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Author: Edward Crumpton

Studio Update: February 2013

Hello, With the up and coming exhibition at Exeter University in April I thought I would give you an update to the new work I’ve been doing in 2013. These are some barrel ends I’m going to be using as information boards. I went on a Winter crossing of the Mariners Way walk just to refresh myself with the route. It was a great experience and with ...

Studio Update: December 2012

Hello, At the moment it is difficult to display finished pieces as I am currently making work so I thought I’d update my blog with some shots of my studio and make comments about the work. In the background is my first oil painting in over three years! Realising how long it had been I decided to have a month of colour mixing before I got started on this ...

Blog Update: Printing

Hello, In the past few months I have created some new work with a different medium; print. The first piece I made was by using a process called photo etching. The idea was to encapsulate the large charcoal drawing I made inside St. Anne’s Chapel into a smaller etching and make an edition of it. After going to a day’s training at Double Elephant ...

Leave Your Mark Exhibition Photos

Hello, This month I have been exhibiting some of my Artist-in-residence work in St. Anne’s Chapel. If you didn’t get chance to see some of the work displayed I have a number of photos taken of the show below. Main Room Upstairs area of Chapel Small pen and ink Drawing Three ink drawings with etching Charcoal drawing of Chapel Three drawings in pen and ...

Leave Your Mark at St. Anne’s Chapel

St Anne’s Chapel has a remarkable history: a vessel to life after death, a safe house and an educational institution. In this exhibition Edward Crumpton and Alice Vandeleur-Boorer have created a body of work in response to the building in its past, present and future context. As part of this show all visitors are invited to leave your mark on one of the ...

Read about Mariners Way sculpture at Exeter University

This sculpture centres around the Mariner’s Way walk. The 73 mile route is recorded in 146,000 knots indicative of how many steps it takes to complete the journey. The Mariner’s Way Walk is an ancient journey crossing Devon; from Bideford on the North coast to Dartmouth on the South. The journey was undertaken by seamen wishing to change ships. Although the walk ...