Map-i: Mercator Revisited
This week the eleven glass pieces for the Map-i: Mercator Revisited exhibition will be collected so I have been busy signing all the work and packing it up, ready for transport to Belgium. The exhibition will run at the Mercator Museum in Sint-Niklaas in Belgium from Sunday 24th March until 15th of December 2013 so [...]
Mercator Conference
Today was the second day of the Mercator Revisited conference; another packed day of incredibly varied talks about different aspects of Mercator’s legacy; from the enduring appeal of his maps, globes and instruments which have provided subjects of study including its mathematical impact, the importance of typography and calligraphy on maps and impact of his [...]
Mercator conference
Yesterday was an inspiring day at the Mercator conference with an incredibly varied audience of speakers and delegates. I met cartographers of course, but also map librarians, mathematicians, map collectors and enthusiasts, art historians, fellow artists and curators. The StEM, the local regional Museum also opened a new exhibition ‘Mercator Digitaal” which features the earthglobe [...]
Mercator Conference
I have arrived in Belgium tonight in anticipation of the “Mercator Revisited” conference which starts tomorrow and finishes on Saturday with a visit to the Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerp. It will celebrate the 500th anniversary on the birth of Gerard Mercator, a most renowned map-maker! I will be delivering a talk on ‘Map as [...]
Jedburgh Abbey artist-in-residency
A lovely article appeared in the local paper about the artist-in-residency scheme at Jedburgh Abbey: http://www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/local-headlines/jed-pupils-window-of-opportunity-1-2200880 I am writing the report about this project today. Next week Amy and myself will be running a few more workshops in the studio for the various groups who have been partaking in this scheme. And on Monday 16th [...]