I'm glad you're alive! at OpenHand OpenSpace Reading

A couple of weeks ago I went to see 'I'm glad you're alive!' an exhibition by two artists who have studied at Winchester School of Art. Peter Driver is due to complete his degree this year and Lydia Heath finished her BA in 2013.

I haven't visited a lot of shows lately as I had a baby 8 weeks ago, so this was the first she'd seen and the first I'd seen since she was born and it was a brilliant first show to see, despite the fact that I had a big distraction at the time.

Me and Merry look at Lydia Heath's work.

Above, woodcuts by Peter Driver.

The above woodcut 'Loving the Alien' was a particular favourite of mine, I love the colours. I actually bought this print for my wall at home, supporting fellow artists and all that!

A washing line of woodcuts by Peter.

A photographic piece by Lydia Heath.

Rich drinks some mulled cider and admires some of Peter's woodcuts.

Lydia's installation in juxtaposition with Peter's woodcut and photograph.

Collage and 'I'm glad you're alive' print by Peter.

Visitors to the exhibition could pick up a free 'I'm glad you're alive!' print.

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The woodcut plates themselves were one of my favourite bits of the exhibition. Much the same as when I saw Chuck Close's exhibition last year, there is something very beautiful about woodcut plates.

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More of Lydia's work.

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Merry seemed to enjoy herself too some of the time and so I'm sure we'll be popping to some more exhibitions soon.

Some extra photos from the WSA Degree Show 2013

Recently got a film developed and found a few more pictures from this years degree show. I will add the names and information for the artists where I know or can find it. If any information is wrong, out of date or missing, please let me know!

 Donna Vokes

www.donnavokes.com
info@donnavokes.com

http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/donna-vokes/

Lydia Heath

lydiaheath.lh@gmail.com
spacetoimaginenewfutures.tumblr.com 

http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/lydia-heath/ 

Tom Czarnota

TomCzarnota.com
tomczarnota@hotmail.com

http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/tom-czarnota/

Andy Reaney

andy@bru-ha.com www.bru-ha.com

 http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/andrew-reaney/

 Camrin Schinkel

c-schinkel@hotmail.com cami-o.tumblr.com

 http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/camrin-schinkel/

 Rebekka Turner

http://rebekkaturner.artweb.com/ 

http://snaggletoothlion.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/Realleela145
rebekka.turner@btinternet.com

http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/rebekka-turner/

Hope Talbot

hope@intheglow.org www.intheglow.org
www.intheglow.tumblr.com

http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/hope-talbot/

Sarah Potts

sarahpotts@hotmail.co.uk
cargocollective.com/sarahpotts
homedreamsdreaming.tumblr.com

 http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/sarah-potts/

Melody Grossman

 http://mel119.wix.com/melodygrossman

http://melodygrossman.tumblr.com/ 

melody@grossman.co.uk

http://www.squiezeshow.co.uk/index.php/artists/melody-grossman/

 

And here's a gratuitous shot of my fiancé enjoying the degree show refreshments. It was an enjoyable evening and I hope to go again next year and take more pictures.

As for now. I'm off to the Saatchi gallery this week to see the paper exhibition and will take lots of photos there. I will have more time on my hands soon so I'm looking for inspiration so I can get making.

WSA Degree show 2013! Part 1

I feel like this years degree show was the one I had been most excited for of all the degree shows at Winchester School of Art (other than my own of course, although that was equally terrifying and stressful). I knew a lot of the students in the year below me and have seen them progress, more that I thought possible, since I left.

Here are the highlights (for me) from this years show.

Lydia Emma Heath

 Lydia's work looks at themes including surveillance and the politics in public society. I always find her work makes makes me question and think. Find more of her work at:

www.spacetoimaginenewfutures.tumblr.com

Melody Grossman

Melody began at WSA as a portrait painter and developed her work looking at the relationship between painting and photography. The work she showed in her degree show looked at the process of abstraction when taking an image from a photograph to a painting. Find more of her work at: www.melodygrossman.co.uk

Hope Talbot

Hope's work is imaginitive and playful. I took a lot of pictures of the adorable fimo cats, but she is also an expert pattern creator, printmaker and paper cutter. Find more of her work at: www.intheglow.org

I will post more of the work I saw at the show soon.