Author: ejmack
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When pressure points the way.
It’s been nagging at me for a while, underscoring my working day if you will, that I really need to make more of an effort to keep a record of how this artistic life is developing, if only so that I have something to look back over during the inevitable spells of stagnation when I…
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Enduring Peace?
Set against a backdrop of what seems like never-ending conflict, not only between whole nations but also within our own smaller communities, perhaps it shouldn’t come as any surprise that a sculpture representing peace and tranquility now resonates so strongly. I first came up with the idea for ‘Peace’ sometime back in 2020, when I…
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So here we are at last…
The first of the new pieces are finally glazed, out of the kiln and ready to go to the gallery. And what a relief it is to have them all safely transformed. When I first started dabbling with clay I really had no idea how much patience would be required, never mind resilience – you…
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Ch..ch..changes.
This past year has been one of change, both in and out of the studio. Before our youngest child had even sat his final A level exam we made the decision it was time to quit our rather snoozy Surrey home after 18 years and head back to our much missed London life, whilst we…
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Let’s start with a brief introduction:
Some of you may already know that once upon a time I was an author of fiction – domestic noir as it became known – with to date a total of four novels in the bag, and one more now sadly languishing in a drawer. Indeed it was writing that eventually led me to sculpture…