Hello, The opening of the new building at Exeter University is less than 10 days away and with the installation of the sculpture happening this week I am busy adding the final touches to the sculpture. Here are a few photos I thought I would share with you. Here I am along the Mariner’s Way Walk when a fellow walker decided to take some snaps of me carrying ...
Hello, This month I am going to go along the footpath of the Mariners Way and take photographs of the rope sculpture being constructed. You can see how far I’ve got up to by clicking here Thanks, Ed
Hello, I have great news that I have now completed the knots for the Mariner’s Way Project. The total number of knots comes to 146,000 and of the 6,000meters of Tarred Marlin rope I used; the total length has been reduced to 1,300m. It took me the best part of 6 months to do (av.380hours) and after wearing through a dozen gloves I am happy to say that it is ...
Hello, I would like to share with you two articles that have been written about the St. Anne’s Chapel Project. Just click on the link below to view each one. West Buckland School Arts and Entertainment North Devon Ed
Pilton Arts Group are inviting members on a 5 week drawing course based on St. Anne’s Chapel, Barnstaple. Details of this are below: Class Dates and location Monday, 19th, 26th September – at St. Anne’s Chapel 10th, 17th, 24th October – at Pilton Arts Studios 7pm to 9pm. Class Details Edward will be teaching members perspective, techniques ...
The way in which I record myself in the environment by tallying each step taken on a walk I then wanted to develop this process in my studio and so created a knot to represent every step taken on my walk. Pace – Pencil and Rope on Rag paper – June 2011
Sculptural Installation 3rd -25th September 2011 Heathercombe Gardens, Dartmoor (concurrent with EDGE Exhibition) Opening Ceremony 3rd September, 2pm An artist led walk by myself will be also occurring at the end of July. Dates for this are to be announced. -Ed
You are warmly invited to my studio on the weekends of Fri/Sat/Sun 10th – 12th June Fri/Sat 17th- 18th June Fri/Sat/Sun 24th – 26th June from 10:30am to 4:30pm You will be able to see my drawings from my Artist-in-residence, the developments of my next summer walk, the Mariner’s Way & paintings of the surrounding area ...
Hello, To further my investigation of the Mariner’s Way I decided to travel by bike across from Bideford to Dartmouth to study the landscape of Dartmoor and take photos at different locations along the way. Myself and a friend Jack Hynes, started in the brisk early morning sunshine from Bideford and followed the now famous cycle path of the Tarka Trail to ...