Final Blog of the MA in Ceramics
The course has been a journey of surprises. The fact that my work during the MA has been hand built has been a surprise! I joined the...
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mnearney
Aug 25, 20221 min read
The End is Nigh . . .
With just days to go before the MA show, what’s the state of play? Having spent weeks remaking, testing, and refining my work, it’s time...
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mnearney
Aug 17, 20221 min read
Final Project Update
It’s the last month of the course and lots to do, remaking and refining my final pieces of work. Thieveley Scout Applied chrome,...
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mnearney
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Landscape Forms along Scarlett's Stride
These landscape forms connect the geological features of Scarlett’s Stride, a walk through the Cliviger Gorge into Towneley Woods,...
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mnearney
Jun 30, 20223 min read
Update on Progress of Final Project
I spent the first year of the course in the forest. As a child I loved the stories that were set in woodland and forests, and I was lucky...
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mnearney
Jun 19, 20223 min read
Ceramic Wales 2022
Preparations underway for our trip to Ceramic Wales. I had some misgivings around the coming weekend due to a lack of confidence in...
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mnearney
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Scarlett’s Stride
Scarlett’s Stride is a charity walk named after General James Yorke Scarlett who is buried in St John the Divine churchyard near to the...
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mnearney
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Cliviger Pottery
My final project is focused on the landscape of the Cliviger Gorge, close to where I live, and there is a history of pottery- making here...
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mnearney
Mar 3, 20221 min read
Merlin Sheldrake’s Latest Admirer!
Iris van Herpen showed her latest collection ‘Roots of Rebirth’ during Paris Haute Couture Week on January 25th, 2021. The designer’s...
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mnearney
Feb 14, 20222 min read
Making the Hidden Visible
December 2021 saw a marked change in the direction of my work. My aim had been to create an immersive woodland experience for the viewer...
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mnearney
Nov 10, 20217 min read
Forest Art Installations
As my project develops, I am increasingly drawn to the idea of mirroring the natural environment in a series of birch-inspired forms...
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mnearney
Oct 30, 20216 min read
British Textile Biennial 2021
The focus of this year’s British Textile Biennial is the global nature of textiles and the relationships they create, both historically...
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mnearney
Sep 22, 20216 min read
Happening Today! Autumnal Equinox 2021. Celebrating the Autumn Equinox through Time and Place.
The Autumnal Equinox occurs in September every year, and in the Northern Hemisphere marks the end of summer and the beginning of autumn....
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mnearney
Jul 27, 20214 min read
Andrew Wyeth, his Sense of Place and the Beauty of Realism
I came upon Andrew Wyeth’s “Wind from the Sea” and was captivated by its haunting beauty - a simple attic window with a tattered curtain...
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mnearney
Jul 19, 20212 min read
The Cosmic Miracle of Trees: Leland Melvin Reads Pablo Neruda’s Love Letter to Earth’s Forests
At the 2020 Universe in Verse, celebrating fifty years of Earth Day, astronaut and poetry lover Leland Melvin is one of the few people to...
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mnearney
Jun 29, 20215 min read
Art for the Soul
Rebecca Newman’s article (Financial Times 15 June 2021) is entitled “Art for the Soul: where culture, nature and wellbeing meet.” I find...
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mnearney
May 30, 20214 min read
Goodbye, Eric Carle
The picture books of Eric Carle have inspired creativity in children and adults for a generation. The author was born in Syracuse, New...
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mnearney
May 25, 20212 min read
This week I have been mostly... Reading!
This week I have been reading two very different books, one being an academic study of world myths, magic and religion, the other a...
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mnearney
May 20, 20214 min read
Recalling Hiawatha - in Finland!
In previous journal entries I have researched the birch bark canoes made by the Ojibwa Native Americans and found such pleasure in...
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