dark am i, yet lovely, a lily among thorns, majestic as stars in procession
WHY DESTROY YOURSELF? WHY DIE BEFORE YOUR TIME? THE KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE TREMBLE. DESIRE IS NO LONGER STIRRED. DO NOT CONFORM ANY LONGER TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD.
Saturday, 25 December 2010
Army Style Cup
This was probably the quickest cup so far. After3 base coats, two glazes called GLO-WORM and POPEYE'S FAVOURITE where poured straight onto the cup straight from their bottles and blew into each other, via pursed lips, over the outside and bottom surface. The rim was in a colour called TAUPE with little squiggles coming down off it. Inside the cup was sprinkled a mixture of dried glaze dust, left over from mixing palettes and crushed up. For some reason, it failed to melt, so the bottom is lumpy and not smooth as it should be.
The handle was a rush job - it should have been the same colour as the rim. The cup was covered, leaving the handle exposed, and black paint was flicked onto it from a brush.
The fat black streaks on the rough interior of the cup were also poured straight from the bottle.
Andrew has performed his spoken word at Contact Theatre Manchester and South Bank Centre London. His publications include Not Shut Up and The Big Issue. He has collaborated with the creative works of prisoners, patients and refugees. In 2008 his collages were displayed in a Co-operative art exhibition. Since then he has recorded over forty electronic music tracks and designed forty ceramic sculptures. He is currently working on a cyber goth novel while editing a substantial backlist, besides compiling a hardcopy portfolio of digital photo-montages and sketches.
Andrew was ousted from school into a secure psych unit as a teenager. Since then he has been homeless, imprisoned, and detained for several years under the Mental Health Act. Andrew is an ex-addict and a Voice-Hearer. He attempted suicide in the summer of 2015, but manages his demons thesedays by attending therapy groups, where he shares his otherworldly experiences with others. Simple things like poetry and weightlifting help motivate him. He enjoys pool, swimming, and working the punchbag. Andrew is an avid conspiracy theorist.
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