curatorcharlie: Artist Residency, Birmingham, UK Clarke Griffiths Levine offers residency in Birmingham UK in May 2012 SARAH SILVERWOOD: Holy Mountain Party at Fierce Festival 2012 Pics from the party. K2TOG – Knit 2 Together | Sponsume The Stitches and Hos folks are raising money to cover the columns outside BMAG with knitting Top Tube Map … [Read more…]
Pete‘s made a video about the next Stitches and Hos.
Those crazy cats at Stitches and Hos: On Friday night our knit graffiti faction struck at the heart of a Birmingham suburb. We met after night fall and covered 48 safety bollards surrounding a roundabout in a rainbow of knitting. There are photos of the dastardly deed here and a slideshow of photos from Sparks68 … [Read more…]
I’ve not talked about the shop very much which seems a bit remiss of me. As well as lots of things to spend your money on we’ve been using the space for other things. We had Flatpack in last week – they gave out brochures and also installed David Hurley‘s installation ‘A Thought. An Afterthought‘. … [Read more…]
Stitches & Hos, the little knitting hootenany organisers have got themselves a spangly new website. In case you’ve not come across them: Stitches and Hos are a motley crew of enthusiasts for all things knitted, crocheted and stitched who run a monthly knitting night based at Hare and Hounds pub, Kings Heath, Birmingham They’re there … [Read more…]
First Light Movies: Win Hammer film posters here! First Light’s blog has got off to a good start and now they’ve got a competition going. Have a look at one of the films they’ve funded and, by commenting on it, you can win yourself a poster stereographic » Plus+ 2008 – call for help… Can … [Read more…]
Graphiquillan – tea break painting | process The joy of artists’ blogs – I like seeing the process behind/around the finished work. This is “the journey from sketch to almost finished study for a future painting” stitches and hos have a blog “For now here’s a picture of a knitted fish blanket that I love”. … [Read more…]