Jun 20, 2017 | Sketch Book Skool, Sketching, Uncategorized, urban sketching
This week, Stoke Urban Sketchers celebrated international recognition as they were granted the status of ‘Regional Chapter’ within the global community of Urban Sketchers. The group met up for a sketch this Saturday in the New Vic and the group founders,...
Jun 6, 2017 | Pen and ink drawing, Sketching, Uncategorized, urban sketching
Having a sketch book means waiting for anything is a pleasure, especially somewhere like Stoke Station where there are plenty of subjects to draw. This letterbox on Platform One caught my eye, marked with the initials GR, for George VI (reigned 1936 to 1952). The...
May 2, 2017 | Architecture, Sketching, Uncategorized, urban sketching
On the top floor of the brand new Fiona Stanley hospital in Perth, there’s a dedicated visitors’ room complete with all you need to help yourself to a brew or chilled water thanks to donations from the Australian #DryJuly. A perfect refuge for me who had...
Mar 3, 2017 | Building conservation, Hitchman Street Conservation Area, Uncategorized
Hitchman Street holds some interesting connections for me. When I first saw this red brick terrace, I was on my way to to deliver a framed print of an Audlem street to Williams of Audlem. Not knowing anything about the terraces in Fenton, I looked them up when I got...
Feb 22, 2017 | Architectural Drawing, Burslem conservation, Stoke-on-Trent Conservation area, Uncategorized
Fenton is one of the six towns of the Potteries, Stoke-on Trent. It’s the one that wasn’t included in the writing by Arnold Bennett. Many of you will know that Stoke is currently in the run up towards the bid for the City of Culture 2021 so I thought I...
Feb 17, 2017 | Architecture, Uncategorized, Victorian Terracotta Tiles
I’ve been keeping my eyes out for terracotta tiles which jazz up the fronts of late Victorian buildings and have begun to sketch and record them – their patterns and dates if provided. I had a hunch that they might give me a means to map connections with...
