school visit...

some photos from earlier this month, when si smith, emmy twigge and emily norton visited Y3 & 4 children at burley st matthias school to work on their pieces for the exhibition.

[pics by john lloyd]

setting up - progress report 3

setting up - progress report 2

spent a long day in left bank yesterday, but by the end we had eleven pieces installed or hung. lighting is gradually being put in place and it's starting to look like a proper exhibition...
it's really exciting to see it all coming to fruition.

good to finally meet jay and to watch his installation rise up above the altar space. called 'following the light' it's the first thing you see when you enter the building and it's a really striking, impressive piece [it's good close-up too - lovely calligraphy]

also good to see sally again, and watch her 'lamb' piece come together in the space...
constructed with carefully chosen chunks of rock from a local quarry it fits beautifully with stone of the left bank walls, and looks like it could have been living the building for years...

setting up - progress report 1

we've been in left bank on and off all week, and preparations are going well. boards have gone up and are being painted ready to receive the work, and the place has been swept. on sunday we begin to hang things... all very exciting!

simone lia's cards and stickers

yesterday i took delivery of simone lia's piece for the show, a digital print entitled 'Shepherd Chip and Shepherd Bean' and it 's great. you can now buy cards and stickers designed by simone online at moo.com. they're pretty great too...!

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