by Clair Aldington | Nov 14, 2016 | Clair Aldington
Many visitors to the exhibition found resonances with this beautiful piece of writing by my mother. A number of people have asked for a copy of it, so here it is… Grey is the colour of promise It is the colour of morning mist which evaporates to a...
by Clair Aldington | Nov 2, 2016 | Clair Aldington
Matryoshka nesting doll series – each doll was based on one of the four themes of the exhibition…mend, home, place, plant and each one contained objects relating to its theme… Mend – matryoshka Home – hands Place – coasts ...
by Clair Aldington | Oct 25, 2016 | Clair Aldington
Many years ago, a friend of mine who is a dietician, told me that we don’t usually share a meal with someone or people we don’t trust. Trust and the ability to negotiate difficult situations seems to be further enhanced when we share the same food. A study...
by Clair Aldington | Oct 20, 2016 | Clair Aldington
There was an error on the specially printed lino flooring when it arrived a week before the show opened. The company I’d ordered it from acknowledged the mistake, printed it again, and a member of their team drove overnight from London to Aberdeen with the roll...
by Clair Aldington | Oct 15, 2016 | Clair Aldington
I have long had a fascination with projected light. There is something magical about seeing an image appear out of a beam of light. I’m not quite sure when that fascination started. Maybe it has its origins in the slide shows (remember those?) that my father...
