Waynechisnall

LATEST ARTICLES ( 238 )

• Biped (& Yoshi)

  

  My new sculpture, 'Biped', made from reclaimed wire, stands on a base of 300-year-old reclaimed English oak. The oak is reclaimed from floor boards from an old... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Nail Head

  

  All of the sculptures that Sharon Griffin and I exhibited at the Crafts Council's recent Collect art fair, at Somerset House in London, are from a series... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Never Let You Go

  

  Over the last few years I've been searching for, and collecting, dead trees that ivy vines have grown around, and carefully removing the trees (chipping them... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Devourer And Child

  

  Even though I have lots of projects that I should probably be getting on with, I currently feel the need to start something new - something a bit more... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 'Bound' at 'Collect' Art Fair 2022

  

  With just a day or so to go before Sharon Griffin and I headed down to London, to exhibit work from our 'Unlockdown' at Somerset House (as part of the Crafts... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Collect 2022

  

  With just a few days to go till the opening of the Collect art fair (organised through the Crafts Council), Sharon Griffin and I are not only very excited... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Stay Silly

  

  Sharon Griffin and I would like to say a massive thank you Mary Hugh for generously allowing us to use their wonderful Twenty Twenty Gallery as a space in... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Small Box Sculptures

  

  I've recently started going through the remains of one of my favourite sculptures, 'The City'; a sculpture that somehow got destroyed when I lent it to an... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Artist's Manual

  

  Today I had a rather pleasant surprise (even if the postman did wake me from a mid-day snooze) when an unexpected parcel arrived at my door. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Staple Face

  

  Here's 'Staple Face', one of the pieces from mine Sharon Griffin's ongoing collaboration project, Unlockdown. The creative process in this project begins by... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Craft Council's 'COLLECT' Art Fair 2022

  

  After 18 months of keeping it secret I'm now delighted to announce that I, along with my collaborator, Sharon Griffin, will be exhibit sculptures from our... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Digital Doodles

  

  I've recently been messing around with this wonky old Wacom drawing tablet that I've had knocking around my studio for years. I originally found it after it... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Mini Painting Challenge - Continued Update

  

  I've just realised that, so far, I've only posted images of the first half of the 100 or so paintings that I made during the mini painting challenge that I set... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 'Unlockdown' - Close-up Details

  

  The reason that I've not posted anything about 'Unlockdown' (the art collaboration project between myself and the ceramics artist, Sharon Griffin) for a while i... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sketchbooks, Barra, And The Smell Of Death

  

  For the last decade or two I've been using sketchbooks that are A5-size, or smaller - mostly because I only tend to use them as notebooks for scribbling down... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Head Art

  

  Have you ever said something just to be provocative or to play devil's advocate, and some time later questioned whether there might actually be something in wha... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Ink-Wash Skull Designs Tote Bags

  

  A few weeks ago I posted (across various social media) images of 7 of my ink wash drawings - asking people which one I should go with for my next screen-printed... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 'Conscious Isolation' Presentation on YouTube

  

  I'd like to thank the talented artist, Susie Olczak, and the rest of the Conscious Isolation team, for inviting me to take part in a series of live-streamed... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Rusty Nail Art

  

  There are several themes or motifs that run through much of my artwork, so I thought that I'd choose one of them, that of the rusty nail, and share with you a... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ink Drawings - Nudes

  

  In an earlier post I mentioned how it had recently go into doing ink wash drawings, using a traditional Chinese calligraphy brush and an old dip pen made from... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2021 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE