Manchester Art Gallery

Similarly to the Dark matters exhibition, the interactive section on the 1st floor always attracts me. Reading the small tags left on the suitcases cn be really touching, but also is a shcking reminder for me of just how many children were evacuated.

Also on the 1st floor, the work of Adolphe Valette, especially Hanson Cab at All Saints 1910. I feel a strong connection to this image as I see this view over the park every day. It is an interesting idea to mirror the two different times and relate similiarties and differences and maybe merge them together.

The mixed media used in Built up Coast 1960, Peter Lanyon is inspirational to me beceause it was a way I always used to work, but haven't done since starting my degree. The layering of different materials to build up a beautiful surface is something I want to bring back into future work.

Manchester Craft Centre

I am attracted to the idea of a community of artists with small shops and workshops all crammed together into a warehouse. Each shop seems to look after others whilst they are busy, and all the artists are eager to talk.

Lilly Greenwood

The vibracny of this work really excites me, and the way inwhich she the work is able to transcend into different outcomes such as cards and keyrings.

Whitworth Art Gallery

Dark Matters


I like how interative a lot of the pieces are such as Daniel Rozin 2006, Snow Mirror which allows the audience to become a part of the work by standing infront a screen and having the snow shapes create your outline.

Also the work of Elin O'Hara Slavick. This takes the audience by surprise after a such fun and interactive, with images of items such as flowers after the atomic bomb. The ghostly white imprint left on a blue background reminds us of things missing, and the idea of something being obliterated without any choice.