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the blessed round

April 23, 2020by carys davies Leave a comment

I was lucky enough to be invited to collaborate on The Blessed Round, a cantata by Rebecca Bilkau, set to music by Helen Roe, which had its first performance on […]

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embarrassment and ‘taste’

May 15, 2015by carys davies 6 Comments

When I put this black plate out (on the right, you may need to click ‘show images’ in some email programs), ready for Dulwich Festival (open again tomorrow, in case […]

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text threads

July 11, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

I was writing about text threads last week – the online kind, where a conversation gets linked together by a virtual thread. The metaphor of threading‘s pretty universal: used in […]

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writing like Freud

June 6, 2014by carys davies Leave a comment

I do love words, text, writing, fonts. There’s something about the synthesis of form and content that’s very rich. It’s also something that we all do, that works from the […]

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April is the silliest month

April 4, 2014by carys davies 2 Comments

I was all set for a serious blog about success in art (triggered by seeing a wonderful Thomas Jones painting at the Ashmolean). But somehow the sun, the warmth of […]

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Sonnet 130 Shakespeare

shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

July 19, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

For a change, I’ve been working on paper this week, writing Shakespeare love sonnets for a private client. So many sonnets are bitter, though: I was reminded how nothing is […]

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pots in a tomb at West Norwood Cemetery

hanging around cemeteries in the dark

June 21, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

Tonight’s the opening of the West Norwood Curious Trail: 6-9pm then at the nearby Portico Gallery until 10:30pm. I’m looking forward to being there in the dumb living twilight, with […]

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porcelain with names inscribed

‘still falls the rain’ at the Curious Trail

May 31, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

I’m making my installation for this tomb in West Norwood Cemetery on the Curious Trail. In the ledgers held there, I found two sisters, Sophi and Christine Zinopoulos, who lived […]

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studio with ceramics

another chance to see work, and me too

May 17, 2013by carys davies 2 Comments

I’m opening the studio again for Artists at Home, part of the Dulwich Festival. Saturday and Sunday, 18, 18th May, 11-5pm. It was great to have visitors last week, some […]

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heavy lifting at the studio

May 10, 2013by carys davies Leave a comment

My workshop will be open as part of Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House tomorrow & Sunday – 8/9th May 2013. This year I’m also opening the following weekend – so […]

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