Sew amazing

 Been in the gallery today sewing like a bitch... Finding time to do work these days feels precious and I feel a panic inside to get as much done as possible?

 I'm metting Jan Savage on Friday so have done a few eyes for the new works I working on and the photo shoot planned with Jans own images?

 I'm also working on a new piece at home, Will swap the cat once Jonathan Hillson has made the video using this work....

Noel Basualdo & Joshua Raffell

This is the first sketch of a painting by Noel very excited about this work and really like her paintings. Been wanting to work with her for a couple of years now....

New work Feb 2012

 I dont really want to say to much. I have been thinking about this idea for a while and finally feel the format is ready to go...

Been working with Dave on the Punch and Judy Pop Up Book Still a lot of work to do but some interesting dis

 I have also beeb working on a piece for 'Paper Tiger' but not sure yet I kinda want it to look like a solid piece rather than a teddy bear but t has to be soft for transporting around?

Tiger Paper

Well its been a while and logging in is a pain in the arse especially when your dyslexic...

I have just started doing a collaboration with ( http://thepapertigerproject.blogspot.com/2012/01/richard-iii.html ) Paper Tiger, Which I'm very excited about. I have also been working on a collaboration with Bunny De Sade and David Smithers. So really busy at the moment no time to sit hear chatting..

 This is the first attempt soft in the middle, I knew that this was not going any where..

 So I have put the first face on 2x2 and much happier...

last days of as artist in residence

 Had agreat day in the gallery today. Abigale box came in with friends from Camberwell.

 Met May Wei fashion designer who wants to interview me and photo work for a magazine? she also keen to do a show in Berlin with me? Exciting...

 Thanks to everyone who has supported me through out the year and to the new friendships that have grown during this time.

 studio1.1 have asked me to carry on going into the Gallery on a Mon & Tue which I am more than happy to do and thanks to Michael & Keran for their support and friendship.

 I am taking commissions similar to this one inspired by Betty Boop. £250.00 and inspired by your favorite cartoon figure. Each one is uniquely different and hand made.

 If you missed this event there will be two new pieces in Act Converter at studio1.1 their next show.

 Also have a show to be confirmed called 'Wish You Were Here' so watch this space...

Jan 7th @ studio1.1

 Well it was has been an interesting day filled with confusion an delight...

 Its neither a Gallery, Boutique or studio space people walk around confused and bemused...

 But it also works with me not being sure who to approach and who not to...

Boutique Hook Joshua Raffell

         Artist in residence 2011 - Joshua Raffell


"I pleased to announce that studio1.1 have asked me to carry on at the gallery on Mon & Tue. To create and show work"

BOUTIQUE HOOK

6th - 14th January 2012

studio1.1 2011 artist-in-residence will end his tenure with a pop-up exhibition showcasing work made during the year, satirically echoing the retail opportunities prevalent in the most fashionable street in London (sic(k)). In an attack on E2 modishness, there will also be a sale of secondhand books.

POP UP

11th - 15th May 2011, 12-6pm

Video on YouTube.com

On most Mondays and Tuesdays once an exhibition has opened in the gallery, Joshua is on hand to use the space as his open studio, working and inviting visitors to watch him at work. For the next few days there will be an extension of that project, when he'll be in the gallery from Wednesday to Sunday, during opening hours, with a wider selection of work; a pop-up show.

Joshua’s work crosses and re-crosses boundaries of public and private, and forms a perfect counterpart to our position in/outside the shifting art world/market where what is a dissenting voice one minute becomes a designated cutting-edge must-have commodity the next.

This can be an uncomfortable place and Josh recognises that we must all bear responsibility for wherever we situate ourselves along the spectrum of comfort and outrage. That Josh’s work, beautifully crafted and defiantly object- and outrage-based, can simultaneously offend and delight the same sensibility at the same time seemed to us a perfect choice for our Artist in Residence 2011.