‘I just met a vampire,’ I said. Really?’ said Matt. ‘Where?’ ‘Outside. I was putting out the bins, and there he or she was. Just by the church.’ ‘What did you say?’ asked Matt. ‘I said hello. And the vampire said “Hello” back, in rather a scared voice. I went to wheel out another bin, [...]
We met outside the block of flats. ‘Hello’ I said. ‘Hello’ said Toby. ‘This is Tim. This is George, and this is Ilaria.’ ‘Hello’ I said. We worked all day making mosaics. George, a beautiful English girl, told us about her boyfriend. ‘We met on the plane to LA’ she said. ‘It was amazing. I [...]
When Milano Mosaics closed down, in the 90s, I bought their jigs. Jigs are setting trays, in which you lay out mosaic tile patterns face up. When you use one to design a tile pattern, you see it as it will be seen when fixed to the wall. Jigs ensure all the tiles are at [...]
‘The problem with him is he suffers from sexual anxiety’, says one bellman to another as I pass them on my way to the Art Institute. That’s a pretty sophisticated level of conversation, I think to myself. ‘Hello. Welcome to “Working With Ceramic Tableware”. My name is Emma Biggs and for more than fifteen years [...]
I am sure this is obvious to many of you, but perhaps not to everyone. I have spent the weekend teaching a course on Colour and Design. There are many aspects of the course, but I’m going to talk about one, as it is an approach to looking that can be taught. It might seem [...]