New episode with Douglas Robinson and introducing our blog
Our latest episode is out now
Canadian Douglas Robinson arrived in Pietrasanta in 1979 to learn from the artisans. He worked with Jørgen Sørensen and took to stone as his main medium for expression. He explains how the support network for the marble industry makes the area unique for artists to work in.
He talks about the enormous range of stone available there and why the artists are particularly drawn to work with the famous white marble of Carrara.
Introducing our blog
As coronavirus puts the world on hold, our main concern is for those coping with infection and for our amazing medical staff. We last interviewed in February so episodes do not reflect the crisis. However, our blog will share more topical information.
We will share tidbits of art to explore from home and online events to enjoy. We also plan to show how artists choose different materials to work with during the pandemic, and hear their reasons for doing so.
Our first such artist is Lucy Dickens who only recently finished preparing for a show of large acrylics on canvas when lockdown began. Lucy tells how she was inspired by David Hockney to adapt to a new medium for a specific project to raise money to support British food banks.
As always, you can see photos that accompany our episodes over on our website materiallyspeaking.com or on Instagram.
We hope you are enjoying the podcast and we’ll write again soon to tell you about the next episode.
Enjoy listening.
Sarah Monk
Producer, Materially Speaking