1. The magazine. UK Subscription http://www.uniquemagazines.co.uk/WomenAndWeeklies-344834/Subscribe-To-Cloth-Paper-Scissors-Magazine-Subscription
2. I also jointed their online site for some great ideas. http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/
They have 6 copies of the magazine on cd as well for about $20
3. Books on artists studios and houses in my amazon or library wishlists:
4. David Nash's Chapel Studio
I was starting to worry this exploration was an excuse to daydream about an artist's life rather than doing the do real workbut yesterday I saw a film about an artist, David Nash, and the importance of his studio in influencing his work. (He had been able to rent a huge chapel in wales for £300 a year in the 70s which allowed him to 'live with his works' - his huge chainsaw sculpture found trees. Some beautiful works. Unfortunately I see I missed his huge retrospective at Yorkshire Sculpture Park last year which i could have seen on my way to the Lake District. He often burns his works in a slow controlled way so they turn to beautiful black charcoal shapes. Now I don't need a huge chapel but it emphasises the importance of one's environment on the act of creation.
http://www.ysp.co.uk/exhibitions/david-nash-exhibition
 |
| Nash's Chapel Studio in Wales |
 |
| 'Forces of nature' - he planted and controlled the shape of these trees as they grew, not topiary, somethng new. |
