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Added by The Justified Sinner on June 21, 2015 at 4:39am — 2 Comments
SO... it is that time of year again and the degree shows are in full-swing. Unfortunately, because of the timings of holidays, the exam board and external examiner for my own graduands, I didn't get to…
ContinueAdded by The Justified Sinner on May 30, 2015 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments
What a week! Not only have we been finishing off with the students for the year - and sometimes for ever, really - but I've been doing my best to help Karen Dicken to get the "Handmade By Machines" exhibition and…
Added by The Justified Sinner on June 23, 2014 at 8:30am — No Comments
Further to my last post, I now present some work by Stephanie Mearns, visible on the left of this shot of Andrew and Anita Neilson:
Her work uses biological…
Added by The Justified Sinner on June 10, 2014 at 12:27pm — No Comments
Yesterday I had the pleasure of going to my favourite Scottish city - Dundee - to see the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD for short) degree show. As usual, my main interest was in the…
Added by The Justified Sinner on May 21, 2014 at 2:31pm — No Comments
Many years ago, I realised that Alexander McQueen was not a couturier in the usual sense of the word. It was his commission of the collar from Shaun Leanne for his 2001 catwalk show which drew my attention to his work - the collar is a stunning assembly of lethal silver spikes and grey pearls, seen at 7:40 in the video below - and the show just blew me away. From that moment on, I never thought of McQueen as a clothing designer but as a sculptor, a critic, an historian, someone with a…
ContinueAdded by The Justified Sinner on October 1, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments
What a great weekend! Lovely weather, so I got out on my bike a lot and re-visited a site I had found some time ago, the wonderfully unhinged paintings on a house in Tollcross, Glasgow. In September 2012, it looked like this:…
Added by The Justified Sinner on June 4, 2013 at 2:30am — 2 Comments
It is that time of year again, when the degree shows in Scotland all kick off. As usual, the roll is started by Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design - DJCAD for short. Regular readers of my blog will…
Added by The Justified Sinner on May 18, 2013 at 7:05am — No Comments
Waa!
My wonderful, indispensible, reliable, cheerful, friendly, unflappable workshop technician, Fiona, is leaving on Thursday. She's found a better-paid job with more promotional prospects and she'll be superb. The students will all miss her and they arranged a lunch for her today, which was great fun.…
Added by The Justified Sinner on April 23, 2013 at 4:11pm — No Comments
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