Update from isolation: the Covid-19 Blog – Glass Globes
As the pandemic extended my thoughts were taken over by this unprecedented situation, with fear for the safety of my loved ones and frustration at the environmental disasters this planet endures. In my opinion, disrespect towards the current ecosystem has led to the conditions for a virus such as this coming about. My response to the situation we find ourselves in has been to create a...
Artist’s exclusive: Japan Travel Blog – the Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo National Museum is unlike any museum I have ever visited. It is huge, organised and has lots of space. It actually succeeds in organising millennia of artefacts and sculptures into a semblance of order. One gallery begins by explaining:
“Japan has three main traditions of sculpture, Buddhist deities, Shinto
deities and portraits of people”
There is room to appreciate each of...
Rebecca in Japan: Inspiration and Travel Blog – Team Labs
Following the intoxicating, sublime serenity, and stimulation of Nezu, we went to Team Labs Borderless. This is a creative digital mecca, a collaboration of minds expressed in a wealth of innovative, stimulating visual feasts.
It is fully immersive, saturating, fabulous and completely overwhelming. As we entered, we found a room leading to another room with projections on the walls....
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...
Heave: A video of experimental work
Lucy Turner created this short film of experimental artwork in progress by Rebecca Newnham for an open studio event.
Revolutionary use of Parabola Concepts in Design
‘Parabola’ refers to a mathematical curve which is used in architecture, seen in Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia for example. It follows the curve of an object thrown up in the air, straighter sides and a more steeply curved apex and is symmetrical. A sound wave will...