tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31635904194995466322024-03-14T03:00:38.188+00:00Cathy Milescathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163590419499546632.post-28711856878738198222019-03-31T20:10:00.022+01:002021-11-05T11:27:10.998+00:00Return of the Awk.<span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-size: small;">Life as a parent to a second child and me recovering from breast cancer treatment has inspired me to return to writing and drawing over the last while. It has really helped using humour and the act of sketching to help me through. Although time and physical limitations hasn't allowed me in the workshop, my sketchbook is always to hand. I've used my very first bird I ever created, the imaginary 'Awk'. Mrs Awk is usually a bit sleep deprived and often dominated by her baby birds... sound familiar? For more have a look on Instagram </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444;">@cathymiles_drawings</b><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In May I was back making in a shed in front of a gallery audience thanks to an invite to be included in a project called <b>'Shed Space'</b> at Arts in the Old Fire Station, Oxford. This involved me working in residence within the shed, (which had a beautiful living roof) for the weekend. I also ran a workshop within the gallery for visitors and ran three wire sculpture sessions with Crisis members in the weeks prior. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For my residency I decided to take inspiration from S. Tyzack and Son Ltd. 1908 catalogue, making wire tools taking reference from the beautiful old tool illustrations. This is the first time I have used illustration in such a direct way. I thought it was interesting how I ended up 'drawing' the wood grain, something I wouldn't usually do when looking at a real tool. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On an educational note, during 26 July - 1 August 2014 I'll be teaching my first summer school at West Dean College. The course is called <b>Wire Sculpture - from tiny to tall</b>, please click <a href="https://www.westdean.org.uk/CollegeChannel/ShortCourses/Courses/Courses.aspx?ref=SS4568">here</a> for information on how to book. This will be my last course for a little while as from sometime in September I will be busy negotiating a newborn baby...</span>cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163590419499546632.post-34937710212993821242013-10-15T18:25:00.001+01:002013-10-15T18:58:53.584+01:00A finished commission...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163590419499546632.post-25036636051578337322013-09-10T08:42:00.001+01:002013-09-10T08:42:20.934+01:00Making in the museum (and other places...)<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Rajesh Gogna, Miranda Sharpe and myself have been busy this summer pushing forward with the Regenerated project. We have been working collaboratively, sharing our making skills and discussing ideas with the ultimate aim to produce a new piece each to be sited within the factory environment at the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our first aim was to develop four metal making sessions with a small group from Bishop Challoner School in Kings Heath. Our aim was to capture '<b>the mood of the museum</b>' through drawing and metal test pieces. We initially working in the museum, using the factory as a direct visual resource to work from. We then moving to Rajesh's wonderful Jewellery-Silversmithing Design Academy were we able to use the facilities to experiment with enamelling, annealing, stamping, crinkling, doming and sawing copper to create a plethora of test pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Engaging with this space throws up a multitude of questions... how are we similar to the factory workers? Is it right to create an intervention in this environment or is it more appropriate to use a white gallery space -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">How can a maker engage with a 'time capsule'?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We currently have an exhibition of existing work being exhibited at the museum in the gallery space. The exhibition is called 'Regenerated'. The work will change over in September to house our new commissions and findings which will be on display until January 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'll update the blog as we go to show you are progress. For more information on the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter and the exhibition <a href="http://www.bmag.org.uk/events?id=2585">click here </a></span>cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163590419499546632.post-75623152552528375832013-05-07T21:47:00.001+01:002013-05-07T22:38:52.783+01:00The Pigeon Fancier<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I spent last week in Cardiff as Artist in Residence at Craft in the Bay creating an installation called The Pigeon Fancier. This involved making pigeons with gallery visitors throughout the week and displaying them in boxes, transforming the gallery in to a Pigeon Fancier's Paradise...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This month has been all about researching pigeons and finding pigeon-ey materials to capture their essence. Here one sits newly created on my chaotic workbench. A trio of these motley avians can currently be seen at the Harley Gallery. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I will be creating an installation called 'The Pigeon Fancier' in early May at Craft in the Bay, Cardiff. This will involve the creation of a mass collection of pigeons all made through a range of making sessions happening at the gallery. If you would like to make a pigeon to form part of the installation please <a href="http://www.makersguildinwales.org.uk/exhibitions/details/294-artist-in-residence">click here</a> to find out more.</span>cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163590419499546632.post-2558783953330252922013-01-12T18:54:00.001+00:002013-01-12T18:55:43.126+00:00Making and Drawing<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am pleased to be included in Kyra Cane beautiful new book, Making and Drawing, which has just been published. Kyra is very interested in discovering how makers use drawing within their work. </span><br />
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cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163590419499546632.post-87014207412222682452012-10-17T21:25:00.000+01:002012-10-17T21:25:13.281+01:00South Place Hotel<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This year I have had the pleasure of working with Conran and Partners and D&D London on a commission involving 40 wire shoes for a beautiful new art hotel called <a href="http://www.southplacehotel.com/">South Place</a> in Moorgate, London. This was a fantastic project to get my teeth into and has renewed my appetite for experimenting with colour. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The exhibition will be on for a couple of months and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I will be running a series of short wire tool making workshops at the museum on the 25th July, see Whitstable museum for bookings.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span>cathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00309470333222682500noreply@blogger.com