Month: November 2020

Promo film created for local Blacksmith in Portsmouth called Little Duck Forge through Island City Stories. Director: Callum Woods Producer & Editor: Matthew Campbell Camera Op: Brooks Warner-James Sound Recordist: Ryan Palmer

Island City Stories is a collaborative project between students and staff in The Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) at The University of Portsmouth and local independent businesses and community groups in Portsmouth. BA TV & Film Production students were paired up with independent businesses to tell their stories through film. With thanks to Dan Pease from BA Illustration for the logo design. www.islandcitystories.co.uk

Going through photographs recently came across these as previous work.

Whilst sat in a band practice one day I was watching the conductor beating time, I suddenly realised the beauty of the form scribed in the air by his batton ….4/4 or Common Time was born. I chose to put a stave through the form to give it balance and a hint at the subject.

Over twenty local artists responded to a challenge by local author Matt Wingett to make new work inspired by his novel The Snow Witch novel in some form or other.

Funded by Arts Council England and generously supported by Cascades Shopping Centre the exhibition presented a range of work in a number of mediums. It was open daily for three weeks and saw over 1500 people visit the gallery during this time.

Curator Lucille Scott, Blacksmith and owner of Little Duck Forge explained that the idea came up in conversation with Matt over a year before in 2018. Originally the exhibition was to be a collaboration between Lucille and Matt, the wordsmith versus the blacksmith. Over the following year, the idea grew into a scheme for the exhibition which opened October 21st 2020.

The work of other artists taking part can be seen at the exhibition website here

Its always nice to hear from a customer and to see some of their photographs.

“Just to let you know that the frog arrived safely thank you and is sitting happily in the bird bath. Looks great thank you.”

Inspired by dance and the movement of fabric plus the freshness of a line and wash sketch I have endeavored to create a 3D ‘sketch’ of a flamenco dancer. The lines are incomplete as if quickly sketched and a hint of colour has been added using glass panels. It isn’t fully ‘coloured’ in the same way a sketch wouldn’t be.

I have done a series of studies of Flamenso dancing which I love as it is full of spirit and attitude. The pieces range from copper panels of flamenco hands to the 3D life size sculpture.

Jess Mcintosh As part of my final year project for university I created a series of short documentaries centering around the people of Portsmouth to highlight the individuals within the city.

I was pleased to be filmed as part of the project and thrilled to learn that Jess received a 1st as a result of her efforts.

A Little Bit of What You Fancy : Little Duck Forge and Guests

Dates: 12 April 2019 to 17 April 2019
Times: Friday to Tuesday: 9am to 6pm; Wednesday: 8.30am to noon

Special viewing Friday Evening 7 – 9pm

Lucille Scott of Little Duck Forge will be exhibiting a collection of work from hand forged steel and copper sculptures to stunning paintings by guest artists. Lucille loves colour but does not like to paint her work so she works in collaboration with ceramicist Jan Griffiths and a number of glass artists chosen specifically for their styles to complement the various design. To fill the walls of the Pie Factory with colour a number of forge friends will be contributing work to the exhibition.