Julie Brunskill

Balance and Tension – a visit to the Glynn Vivian.

Author: Julie Brunskill February 15, 2021 0 Comments

Last year I managed a rare trip to a gallery (a snatched moment between lockdowns!) primarily to see the fabulous Pansy – Roy Efrat and Catrin Webster’s collaborative exhibition in the Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea. While there I was chuffed…
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Art Galleries, Ceramics, Visual art

abstract, art, balance, ceramics, clay, contemporary dialogues, geometry, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Glynn Vivian Ceramics Collection, MA, Masters, pattern, slab building, Swansea College of Art, tension, texture, UWTSD

Candlewick Journeys and Spinning Yarns

Author: Julie Brunskill September 5, 2019 0 Comments

Back in October 2017 the MA began with a series of interconnected projects, the most significant being the Thought Experiment. We were each given an envelope at random containing a word or phrase followed by a short brief – the…
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MA fine art, Visual art

art, bedspread, calming, candlewick, fine art, hand spinning, hypnotic, insomnia, journey, MA, meditative, memories, spinning, thought experiment, time, video, yarn

MA – Final Show

Author: Julie Brunskill August 16, 2019 0 Comments

It’s been a very long time since I wrote a blog post! In autumn 2017 I began an MA in Fine Art – Contemporary Dialogues at UWTSD Swansea. I wanted to do this particular course as I liked the crossover…
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Art Installation, Visual art

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Cross-currents

Author: Julie Brunskill March 15, 2017 0 Comments

Cross-current: – 1. a current in a river or sea flowing across another current. 2. a conflicting tendency moving counter to the usual trend. These two pieces – Cross-currents and Sea Passage feel in some way separate from my other…
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Ceramics

art, black, ceramics, clay, interior, paper clay, sea, surface texture, texture

Shades of Clay

Author: Julie Brunskill November 22, 2016 0 Comments

My work can currently be seen at Kunsthuis in the annual ceramics exhibition ‘Shades of Clay’ which features 25 UK and international ceramicists. The exhibition runs until 24th December. “Shades of Clay’ comprises a whole breadth of clay based work…
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Art Galleries, Ceramics

art, ceramics, clay, Contemporary Art Gallery, craft, Crayke, Dutch House, exhibition, Kunsthuis, Shades of Clay, White Rose Awards 2016, York

Longère

Author: Julie Brunskill September 2, 2016 4 Comments

‘Longère’ is a paper-clay piece I made while working towards the Mission Gallery Maker in Focus exhibition ‘After the Firing’, but I felt it didn’t fit within that body of work and so it wasn’t exhibited. ‘Longère’ was prompted by…
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Ceramics

art, cave art, ceramics, France, hand prints, holidays, Maker in Focus, Mission Gallery, paper clay, surface decoration

Thorn Forms

Author: Julie Brunskill May 3, 2016 0 Comments

Thorn l and Thorn ll are some of the final pieces I made towards the Maker in Focus exhibition at Mission Gallery. They are something of a return to the tree motif I initially envisaged as the major element within…
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Ceramics

black, ceramics, clay, Coed Bach Park, Maker in Focus, Mission Gallery, paper clay, Thorn trees, vulcan

Final chance to see Maker in Focus

Author: Julie Brunskill March 31, 2016 0 Comments

My Maker in Focus slot at Mission Gallery, Swansea finishes on Sunday 3rd April. If you would like to see it get in quick! The gallery is open from 11am to 5pm.

Art Galleries, Ceramics

art, ceramics, clay, cobalt blue, Maker in Focus, Mission Gallery, sense of place, Swansea, terracotta, texture

Maker in Focus

Author: Julie Brunskill February 28, 2016 2 Comments

My latest work is now on display in the Mission Gallery’s Maker in Focus space until 3 April. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am – 5pm. Some images of the work can be seen on the new portfolio page…
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Art Galleries, Ceramics

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After the Firing

Author: Julie Brunskill February 12, 2016 0 Comments

My exhibition for Maker in Focus at the Mission Gallery in Swansea is fast approaching and I’m running out of shelf space in my studio! I am having to do a number of firings in quick succession especially as I was…
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