Here is a fascinating opportunity to look at a work in progress by one the most talented artists working in Dunfermline. Olga Krasanova is originally from Siberia but has become fascinated by the ample heritage and varied architecture of her new hometown and is inspired in particular by the actual wall and brick patterns of Dunfermline. The Central St Martins graduate says, ‘It might strike as an odd idea but
Every May there’s a night time surfing event at Fistral Bay, Newquay in Cornwall. The two-day competition takes place under the fluorescent light of floodlights set out along the beach. In 2015, London documentary photographer Liam Aylott captured the surfers as they prepared for the contest: ‘The build-up to the competition was great – many surfers and their families and friends would gather round to share fish and chips, and
We are delighted to count among our readers the brilliant American artist Anna Jensen, whose vivid and caustic work you can see here. Anna says, ‘My paintings are psychological landscapes and emotionally complex narratives. I combine references to art history, pop culture, natural science and personal chronicles to represent the conflicts of life.’ Anna is originally from Atlanta Georgia but now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can find out
Fife designer maker Michele Daykin draws on her previous studies of Stitched Textiles at Edinburgh Telford College and Jewellery Design and Manufacturing at Dunfermline Carnegie College to create innovative jewellery designs which combine silver and batik fabric. Michele says, ‘Inspirations for my designs come from surfaces; the repeat markings on Glasgow pavements, the chisel markings on Edinburgh walls along with aged and weathered brick and stonework. I work predominantly in silver, I treat
On a warm May morning in 1986, Chris Dorley-Brown brought his camera to East London to see if he could capture the sell-off of Rolls Royce, one of the Tory government’s privatization initiatives. It was the first sunny day of the year and he became distracted, capturing instead the frustrated expressions of the imprisoned drivers in the East London traffic. The photos have been collected into a 96-page hardcover book,
You could perhaps guess that Sebastian Weiss started with a qualification in constructional engineering, progressed to design and technology with assignments for advertising and design agencies such as BBDO and Frog Design. In September 2013, he became a photo columnist at Architectural Digest, Germany, a Conde Nast publication.
To celebrate Dunfermline’s first, and now sold out, Comic Con this weekend, here a fantastic series of very witty images by local comic book artist Colin Maxwell. Colin teaches design at Fife College and writes comic books in his spare time. His first book, King Robert the Bruce and the Wars of Independence, was published in 2014 and this weekend he launches Guardians of Scotland which he both wrote and illustrated.
The new photography exhibition at the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum is intriguing both for the photographer and the subject matter. John Maher is best known as the drummer of The Buzzcocks but, since 2002, he has been living on the Isle of Harris and and documenting deserted croft houses in the Outer Hebrides. The result is a sublime and haunting photo series, Nobody’s Home. ‘These abandoned croft houses lie scattered throughout the
The eccentric characters in these photos by Norwegian photographer Anja Niemi illustrate her love of ‘a combination of darkness and humour’. Describing herself as ‘a narrative photographer with a fashion and film inspired aesthetic’ Niemi moved left Norway and moved to London to study at the London College of Printing. Below are ‘Behind Closed Doors’ explores her fascination with privacy, and what people might get up to behind closed doors.
Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline launches their next exhibition this Saturday, 20 February, which will showcase the work of two artists, Su Grierson and Kyra Clegg from Methven, Perthshire and Newburgh, Fife respectively. ‘Land of the Living’ is the title of their collaborative project in which they represent social aspects of the Scottish landscape with video, images and sound. In this exhibition they show 4 works, one of which is a prize-winning video installation