day 403 – four thank yous
Posted: January 2, 2012 Filed under: allison sommers, annika, becky johnson, Benjamin Clarkson, brendan monroe, camilla engman, Chris Pointon, chris van veghel, Courtney Cerruti, curtis walker/blunderspublik, danni, David Pensato, devon driver kerslake, Donna Hainstock, Elsie Jones, Emmie Tsumura, Eric Lesage, eryn thorey mackenzie, Fiona, gillian king, Grace Poulsen, jane housham, Karen Wardle, kathy tran, kelly ruth, kim largey, Kristyn Ann Woodfine, Lindsey Bond, lisa wood, lisa young kutsukake, Liz Jones, Mark Saunders, mary thorp, Meags Fitzgerald, Meb (Marie-Ève Bouchard), melody wong, mitchell akiyama, Natalie Fisher, nigel peake, paul robles, ravi shukla, Robert Pasternak, s. arden hill, Sarah Baird, Scott Vanden Bosch, Shoshana Chava Coodin Bernstein, steve roden, Takashi Iwasaki, tania lambert, ted barker, toybot studios, yomek Leave a comment »
This is the final post of four things on http://www.fourfortheday.com but the site will remain open with updates on the things to come.
This has been a truly amazing year with this project. From day one I knew when I was organizing my studio and seeing how many small collections of things I kept and really loved, to Allison Sommers first post on January 2nd 2011, and in early November when all weeks had been assigned, and now when everything is all said and done that the concept of this project was something people really enjoy. We love our stuff and other peoples as well.
I can’t thank the Guest Editor’s enough for making this what it is. It takes courage to expose the things we hold onto. The Guest Editor’s did it and the internet has found out a little more about each of them.
I encourage everyone to keep checking back to find out what is next for this little project. My hope is a bound book and art exhibition. But I am open to other possibilites.
My humble thank you to everyone who made this possible and the collectors around the world, past, present, and future.
Happy New Year.
s. arden hill
day 283 – four books I have drawn
Posted: September 4, 2011 Filed under: nigel peake, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Books of drawings about homes, maps, sheds and a week in a cabin in Norway.
day 282 – four stationary packets
Posted: September 3, 2011 Filed under: nigel peake, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
Stationary stores are wonderful, especially in places away from home.
day 281 – four bounty hunters
Posted: September 2, 2011 Filed under: collectibles, nigel peake, objects, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
With thanks to Ben Burtt and Ralph McQuarrie the Star Wars movies were a joy to watch.
The original figures are beautifully made, the proportions and texture as they should be.
day 280 – four paint boxes
Posted: September 1, 2011 Filed under: nigel peake, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
These are some of the paints that I use at my desk or when I am travelling.
I use them until there is nothing left, so that some last for years.
day 279 – four jazz records
Posted: August 31, 2011 Filed under: nigel peake, objects, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
I draw to music all the time.
Here are four of many that I enjoy from time to time.
Songs and melodies are good companions to making work.
day 278 – four George Simenon Maigret books
Posted: August 30, 2011 Filed under: nigel peake, objects Leave a comment »
“No one noticed what was going on. No one suspected that a drama was being played out in the waiting room of the small railway station where only six depressed looking passengers were waiting, amid the smell of coffee, beer, and lemonade.” (Maigret and the hundred gibbets)
Within the green covers, on the yellow freckled pages and held together by the almost broken spines, the Parisian detective stories are told.
day 277 – four cricket bats
Posted: August 30, 2011 Filed under: nigel peake, objects, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
When I was younger all I use to do was play cricket. Practise took place on Monday night and matches Saturday and Sunday. It is a game of nuances, routines, patterns and traditions. I never tire of it. The cricket bat is central to the game, often made of willow. The bats used to be prepared with linseed oil, repaired with fibre glass tape and the surface sanded. There was an art to it. At the end of the season the blade of wood visually held the runs and edges of the previous months.
Guest Editor’s Profile – Nigel Peake
Posted: August 28, 2011 Filed under: information, nigel peake Leave a comment »
Nigel Peake
Ballytrustan, Co Down, N Ireland
nigelpeake.com
In terms of your things, what does your space (studio/office/living area) look like? please describe.
Making work can cause a mess, so where I live is rarely tidy.
Boxes of pens, rolled paper, stacked books, plants, out of their sleeve records and tubes of colours on the table and floors and on the arms of chairs
At the moment the desks are arranged in a square so I can work at four different spaces, following the light around the room.
Where do you normally get your things?
No where in particular, I travel quite a lot with my work so it can be from these visits to cities. I live in the country so the stores around here are for the daily newspaper and food.
I don’t collect anything in particular so it is normally things that I see by chance that I will take home, if I have room in my bag.
What is your prize possession/”thing”/collectible/tool
Probably my sketchbooks.
