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Creating Mythical Hybrid Creatures, Sophie Ryder's Exhibition Challenges Our Perspective On the Animal World
Tue 10 Jan 2023Mythical hybrid rabbits, hogs, dogs and humanoid figures are now presented in drawings, prints and sculptural forms in this new exhibition by British artist Sophie Ryder at Djanogly Gallery...
Theatre Review: The Tiger Who Came To Tea at Theatre Royal
Thu 13 Oct 2022Judith Kerr’s children’s story might be over half a century old, but it still remains popular with the UK’s little people… and their parents.
Notts Goes Green: the Art Gallery and Studios Creating New Connections
Wed 21 Sept 2022Keeping on with our Notts Goes Green series, we chat with Suzanne Golden of BACKLIT art gallery and studios - on practising what they preach, creating connections, and engaging the public with their environmental impact.
NTU Graduate Chester Carr Shares His Experiences with Creating Spider-Man Concept Art and Directing His Own Movies
Fri 26 Aug 2022Since graduating from Nottingham Trent University back in 2014, concept artist Chester Carr has gone on to work on the likes of Spider-Man: Far From Home and Overlord, as well as directing his own short films - including Death of the Primate, a winner at this year’s Nottingham International Film Festival. Kieran Burt hears all about his artistic process, plans for the future and much more…
Confetti Is Creating Industry Opportunities So Students Can Do It For Real
Tue 19 Jan 2021Confetti is all about hands-on learning provided by industry experts...
Sheltered Spaces Are Creating Beautiful Bespoke Structures For People Around Nottinghamshire
Wed 13 Jan 2021Since 2014, Marcus Rowlands has been creating beautiful, bespoke structures for clients in and around Nottinghamshire. Born in Arnold and now based in Carlton, he studied Textile Design at the Glasgow School of Art and worked for many years in education, as a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, at various FE colleges and running community art workshops, before launching his design and build company, Sheltered Spaces. He tells us about his design philosophy, the character of wood and the joys of cabin porn...
Collaborative Future's Internship Programme Is Creating a More Inclusive Work Future
Mon 14 Dec 2020Here's how you can get involved...
Creating Community at Artist Studio The Carousel
Sat 14 Nov 2020Have you spotted the new faces in town? The vibrantly-coloured, imaginatively shaped characters have brightened up the corner of Hockley Street, representing the creative community you can find inside the curved building below. They are the new faces of The Carousel, a multi-disciplinary artist's studio…
D7 Sauce Are Creating Homemade Hot Sauce in Sherwood
Mon 02 Nov 2020Hot sauce can be an uncomfortable condiment to eat. I like a bit of spice, but the hot stuff generally doesn’t bring me much joy. However, D7 Sauce’s Scarlett’s Hot Sauce, with its bright packaging and promises of flavour made me want to give it a bash. Minutes before I was set to interview its owner and creator Mark Walsh, I did just that. My mouth imploded with the gorgeous rich, smokiness of the sauce – and then boom, I was hit with that signature hot kick. My senses were sizzling and I was fired up for a chat. And thankfully the tongue-tingling subsided just before we were set to begin...
Leading From the Back: The Backlit Artists Creating Exciting Projects
Tue 18 Aug 2020From its three-story base in the heart of Sneinton, BACKLIT is home to more than eighty studio artists, spanning a diverse range of practices, including fine art, contemporary craft and creative businesses. The independent, artist-led gallery has provided affordable studio spaces for artists, graduates and emerging local talent for almost twelve years. With the studio currently still closed to the public, we took a look around to find out more about some of their exciting artists, including what they’ve been up to during lockdown...
Tabletop Game Design Company Needy Cat on Creating the Official Hellboy Board Game and Their First In-House Release
Thu 06 Feb 2020Tabletop games studio Needy Cat are the fast-paced, sharp minds behind some of the most exciting board games on the market. Working with household-name franchises as well as other small creators, they have one aim: to get as many people playing games as possible. We spoke to them about their work, as they gear up to launch their first, completely in-house designed game, Robot Fight Club…
Author Mark Latham on Creating the Perfect Sherlock-Dracula Hybrid
Thu 10 Aug 2017The former Editor of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf magazine, self-confessed Victoriana and history nerd Mark Latham took the leap to become a full-time author and games designer. The Lazarus Gate, his debut novel, was the first in his Victorian sci-fi Apollonian Case Files series, with the second, The Iscariot Sanction, released the following year.
This year, he’s had his first Sherlock Holmes novel published with the world’s greatest detective investigating Dracula, and the third Apollonian novel, The Legion Prophecy, is set to hit the shelves in September. He’s not been slacking, so we thought it was high time we popped the kettle on and invited him over for a natter…
Judith Allnatt on Novel Inspired by the Luddites
Mon 21 Mar 2016"I began to wonder what would have happened if the weavers in the village had rebelled, with the might of the cavalry right on the doorstep"
Judit Ferencz: Subways, Side-Streets and Skylines
Mon 22 Dec 2014The Hungarian-born artist chats to us about her upcoming course that combines cityscapes with text to create visual storylines
Live: John Legend and Judith Hill
Tue 14 Oct 2014We were serenaded by a nine-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter at the Royal Concert Hall
Creating Comics with Judit Ferencz
Wed 13 Aug 2014The Hungarian artist has created book covers for Vintage and Granta. Here she discusses her process for illustrating comics.
Kate Ashwin on comics
Tue 29 Jul 2014The creator of Widdershins, an adventure yarn that explores a magical British otherworld in the 1890s, spills the beans on the art of illustration...