Dorothea Lange

Last chance to see this exhibition of photographs by Dorothea Lange at the Barbican, ends tomorrow.

Mosaic Monday

Mosaic Monday, originally uploaded by Feltbug.

1. londonlab3, 2. jude2redpics, 3. a room i try to work in., 4. goodvibes CD cover, 5. IMG_5612, 6. Trip Tick, 7. Envelope #3 : Now Do It, 8. STORY BOX, 9. lindascharf_rumi9, 10. 7, 11. Susan_schwake_Gulf of happy pastel, 12. P1200638, 13. Working, layering, building, 14. 20130730, 15. começo do fim, 16. Sketchpad Ideas. Page 2., 17. Sketchbook, 18. feeling a breeze, 19. Manet could have painted her, 20. Resolverse en vapores, 21. Cycliste 1920, 22. the society of the spectacle (a sheep disease / departure for honeymoon), 23. io, mia nonna, suo padre, suo figlio, 24. . . . . ., 25. Untitled, 26. Untitled, 27. Whistle Blower, ceramic, steel, whistle. Unique, 28. It may be said that bacon grease is a fine substitute for lighter fluid. #tw, 29. VITRUM HOTEL II, 30. TPGMO1

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Here is a selection of photographs and artwork by some of my lovely friends on flickr. Click on the image to go to flickr where you can find the featured artists or use the links above to go to the individual artist's flickr. Thankyou to all the artists for sharing their pictures.

Light From The Middle East

 'I Am An Educator' by Manal Al-Dowayan

Light from the Middle East: New Photography is currently showing at the Victoria and Albert Museum with work by artists from across the Middle East (spanning North Africa to Central Asia), living in the region and in diaspora.  The exhibition is divided into three sections, Recording, Reframing and Resisting, each of which focuses on a different approach to the medium of photography.  On until 7th April.  Admission is free.

Everything Was Moving

Malick Sidibé, A Yé-yé posing.1963 © Malick Sidibé.

Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s brings together over 400 works, some rarely seen, others recently discovered and many shown in the UK for the first time. It features 12 key figures including Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, David Goldblatt, Graciela Iturbide, Boris Mikhailov,Sigmar Polke, Malick Sidibé, Shomei Tomatsu, and Li Zhensheng as well as important innovators whose lives were cut tragically short such as Ernest Cole, Raghubir Singh and Larry Burrows. 

Showing at the Barbican Arts Centre in London until 13^th January 2013.

Death

The current exhibition at The Wellcome Collection in London showcases some 300 works from a unique collection devoted to the iconography of death and our complex and contradictory attitudes towards it. Assembled by Richard Harris, a former antique print dealer based in Chicago, the collection is spectacularly diverse, including art works, historical artefacts, scientific specimens and ephemera from across the world.

Mosaic Monday

Mosaic Monday, originally uploaded by Feltbug.

1. First Teeth, 2. swim, 3. Untitled, 4. detail, WIP, 5. That excludes a lot of people. #signage #kitchener, 6. russian soil > dandilions in a field /, 7. A Lovely Day, 8. 1, 9. Untitled, 10. we flock together, 11. sal, 12. December desktop calendar, 13. "Bombing", 14. Untitled, 15. Untitled, 16. Arctic Terns in The Glad Cafe, 17. De-icing..., 18. Tell me if you think its too much ;), 19. 'Minute', 20. Salina Sias sings Sandy Denny, 21. eye for an eye, 22. how well you know me, 23. Messy workspace., 24. Buff-WavingGouacheMonsters, 25. IMG_2375, 26. Been busy, 27. Kinda New, 28. 3 irmãos, 29. cadernos, 30. Untitled

Here is a selection of photographs and artwork by some of my lovely friends on flickr. Click on the image to go to flickr where you can find the featured artists or use the links above to go to the individual artist's flickr. Thankyou to all the artists for sharing their pictures.

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Handmade & Bound

This time last year I was a visitor to this delightful book fair, with promises of more information about some of the things I saw there.  This year I will be taking part.  I have been busy working on my MA this year, hence the silence here. I am looking forward to returning to blogging to share some of my creative adventures soon.  The fair is on Sunday 18th November.  More details can be found on the Handmade & Bound website.

Mosaic Monday

Mosaic Monday, originally uploaded by Feltbug.

1. 3 irmãos, 2. cadernos, 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. a garment, 6. washed stitched oval, 7. Untitled, 8. dos a dos unclasped, 9. moving into new studio, 10. leaf, her hair, 11. saw the Lichtenstein opening yesterday, so inspiring!, 12. 3rd february: 2 weeks, 13. Untitled, 14. Japanese Stab Bound Book, 15. Letter E Case Binding, 16. The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell, 17. Untitled, 18. Untitled, 19. mh, 20. Magpie Magazine Issue 5, 21. my most favorite kid craft, 22. metropolis, 23. Books, 24. Hand, 25. 138/365, 26. #instaaaaah #photoaday #ignation #bestagram #rscpics #jj #photowall #morning #books, 27. Violeta Ultra, 28. 012512_4, 29. i'm you., 30. Tannoy Speaker Grill

Here is a selection of photographs and artwork by some of my lovely friends on flickr. Click on the image to go to flickr where you can find the featured artists or use the links above to go to the individual artist's flickr. Thankyou to all the artists for sharing their pictures.

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois, loose sheet, c. 1959: 27.9 x 21.6 cm. LB-0464; Louise Bourgeois Archive, New York, © The Easton Foundation.

Louise Bourgeois at The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, NW3 5SX until 27 May 2012.

Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed will show original documents from the artist’s recently discovered psychoanalytic writings, as well as drawings and sculptures, in the house of the founding father of psychoanalysis. Following its first showing in Latin America, the exhibition has been re-imagined for the unique setting of the Freud Museum London, which was discussed as a venue by Louise Bourgeois before her death. Appropriately, in the final home of Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna Freud, this exhibition will explore the artist’s complex and ambivalent engagement with the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.

Eel Pie Island open studios

Open studios at the wonderful Eel Pie Island in Twickenham. Saturday & Sunday 4th & 5th December 11am-5pm.

The Collage Show

The Collage Show at Jack Fischer Gallery, originally uploaded by JimFromIowa.

Jim Kaufmann, Deborah Barrett, Lauren DiCioccio, Jonathan Parker, Ward Schumaker, Balint Zsako. Val Britton and John Hundt are some of the artists exhibiting in The Collage Show at The Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco until 24th December 2011.

Mosaic Monday

Mosaic Monday, originally uploaded by Feltbug.

1. Idiots, 2. Grey matter, 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. Trigger, Hammer and Firing Pin Neckaces By Hausbeck, 6. Handmade geometric 'mountain' brooch, 7. Untitled, 8. Silent Satire from the Satyr, 9. Cheeks, 10. Lavender cross stitched pouch, 11. London Eye, 12. http://flickr.com/photos/49503115336@N01/6310526507/, 13. Thing, 14. Tiny journal necklace, 15. The New Artisans, 16. IMG1428.jpg, 17. NO Never NO, 18. c'est par là, 19. My Version, 20. Wool tweed cross body bag by memake, 21. ., 22. Winter Garland, 23. A Unique Musical Performance by MGMT, Nov 10 and 11, 24. la solitude du laveur de fond, 25. the ladies, 26. offerings_0002, 27. ..., 28. Library Renewal, 29. The Robinson Papers, 30. joão mouro

Here is a selection of photographs and artwork by some of my lovely friends on flickr. Click on the image to go to flickr where you can find the featured artists or use the links above to go to the individual artist's flickr. Thankyou to all the artists for sharing their pictures.

Handmade & Bound

Handmade & Bound was on today at the lovely venue of St Bride's off Fleet Street. It was a very fine array of all sorts of handmade books. I will be posting about some of the pieces I collected and those that I yearned to own.

A BIG THANKYOU!

The Interview

Things have been a little bit quiet here on the Feltbug blog, but there has been all sorts going on behind the scenes. In September I decided to apply to do an MA in Fine Art at Camberwell College of Art. This was thanks to a friend who told me that places were still available even though the course was about to start and encouraged me to apply. It took me a couple of weeks to write my proposal and gather my work together. Luckily thanks to blogging and flickr my recent work has all been documented and recorded which made the application process much easier. I applied, got an interview, was offered a place and started 3 weeks ago. I am still reeling from the last few weeks. I have wanted to do an MA ever since I left college 27 years ago, so to have finally got in is a dream come true.

Thankyou to everyone who has always been so encouraging both here and on flickr. It has made a huge difference to my creative life to have this platform to share ideas and also to find inspiration from so many wonderful people from around the world.

Renegade Craft Fair

Renegade Craft Fair at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 6QL. 8th and 9th October, 11am-6pm. Free Admission.

Mosaic Monday

Mosaic Monday, originally uploaded by Feltbug.

1. puppets, 2. El nublado de esta mañana, 3. 1851, 4. Poster in a window for a very bad person in Brighton, 5. ..., 6. Speed is for pussies - ®®™, 7. Early Warning System, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled, 10. softly falls, 11. Rastro cerrado 004, 12. Training For Service, 13. Solar eclipses 1954-2000, 14. Untitled, 15. Untitled, 16. dance the dance, 17. matching moo minicard tag, 18. Winter Philadelphia, 19. Untitled, 20. detail of altered couture top, 21. tiger moth, 22. Bemis 11, 23. musaraigne, 24. mitten15, 25. Bear layer/stencil #2, 26. Untitled, 27. g-boro 050, 28. The Jumps, 29. Untitled, 30. Screen shot 2011-09-23 at 22.45.02

Here is a selection of photographs and artwork by some of my lovely friends on flickr. Click on the image to go to flickr where you can find the featured artists or use the links above to go to the individual artist's flickr. Thankyou to all the artists for sharing their pictures.

Spalvieri/Del Ciotto

Sachetto chair by Spalvieri/Del Ciotto at Mint, 2 North Terrace, Alexander Square, London SW3 2BA in the Brompton Design District.

Tent London

Ivanka

Naori Priestly

Tent London 2011 will not only be packed with the latest, dynamic interior products from over 200 international design companies, across all continents. In addition, this year Tent will host a showcase of exciting gallery events, in and around its vibrant Truman Brewery location in the heart of London’s creative East End. More information can be found here. 22-25 September. Admission £10

The London Art Book Fair

Assembling box Nr 14, originally uploaded by Redfoxpress.

Red Fox Press are one of the exhibitors at The London Art Book Fair, an annual event devoted to international art publishing. Hosted by the Whitechapel Gallery in association with Marcus Campbell Art Books, The London Art Book Fair presents the work of individual artist publishers, galleries, magazines, colleges, arts publishing houses, rare book dealers and distributors alongside a wider associated programme of talks and events. 23-25 September at The Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX. Admission free.

Tracey Neuls

Shoe designer Tracey Neuls has opened a new shop on Redchurch Street near Brick Lane in East London.

Designers Faudet-Harrison are to hold their first joint exhibition of new objects at the Tracey Neuls Design Shop. For London Design Week Faudet-Harrison have been invited to alter, amalgamate and redesign a seris of objects in a way that they could only do. Previous design alterations are so clever and effortless; for example, a matchbox where one side of the slide drawer is empty, serving as a place to put the spent matches.

There is a competition to win a pair of Tracey Neuls shoes, more info here.