tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18633799089250285132024-02-19T02:56:15.705-08:00leftbankAdventuroushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04854701034941124576noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863379908925028513.post-54704200472172386452012-12-16T03:41:00.001-08:002012-12-16T03:42:51.701-08:00'Present (2012)' by James Feraciour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">I've collected together the experiences of dozens of women, either of infertility or pregnancy</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">A love for color and texture as well as a strong interest in the past guides my selection of images.</span></div>
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854701034941124576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863379908925028513.post-57786473702177339862012-12-14T03:52:00.001-08:002012-12-16T03:06:44.463-08:00'12 Exaltations of Elizabeth (Diary of a pregnant pensioner)’ by Alison Herbert<br />
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<br />http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854701034941124576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863379908925028513.post-87876287742258660722012-12-14T03:49:00.000-08:002012-12-16T03:07:00.105-08:00'Gabriel' by Ric Stott<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854701034941124576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863379908925028513.post-30188336010870022282012-12-14T03:44:00.002-08:002012-12-16T03:07:21.185-08:00'Blessings', 'Carry Me' and 'Close' by Sonja Benskin Mesher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854701034941124576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863379908925028513.post-66601420771804715552012-12-14T03:40:00.001-08:002012-12-16T03:07:37.337-08:00'Why Me?' by Jay Gadhia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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http://www.blogger.com/profile/04854701034941124576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1863379908925028513.post-72220583469718970012012-12-11T03:29:00.002-08:002012-12-16T03:09:19.429-08:00'Maid for God... ("...be it unto me...")' by Sally Baker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Following Mary’s encounter with Gabriel, life would never be the same again - risking ridicule</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">My 'Adventurous' piece has definitely been inspired by my feelings at this time of year. All my</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">work comes from somewhere deep inside me where the store of life experiences, hopes and</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">LB: Hopefully when people come to see yours and Jeff's piece at Adventurous it will allow them to see the comic strip in a new light! Your approach to the theme of Advent is really interesting. What were your initial thoughts when choosing "journey"?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans';">LB: I think that will be the great thing about this exhibition- people from a range of backgrounds will be able to portray their understanding of the Christmas story and I'm sure the results will be varied! What has Advent meant to you over the years and will you be doing anything special in the run up to Christmas?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Jeff and Mike first worked together on “<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Lion-Graphic-Bible-Revelation/dp/0745949231/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1355144511&sr=8-1">The Lion Graphic Bible</a>”, an award winning graphic novel</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">version of the bible - Currently in 26 languages (That we know of).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Jeff is a professional comic book artist, who has worked for most of the major comic book</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">companies at one time or another. (He is also the only vicar to have drawn Transformers</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">comics for a living.) He lives and works as an artist in the North East of England.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Mike is a writer from the home counties, who mainly writes audio plays these days. He’s written</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">This is Mike and Jeff’s first work together for a while.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">‘The Journey of the Magi’ is a true story. On Christmas Eve 1968, 3 Apollo 8 astronauts flew</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">The story of the 3 travellers, following the stars at Christmas just seemed too good to pass up.</span><br />
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I am interested in universality and origins; the chaos and harmony that is life; the layers of reality</div>
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that we perceive. I am motivated by manipulating order from chaos, and use form and shape</div>
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Elizabeth's is the story of modern women, in a nutshell. </div>
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are abandoned by their husbands. Then, she had to accept her fate, but today she would have</div>
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IVF treatment.</div>
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Elizabeth represents the trepidation of women: both dreading and embracing impending</div>
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motherhood. I imagined what she would feel like as a “very old” woman suddenly faced with</div>
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pregnancy and birth. In those days infant mortality was high, as was maternal death.</div>
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Still is, in many parts of the world. </div>
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Elizabeth represents the elation of discovering being pregnant. After all those years of hoping each</div>
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month, to be given a chance so late in life must have been absolutely joyful.</div>
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So finally, I imagined her opening her birthday cards and getting the totally</div>
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unexpected message inside.<br />
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Mixed media.<br />
£60</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">She gave up her career developing children's play and education services</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">to study art in 2010 completing in March this year, this is the first time she has exhibited since.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">This year Sara has been working to establish a new career designing, making and selling fun</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">things from textiles which supports the work she does at festivals throughout the country.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Her vision is to have a series of playful creative workshops that enable children and</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">families to share skills and strengthen communication, but also to keep making art for arts sake.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Sara has been challenged to work away from her preferred sculptural processes to offer us a</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">2D piece for ADVENTurous. Here Sara explores the concepts and meaning of Advent through the</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">use of simple line, pattern and form, with the intention of bringing a contemporary perspective</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">to the Advent period.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Her submission 'lines in time' is a textile piece that uses multi media and traditional and modern</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">techniques to generate each of the 42 panels or calendar dates which means it can be</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">sold as a whole or split.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: GillSans-Light;">Mixed media.</span><br />
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