Exploring Residency: Mesh, Loop & Line

07/21/21 • 41 min

In this episode we are joined by three artist/makers, Ismini Samanidou, a weaver from Eastborne Jessie Higginson a printmaker from Cornwall and Katie Bunnell a ceramicist, also from Cornwall.
In May 2021, they spent a short residency with us here at Clayhill, after securing some Arts Council funding for a collaborative project called ‘Mesh, Loop and Line’
We talk about the residency and the importance of this as part of creative practice, as well as how the pandemic has changed their way of working over this past year. During the conversation we also explore 'teaching' and how the meaning of this has changed for them over the years, alongside their strong sense of materiality and making that is at the very heart of their respective practice. It is clearly evident that coming together again after a long year on screen has been really valueable for them.
The work that the residency helped to foster will be on show at Grays Wharf in Penryn, Cornwall in October, 2021, where they will also be delivering workshops with The Sensory Trust for people living with dementia.
Follow #meshloopline on instagram for updates.
Update since the recording: The dates of the exhibition have been put back a week. It is now Thursday 14th October - Sun 7th Nov. Grays Wharf is open 10-4, wed-sun each week

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Drawn to The Story: Telling Tales Through Comics with Andrew Kozlowski

In this episode we are joined by Andrew Kozlowski, a print maker, comic book artist and lecturer from Jacksonville, Florida.
Andrew took part in our recent online exhibition Restriction with the Correspondence Collective and is looking to deliver some online comic book workshops with us later in the year. Sharing his journey into comics and how they have always been a part of his life, Andrew discusses how keeping daily journals helps inform the stories he writes and shares some of the advice that he passes on to his students to help them create their own.
This episode is full of advice on keeping your creative momentum and reminding you that, “the sketchbook doesn’t care what you put in it, it just wants to be full!”
You can follow Andrew on instagram @andrew.kozlowski where he posts a new comic book entry every Sunday.
If you are interested in buying a copy of the mini comic Restricted head to our website here.
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