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Reflections on life as a curator, researcher and arts writer. Also known as #wordgirl, making books, living with invisible illness and "connecting the dots that people can't see" (Richard Hsu, TEDxShanghai)…

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Category: Studio Practice

A paper-cut world

A few paper artists that I’ve come across recently through my own research or through recommendation…Li Hongbo, Bovey Lee, Jimmy … More

Bovey Lee, China, Chinese Art, cut paper, Jimmy Brunt, Li Hongbo, Paper, paper art, paper cut, papercut, papercutting, Qiao Xiaoguang, Tom Gallant

The Event of a Thread

Ann Hamilton is on my list…the list of artists that sculpted my teenage brain into the somewhat grown-up creative and professional … More

Ann Hamilton, architecture, instagram, installation, installation art, New York, Park Avenue, Park Avenue Armory, Paul Octavious, pigeons, The Event of a Thread, Wade Thompson Drill Hall

Year 1 Architecture – Drawing dreams

A Friday afternoon creative escape…a short film by Brook Lin and Richard Smith called ‘The progress of a year one … More

architecture, Bartfest, Bartlett, Bartlett School of Architecture, Brook Lin, Caribou, Richard Smith, Summer Show Bartfest 2010, UCL

Artists: How to make it happen…

Last Tuesday evening, I was invited to speak and present as part of the ‘Expatriate Professional Women’s Society’ panel discussion … More

Eike Stratmann, EPWS, Expatriate Professional Women's Society, Kathryn Gohmert, Lisa Juen, Shanghai, Shanghai Detour, stage back, stage候台BACK, Stefanie Vallee, Susanne Junker, The Apartment

The frustrations of creativity

Thanks to ‘Brain Pickings’ for this Tuesday morning starter…’The Importance of Frustration in the Creative Process‘…an animated explanation of the … More

Brain Pickings, Flash Rosenberg, Guggenheim, New York, New York Public Library, NYPL, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Art I like…

Here are just a few artists and works I have come across lately that have fed my love of book … More

Abraham Lincoln, Alec Soth, Baked Typefaces, billboards, book arts, Broken Manual, Chrissy Styles, Colossal, Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership, Lester B. Morrison, Little Brown Mushroom, Loughborough University, Robert Montgomery, Sam Winston, text art, typography

A Chinese Typewriter…

…in Silicon Valley. This is a ‘Google Tech Talk’ from the 5th December 2011 on ‘How Chinese Typists Invented ‘Predictive … More

Google Tech Talk, Old York Art Space, Stanford, Thomas S. Mullaney, typewriter, typewriters, words are all we have

BookArtObject – ‘Number 43’

This year, I have signed up to take part in the international book arts project ‘BookArtObject’. It is a yearly … More

BAO, Book Art Object, book arts, BookArtObject, Centre for Fine Print Research, CFPR, Kurt Johannessen, Sarah Bodman, typewriters

2012: My top 5 resolutions…

Finally, I have caught up with life after the chaos of an unforgettable Shanghai Christmas and New Year…phew! That went … More

AIVA, ballet, Book Art Object, Shanghai, Slow Food, Slow Food Shanghai

Insight into Silversmithing

When you work in a creative atmosphere like an art school or department, you seem to instinctively want to know … More

AIVA, Lisa Juen, NaBloPoMo, proonk, silver, silversmithing

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NOTE: Opinions expressed are solely my own and do not express the views or opinions of my employers. All words and images are © Rachel Marsden unless otherwise stated. Rachel Marsden’s Words is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

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