Map-i project: ethos
As part of my academic work at the University of Sunderland, I undertake research. through which I have had to find a way of articulating what it is that I do on a daily basis when working on architectural glass projects. As the majority of my work is site-specific, the first thing I turn [...]
Map-i: Mercator Revisited and making things…
It has been a little while since I have updated the blog posts here. Not that it has been quiet despite my best intentions… At the end of March I went to Belgium for the well attended re-opening of the Mercator Museum on the 24th March and delivered a talk on Tuesday 26th of March to a [...]
Map-i: Mercator Revisited
It has been snowing outside, just little wisps of snowflakes delicately fluttering to the ground, and inside the studio is nice and warm as the kiln has been on again. Inside the kiln are some more component pieces cooling down for the two ‘pole’ plates I am making, the two final pieces in the series [...]
Map-i; Mercator Revisited; going global!
On Wednesday I picked up the 14 components which make up the scaled down rapid prototyped model made at A-Map in Sunderland. There are two pole caps and twelve ‘gores’ or segments which make up the proposed glass globe. Over the last few days I have been trying to get the details right as to [...]
Map-i: Mercator
Earlier this week I received confirmation that a book will be published to coincide with new the new work being developed for the Mercator Revisited exhibition, which is fantastic news. However, this does mean that deadline for the work being ready is being brought forward in order to meet the print deadline! So the already [...]
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 [...]
Liverpool visit
On Monday, Jeff and I accompanied a group of our University of Sunderland students on a study trip to Liverpool. The main reason for the trip was to show the students the Liverpool Map installed as most students will have seen the work take shape last year in the department and it was nice [...]
Museum of Liverpool opens on Tuesday 19th July
The Museum of Liverpool will open its doors to the public at last on Tuesday 19th July and the Liverpool Map, a large glass map sculpture made in collaboration with my colleague Jeffrey Sarmiento at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland. The Liverpool Map is part of the The People’s Republic and is marked [...]
A Passion for Glass
The National Museum of Scotland is currently hosting ‘A Passion for Glass’; an exhibition of the glass collection donated to the Museum by Alan Poole and the late Dan Klein, who have been collecting contemporary glass since the 1970′s. Their collection is currently on show at the Special Exhibition space in the new wing (third [...]
AA2A Access for Artists to Art Colleges; new round launched
The new round for AA2A has been launched, so if you are a glass or ceramicist seeking access to the most excellent facilities of the University of Sunderland through this scheme, please apply here. Rachel O’Dell is currently doing the scheme and last year Andrea Walsch took part, to name but a few.