Rebecca in Japan: Inspiration and Travel Blog – Nezu
Nezu is a museum and art gallery with an ancient garden. This was the first Japanese Garden I visited in Japan, and I was completely seduced. So many careful details: trees are wrapped with a rush-like mat, like a tree bracelet. There is no grass! instead, there is bare earth or moss or stones, raked gravel The planting was meticulous, water plays an important role and there were...
Rebecca in Japan: Inspiration and Travel Blog – Senso-Ji Temple
Koi, temples and aquaponics in Japan.
Recently I returned from a trip to Japan and New Zealand. It was the sort of trip that changes you and I am now creating a new body of work inspired by the experience.
My daughter is working in Japan and we travelled out together from London to Tokyo via Moscow. I was excited and curious to go to a city I had heard so much about but never...
The timely development of STEM to STEAM
Last night I was invited to attend an event hosted by Carole Bent, a creative catalyst and Bill Cotton from the BCP council, which bought together 8 local creatives and considered the values of art in the school curriculum. It was held at Talbot Heath school. Led by Angharad Holloway, Talbot Heath already pioneers STEAM education and has recently built an amazing STEAM hub where...
Revolutionary Allusion Collaboration with Lizzie Sykes – we are fig.
Allusion uniquely combines dance, film and glass sculpture and is the result of a creative collaboration between Rebecca Newnham and Lizzie Sykes. It consists of a site-specific dance film projected through and onto a curved sculptural glass screen. The glass sculpture was made to reflect the film, and its enamelled surface captures the...
Stunning and Delicate – Facets – a Glass Bowl collection
Facets , a collection of 30 glass bowls inspired by Victorian architecture and social history, was originally created in response to The Russell-Cotes, a Victorian Art Gallery & Museum and its collection.
Facets, a collection of 30 glass bowls inspired by Victorian architecture and social history, was originally created in response to The Russell-Cotes, a Victorian Art Gallery...