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Author: bloodonsilk
New work Blood on Silk; Field of Flowers, not going quite to plan but going off plan in an interesting way
Video from ABC News Service in Australia about the opening up of new silk trading routes across Asia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-28/the-new-silk-road/4395778
Short video walking through the installation Blood on Silk: Farnham by Fiona Davies
Speech by Professor Simon Olding, University for the Creative Arts at the opening of Blood on Silk: Farnham.
Earlier today, to meet a pressing deadline, I finished writing a review of Tanya Harrod’s quite remarkable biography of the potter Michael Cardew. Cardew, like his friend and sometimes combatant Bernard Leach, was eloquently dismissive of the ArtSchool. He wrote to his wife Mariel that his teaching at the Royal College of Art kept him [...]
For the physics behind the Blood on Silk project, read Peter’s abstract from 2010
Blood on Silk: Farnham Opened Oct 25th 2012
The single work Blood on Silk: Farnham uses layers of handmade silk paper both to define the structure of the gallery space and to partially conceal it. Working as a semi permeable membrane some things are allowed to pass and others held. The silk paper is beautiful, isolating and with its references to connective tissues [...]
Fiona Davies – Artist talk about the work Blood on Silk: Death III
Talking about this invention last night – an influence on my work.
At a short talk I gave last night at the opening of a group show at Culture at Work I talked about this recent invention which has the potential to reduce the possibility of making a mistake when determining blood types. This is the press release from Monash with more details Harry Potter inspires easy [...]
Scientists Invent Vanishing Electronics That Dissolve in the Body : Science/Tech : Medical Daily
Scientists Invent Vanishing Electronics That Dissolve in the Body : Science/Tech : Medical Daily.
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