Friday 4 November 2011

Gerhard Richter at the Tate Modern- a phenomenal artist and an amazing exhibition













Barbara Becker Simon and I almost stumbled upon upon this most amazing exhibition of Gerhard Richters at the Tate Modern in London this week. The most diverse, eclectic, inspiring, beautiful and thought provoking work I have seen in a very long time.
'Spanning nearly five decades, and coinciding with the artist’s 80th birthday, Gerhard Richter: Panorama is a major retrospective exhibition that groups together significant moments of his remarkable career.
Since the 1960s, Gerhard Richter has immersed himself in a rich and varied exploration of painting. Gerhard Richter: Panorama highlights the full extent of the artist's work, which has encompassed a diverse range of techniques and ideas. It includes realist paintings based on photographs, colourful gestural abstractions such as the squeegee paintings, portraits, subtle landscapes and history paintings.
Gerhard Richter was one of the first German artists to reflect on the history of National Socialism, creating paintings of family members who had been members, as well as victims of, the Nazi party. Continuing his historical interest, he produced the 15-part work October 18 1977 1988, a sequence of black and white paintings based on images of the Baader Meinhof group. Richter has continued to respond to significant moments in history throughout his career; the final room of the exhibition includes September 2005, a painting of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001.
Lovers of the epic beauty of RothkoTwombly and Hodgkin will have much to enjoy, as will those who appreciate striking portraiture or the crystal-clear precision of photorealism.











Thursday 27 October 2011

Bling Bling- hello!!

Well what do you expect, I had to do a little bit of bling for the upcoming festive season- too early?? Not in my world. 


I start this weekend with an exhibition at Towcester Race Course. Sounds a strange place to hold an event but it's an amazing 1930's venue set in lovely grounds about one and a half hours from London www.romorexhibitions.co.uk. We shall see.





Wednesday 19 October 2011

I'm back in the blogosphere

Well, what kept me away so long I hear you gasp! A 2 week cruise around the Baltic States ( of more later) and 4 day fabulous workshop in France, 'Creative Corbieres',  with Judy Belcher, Sandra MacCaw, Louise Fisher Cozzi and Tory Hughes... the definition of polymer clay heaven. Well up to a point....


What has really kept me away is the fact that i couldn't get into my blogger account and realized today that the answer is beyond simple and took me a nano second to solve. What can I say?


Anyway, back to the most beautiful place I have ever been to in my life- no exaggeration -the  Gold Room at the Hermitage in St Petersberg.


Our ship docks in St Petersberg

Sunrise in St P

Treasures from the Gold Room in the Hermitage










Friday 2 September 2011

The last ever PMC conference







Julia Rai posted this today on www.metalclayacademy.com. As you're probably aware the PMC Guild is closing and this is the last of its conferences. I went to the one at Purdue university in 2006 and it was amazing. Check out the website because it has downloads of speakers notes and handouts from all the conferences www.pmc-conference.com

Will I be there- I really hope so


When: June 21-23, 2012


Where: Drawbridge Hotel and Conference Center near Cincinnati, Ohio

The last ever PMC Conference will be held in June 2012. The location offers easy airport access, a free shuttle, full amenities, and lots of room. Details will be given in the next issue of Fusion (available to Guild members only) and be available soon from the



Some pre-conference classes (19th-20th June) have just been announced -
Donna Penoyer - Birdsong Whistles (one day) & Split Leaf Jewelry (one day)
Barbara Simon - Innovative Findings (one day) & Instant Earrings! (one day)
Chris Darway - Fusing Aura 22 onto Sterling and Copper (one day, offered twice)
Terry Kovalcik - Hinged Keepsake Pendant (two days)
Celie Fago - Making the Most of PMC: Rings
Holly Gage - Repousse Effects in Metal Clay (two days)
Hadar Jacobson - Mokume Gane Band Rings (two days)

Tuesday 23 August 2011

My NEW website is up and running

Debbie Carlton Jewellery
designer, maker, teacher
who would have believed it... after all this time I've finally got my act together and have a new website. 


In the end I went for a www.wix.com site. It's a flash based site but they have a version for use on a ipad/iphone so that's good and as far as i can tell, the SEO is working OK- not that I'm an expert.


I did have help from one of the Wix 'experts' who came up with the idea for the home page www.jourdesign.co.uk.


So.... check it out www.debbiecarltonjewellery.co.uk 
I'd be delighted if you could give it a test drive and would be much appreciated
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And.... I'm now working on using www.mailchimp.com for my emails etc.
whatever next I hear you say!



Thursday 4 August 2011

Polymer Pamper Play 2012, a truly wonderful line up

I'm very very excited,check out 


www.polymerpamperplay.co.uk


 for lots more info


Polymer Pamper Play II             16 - 18 March 2012

Cotswolds Conference Centre
Broadway, United Kingdom


After the successful 2011 Polymer Pamper Play event, we are excited to launch Polymer Pamper Play II at the Cotswolds Conference Centre an award-winning venue perfectly situated on the Farncombe Estate, just outside the picturesque village of Broadway a beautiful backdrop to our Polymer Pamper Play weekend.  Organised by Debbie Carlton and Rebecca Thickbroom, both polymer clay enthusiasts and members of the London Polymer Clay Group and International Polymer Clay Association.

Bringing together old hands and newbies, to learn, to play and be pampered in a picturesque and relaxing environment. A perfect combination!

The 2012 programme has been extended and we have an eclectic mix of workshops and activities suitable for all.  Heading the programme are three internationally recognised artists teaching for the first time in the UK, Spain’s Ana BelchiAustria’s Eva Ehmeier and Scotland’s Melanie Muir.





           


Ana Belchi - Bento Series              






















Eva Ehmeier - Artichoke Ball Pendants       




    

Friday 29 July 2011