Creativity has much to do with experience, observation and imagination, and if any one of those key elements is missing, it doesn’t work.
Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1 2004 p121
Where ideas for making art come from
is often of interest to gallery visitors.
With that in mind, this website comprises fifty five pages of
images, text, audio & video
that document and explain my work from 1970 to today.
Illustrated buttons (below) connect to images of the work.
Descriptive text buttons link to information about the work.
Magenta text links to data about people, places and processes
that may be of interest to you.
Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1 2004 p121
Where ideas for making art come from
is often of interest to gallery visitors.
With that in mind, this website comprises fifty five pages of
images, text, audio & video
that document and explain my work from 1970 to today.
Illustrated buttons (below) connect to images of the work.
Descriptive text buttons link to information about the work.
Magenta text links to data about people, places and processes
that may be of interest to you.
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But first, my reason for including the image at the top of this page.
London's Hackney Archives holds a copy of the Clarnico sweet factory Specialties List (1906) that includes a photograph of the box-making department where foreman John Maycock (circled), my great grandfather, is seen wearing a bow tie and standing near the back of the workshop. Finding this publication was a distinct bonus as, at the time, the focus of my work was my ancestors' occupations and the materials with which they worked: fabric, slate, wood, etc.
In the introduction to the Specialties List is this sentence:
"We think it probable that the conditions under which our sweets are made may be of interest to our friends and have embraced this opportunity to include some illustrations of our manufacturing departments".
Liking Clarnico's contextualization of process and product, I opted to follow their lead in the design of this website thus:
I think it possible that the conditions under which my work is made may be of interest so have included information about how and why each series of works developed, and where finished products were exhibited.
I update this website regularly and welcome
your questions and comments.
But first...
What follows, 'sic transit', the only piece I have made in 2021, alludes to my intention to take a break from art-making in favour of spending more time with music. But a review of earlier work should help make sense of the image below.
your questions and comments.
But first...
What follows, 'sic transit', the only piece I have made in 2021, alludes to my intention to take a break from art-making in favour of spending more time with music. But a review of earlier work should help make sense of the image below.
If you have questions...
bryan maycock 2013 ©