News and views, out and about with Armadillo Central, including exhibitions, book reviews, launches and more
The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh are hosting a celebratory show for master goldsmith and hand engraver Malcolm Appleby, marking the 50 years since he first set up his studio in...
A timely publication, given that Sir Cecil Beaton was born on this day, January 14 (1904), which also signals your last chance to go and see a visionary capsule collection...
‘Six degrees of separation’ sprang to mind at the launch of Soft Landing which runs at Wimbledon Fine Art until January 6th.
Successful creative collaborations are so exhilarating. With BUILD, three visionaries, an architect and an artist whose recent works are inextricably linked, worked with an image maker to document an inventive,...
I was privileged to be invited to the Hand Engravers Association’s (HEA) Symposium, a 5-day event at master engraver Malcolm Appleby’s workshops in Scotland earlier in June.
A film screening presented by Alison Poltock at the Royal Academy, during the East End Film Festival last October, opened my eyes to the life and work of Jean-Marc Calvet.
This thought occurred as Father’s Day looms in the UK; what a perfect present a medal would make.
The Heritage Crafts Association’s annual conference, ‘A Place for Craft’, took place at the V&A during the inaugural London Craft Week and kicked off with an inspiring talk by HCA...
Tate Liverpool’s György Kepes exhibition only covers a small portion of this maverick artist and deep thinker’s output.
