Category Archives: Making

Frames as Houses

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Stevie Mitchell

As part of my upcoming exhibition at an Arts Festival here in Derbyshire, I’m going to be showcasing a new series of INKY CONDITIONS prints entitled A House Lives In Me. This is a kind of illustrational call-and-response piece with … Continue reading →

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The Anniversary Benches, 2

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Stevie Mitchell

A Creatively Different Wednesday takes me to the little woodshop, and more preparation of exhibition hardware. I’m becoming just as obsessed with making the stands and displays as I am about finalising prints, framing pieces and even producing more work. … Continue reading →

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Tiny Houses Too

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Stevie Mitchell

To change the mood a little, I stared (beady-eyed with these brown peepers) some pallet wood blocks into the shapes of little houses. A Welshness of cottages happened. These have been a happy aside to an otherwise maladjusted week. I … Continue reading →

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Tiny House, My Teabag

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Stevie Mitchell

I understand there’s lots of staging, and the best friends are sometimes not that, but… I’m kinda addicted these early mornings to the Tiny House, Big Living series on the Travel Channel. And for all the comfort psychology, nesting and … Continue reading →

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The Anniversary Benches

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Stevie Mitchell

I learned a few things about myself this week. One of these occasional Home Alone weeks. I learned that I still have that harming tendency to push on when it would serve me and others well to hit a pause. … Continue reading →

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