Archives for Becky
All finished but not forgotten
On Friday we will be taking down the artwork. It's been fabulous to have the chance to work with Powis Castle and exhibit there. I now need to look forward…
Private View
Yesterday we had the Private View for the Powis Art Exhibition. It was the culmination of 10 months research, work and planning. The event went very well with lots (perhaps…
Forty-eight hours to go
The exhibition is in two days' time and we are nearly ready for the general public to see the work. I've written lots of lists of things to do and…
Countdown to the exhibition
This week Bill and I had a very fruitful meeting with the Powis General Manager, Emma Thompson, about the forthcoming exhibition. We have now got dates for our exhibition so…
Cats in the ancient world
Lately, while working on my second Roman Cat statue animation, which is based around responses from visitors to Powis Castle on that particular statue, I have been thinking about cats…
Talking to more visitors about the Roman Cat
This week I went back to Powis Castle to accost visitors as they came out the building to ask them questions about the Roman Cat specifically, this time recording their…
The Roman Cat Word Cloud
I've generated a word cloud based on the interviews I conducted with visitors to Powis Castle. My Roman Cat word cloud I find word clouds fascinating. I love words (working…
Talking to visitors to Powis about their favourite object and the Roman Cat
Last week I went to Powis on a lovely sunny afternoon to accost visitors to the castle as they came out to ask them about their visit generally, and about…
Testing my work at the Shrewsbury Art School Annual Summer Show
This week and next, the Art School at Shrewsbury College are open to the public with their annual end-of-year Art Show and for my part I've included the work I've…
Visiting as a visitor
Today me and my family went to Powis Castle to the private view of a new collection of paintings by Matthew Wood, current artist in residence at Powis Castle. Matthew…