Monday, 27 October 2014
Follow Natalie Ryde on Instagram
You can now follow me on Instagram. I love it so it's probably a good way to keep up to date with studio work in progress.
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
In My Veins - a new drawing
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| In My Veins (working title) - archival pen 0.5mm nib on Fabriano 220gsm acid free paper - 125 x 135cm approx |
Always satisfying to finish a drawing that has been stuck for a while. Having just finished the piece today, I am still to delve into its hidden messages but here are some key Natalie buzz words. Innate knowledge, textile worker ancestors, broken pattern, rhizomes and fractals, corrupted underlying structure, net as a temporary fix, ambiguous origins, puzzle.
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Thanks for visiting my Hackney WickED studio August 2014
I wasn't expecting queues to get into the studio. I hope it was worth the climb up the stairs. Starting to pop pop pop with new ideas for The Other Art Fair taking place in the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane in October. Watch this space for developments.
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
OPEN STUDIOS 1st - 3rd August 2014 Hackney WickED weekend
I'm opening the studio doors to the public this weekend for Hackney WickED. Please pop by and say hello, I'll be showing some very large new drawings for the first time as well as having a selection of screen prints and drawings available for sale.
Friday 1st August 6pm - 9pm
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August 12 noon - 6pm
Studio 19
80 - 84 Wallis Road
Hackney Wick
London
E9 5LW
Friday 1st August 6pm - 9pm
Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd August 12 noon - 6pm
Studio 19
80 - 84 Wallis Road
Hackney Wick
London
E9 5LW
Friday, 11 July 2014
New drawings summer 2014
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| Unmentionables - 101 x 137cm - Archival pen on acid free cartridge - 2014 (in progress) |
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| Echo Chamber - 56 x 76 - Archival pen on Somerset Satin - 2014 |
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| Pulse - 59.5 x 72 - Archival pen on acid free cartridge |
Monday, 7 April 2014
The Others
Come and see me next month at The Other Art Fair where I will be showing new work including limited edition screen-prints which I made at Jealous Print Studio under the expert guidance of master print-maker Matthew. Thank you. Receive your 50% ticket discount using the promo code RYDE
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| Bubble Gum Blow Back - 3 colour screen-print on Somerset Satin paper - 77.5 x 63.5 - edition of 9 - £275.00 |
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Nat's studio in early 2014
Reflections of trees in puddles, nets, treasure maps, embossing paper in Kent and The Other Art Fair.
I have been quiet and busy. Fueled by a trip home to Scotland taking in Skye, Fife, Oban and my home county which has the inspiring welcome sign "Clackmannanshire - more than you imagine" or as I like to say "not as crap as you thought." I love it actually, hills, moss, trees with pokey holes; it's not vast, I enjoy it on a micro scale, the details and textures.
"Treasure Maps" is my new large drawing in progress. It is approximately 3m x 1.5m and drawn in archival pen on Fabriano 300g/m paper. Nets growing around patterns create a strange coming together of organic and geometric forms, like maps of an ancient alien civilization.
The base patterns for this drawing are taken from shards of pottery that I unearthed in my parents' garden as a child. I'm an obsessive hunter of tiny things, I blame Where's Wally. My sister and I used to search for golf balls in Dollar Glen and after those started to run dry my obsession turned to broken bits of patterned china. I liked to imagine what the whole dish would have looked like, and the people who owned the dish, and what the house must have looked like inside, and how old it was, and the event that caused the dish to break and be dumped in the bottom of the garden. And so it has come to pass that I still have these broken bits and they still excite me, even thinking about it now makes me want to go home and grub around in the soil for a few hours.
I did have another countryside visit to Kent with my artist friend Naomi Press. Her mother Julia Corf is a wonderful landscape artist and print maker and lets us come and use her press. Of which more to follow. Here's a typical Natalie photo...
But here I am, back in the studio and happy to be creating work for The Other Art Fair, 24 - 27 April 2014, Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS. Come visit. I'll also be at the V&A drawing this Friday 28th Feb for the Hackney Wick takeover!
I have been quiet and busy. Fueled by a trip home to Scotland taking in Skye, Fife, Oban and my home county which has the inspiring welcome sign "Clackmannanshire - more than you imagine" or as I like to say "not as crap as you thought." I love it actually, hills, moss, trees with pokey holes; it's not vast, I enjoy it on a micro scale, the details and textures.
"Treasure Maps" is my new large drawing in progress. It is approximately 3m x 1.5m and drawn in archival pen on Fabriano 300g/m paper. Nets growing around patterns create a strange coming together of organic and geometric forms, like maps of an ancient alien civilization.
The base patterns for this drawing are taken from shards of pottery that I unearthed in my parents' garden as a child. I'm an obsessive hunter of tiny things, I blame Where's Wally. My sister and I used to search for golf balls in Dollar Glen and after those started to run dry my obsession turned to broken bits of patterned china. I liked to imagine what the whole dish would have looked like, and the people who owned the dish, and what the house must have looked like inside, and how old it was, and the event that caused the dish to break and be dumped in the bottom of the garden. And so it has come to pass that I still have these broken bits and they still excite me, even thinking about it now makes me want to go home and grub around in the soil for a few hours.
I did have another countryside visit to Kent with my artist friend Naomi Press. Her mother Julia Corf is a wonderful landscape artist and print maker and lets us come and use her press. Of which more to follow. Here's a typical Natalie photo...
But here I am, back in the studio and happy to be creating work for The Other Art Fair, 24 - 27 April 2014, Ambika P3, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS. Come visit. I'll also be at the V&A drawing this Friday 28th Feb for the Hackney Wick takeover!
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