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kathy dalwood studio blog
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This is a 'backstory' blog; it's about where my ideas come from and what I'm working on and thinking about. There are images of architecture, sculpture 'found interiors'which influence my visual thinking, and shots of work in progress in my studio - plus an on-going collection of other artists' studios because what happens behind the scenes I think is fascinating!
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Plaster Busts for the Olympics

Im definitely not a sporty person but I certainly couldnt ignore the fact that the 2012 Olympic games are happening in my city and I felt I should make something to mark the occasion - so heres intro...

16 Mai 12

Cynon Valley Hospital sculpture commission

The sculpture I was working on most of last year has finally been installed in the reception area of the new Cynon Valley Hospital in South Wales. I created a huge 50m square plaster frieze, as ...

04 Mai 12

Rural French cafe

We came across this cafe somewhere on the back roads between the Haute Garonne and Aveyron last summer. Believe you me (if youre not a French officianado) its not easy to find old style cafe int...

13 Apr 12

Found Interior: Easter Chocolatier, France

Ive been looking forward to Easter so that I can re-visit this wonderful Chocolatier in the Jura mountains, France. Nobody seems to make as much effort as the French in creating stunning wi...

05 Apr 12

Paris in February

It was a couple of years since our last trip to Paris and in the middle of February I suddenly got a yearning for a quick weekend fix of that belle ville. So we hopped on the Eurostar and bang, ...

28 Mär 12

Josephine - plaster bust

Im not giving out any prizes for guessing how I arrived at this ones name!  Suffice it to say that it was the purchase of a souvenir at the  battlefield of Waterloo in Belgium which provide...

02 Mär 12

Fishing boats + bouys

An icy but brilliantly sunny winter day was  perfect for wandering between the beached fishing boats at Hastings last weekend. Who could imagine the whole scene would be quite so lusciously visu...

17 Feb 12

Galileo, plaster bust

Looking for interesting and unexpected materials to create my costumes from, its amazing what you come across in the studio.In this case a bag of flexible plumbers piping under my studio armchair, le...

01 Feb 12

Mini Europe

Frequenters of my blog will know how much I love a French chateau - but youd have to be only an inch high to visit this one because guess what.............its only a model!  This Loire Valley Ch...

18 Jan 12

Chateau de la Hulpe, Belgium

A misty November day at dusk turned out to be a perfect and atmospheric time to wander through the parkland and formal gardens of this 19th century château near Brussels.   Isolat...

02 Jan 12

Mme Maigret, plaster bust

My latest bust is a departure in some ways from previous sculptures in the collection as Ive started looking at contemporary fashion - particularly Japanese design - for references for the costumes.A...

19 Dez 11

Brussels sputnik a.k.a. the Atomium

I dont know how this fantastic structure managed to lurk unseen in the shadows during my previous Brussels visits - I must have had my eyes too much at street level checking out the fab old-style bra...

29 Nov 11

Priory House - extreme interior

(Ive had to invent a brand new category for this post! And Im adding the sub-heading Bollywood meets Bohemian Rhapsody which is the phrase Ive finally come up with to describe Priory House (Lincolnsh...

17 Nov 11

Maestro - plaster bust

I seem to be on a roll with my plaster busts at the moment with lots of ideas for new ones and just the long-winded process of making them lagging behind my imagination. Anyway, heres introducing Mae...

02 Nov 11

Timewarp hotel

Is this the coolest hotel in Birmingham? While the trendies desperately seek out achingly fashionable haunts on the other side of town, the retro hideaway which is the Fountain Court Hotel seems to b...

21 Okt 11

Gold Digger - Plaster Bust

Introducing the latest character in my plaster bust collection - if you are feeling the earth move, Gold Digger must be coming your way!The busts are made by direct casting from real objects and mate...

11 Okt 11

Palm Springs

This is the second to last post (I think) to come out of my California trip in April - what a mass of images that tour provided.  Following an intense week in ridiculously gi-normous and uber-ur...

22 Sep 11

Les fleurs de la rue

Im back from my month in France where as usual I found lots of fantastic, unpredictable things to photograph. So first of all, eat your hearts out all you upmarket and trendy florists! These flower a...

08 Sep 11

Prague

This first picture may not quite summon up what people imagine as a quintessential image of Prague. Its one of the underground metro stations and in my recent visit to the city (for the Prague Bienna...

29 Aug 11

Andrews Brussels apartment

We recently spent another brilliant weekend in Brussels (such an overlooked city - why does everyone only go to Paris??) which was made even more exciting because our friend Andrew had moved to a new...

29 Jul 11

Ms Chattanooga

"Pardon me boy, is that the..........?" you know the rest! Introducing my latest plaster bust, Ms Chattanooga - complete with real American steam train perched on her head.Ms Chattanooga was ...

13 Jul 11

Trompe l’oeuil photoboxes, LA

In our recent Los Angeles trip it turned out we made a lucky choice by choosing to base ourselves in the cool art district of Culver City because not only did we get to stay in the wonderful Culver H...

16 Jun 11

Hayden Tract, Los Angeles

Around the corner from our favourite Culver Hotel (previous post), deep in the heart of Culver City, we found a hidden-away street of the craziest architecture - this turned out to be the Hayden Trac...

02 Jun 11

Los Angeles

I recently did a two week trip to California and of course took a ridiculous number of photographs given the masses of amazing / bizarre / funny / beautiful stuff to look at. Hard to know where to st...

06 Mai 11

Plaster busts for Louis Vuitton

Recently my plaster busts were invited to the hottest party in town - the Louis Vuitton launch event for their Double Exposure film series featuring Sam Taylor Wood. The press launch and special dinn...

19 Apr 11

Friezes and tiles in garden settings

Effusive thanks to My Landscapes - London-based contemporary garden designers - for the loan of images of their stunning gardens which have allowed me to contextualize my friezes and tiles in an exte...

14 Jan 10

Found Interior: Hotel, France

We stopped at this hotel overnight en-route through France on our way home. I'm not sure where it was - somewhere in the middle. We rarely book hotels in advance (unless we are near a great one previ...

17 Dez 09

My studio: making concrete Roman Girl

Mini addition to my concrete figurine collection!And special studio price - orders through my website.Since launching my studio blog I've been delighted with the interest in my figurines which has be...

02 Dez 09

My studio: A snapshot in November

There are usually figurines loitering at different stages of concrete hardening! click to see the figurines on my website Some of the original vintage figurines which I cast from collecting dust.The ...

24 Nov 09

Architecture: Knoxville Old City, Tennessee

Knoxville Old City (Tennessee) We have got totally hooked on trips to the southern states of America, exploring backwaters in North Carolina, Georgia, & Tennessee and the staggeringly huge and be...

23 Nov 09

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