Gerry McFarlane
- Rita Rich - Paul Robertson
- Sue Ure Reid +2 - Nigel Ayers -
Paul Malcolm - Ling Warlow
- Simon Caslaw - Helen
Simmonds - Michael Warren - Paul
Sproll - John Parfitt - Peter
Snadden - Colette McKevitt - Jacqui Boyd
- Peta Brennan - Brian Popay
- Andrew Bailey - Heather Haythornthwaite
- John Kerr - Patrick Goff - Sue
McMorran - Milbra Pursell - Caroline
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- Name:
- Dennis Reed
- Email:
- Subject:
- painting and lithography/NDD
- Dates:
- 1952-1955
- Date:
- 11 December, 2003
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- Name:
- Sarah Fretwell (now
Clark) & Rod
Clark
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Foundation &
Graphics
- Dates:
- 1980-81 & '79-81
- Date:
- 15 November, 2003
Rod was so animated when he found this site especially as his
photo was on it, asleep again!
I recognise a few people such as
the photo with Mick Webb (you had him as an unknown first year).
Great to see the cold baked-bean eating Andy Cross pictured as
well. I bump into him on occasion in London.
My sister Ruth
married Chalky White from Fine Art (divorced) and they had Pepper
who is now 20 and studying music at Brighton Uni. Chalky has just
remarried and lives in Devon.
I married Rod Clark in 1985 when we
met at the RCA and we have Kingsley age 13 and Bunty age 8. We
live in Brighton about a mile from Steve Carter from Jersey also
featured on the site. I met Liz Jerret last week at my sons
running club, who lives in Lewes and countless others here in
Brighton who crop up every month or so. I recognised Penny Grist
from a reunion photo, whom I was also at Theale Green with - Hello
Penny! Simon Johnston, who was best man at our wedding lives with
his wife Ros in L.A. and we keep in touch. We are still best mates
with Darrel Rees who runs Heart Illustration Agency based in
London and New York and who married Lara 4 years ago (no bairns
yet). I regrettably only did my Foundation studies at Corsham and
then moved onto a degree at Leicester Poly. (because I fell in
love with a fellow Foundation student, David O'Higgins, who was
not offered a place on the Degree as I had been!) but I have to
say that I loved every minute of the time that I spent in this odd
little town. Never have I worked so hard, nor enjoyed anything so
much. I lived in Spiders Barn and then worked in the Cross Keys
for a while. I remember the spirited Angela Cocaine who lived out
at Biddestone, where are you now? I remember John Furnival trying
to teach me observational drawing in a high wind in the gardens of
Monks Park and thinking that I would die of cold. Film Society at
the Court and skinny dipping late at night and being chased by the
caretaker across the lawns and falling flat on my face when I
tripped over the low level invisible wire that surrounded the
lawns! Ah! happy days! I would give my eye teeth to be transported
back there for a weekend.
Thankyou so much for the site, a good substitute - fabulous!
I
would love to hear from any fellow Foundation students from
1980/81 and Rod would love to hear from his contemporaries as
well.
Sarah Fretwell / Rod Clark
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- Name:
- Gareth Ball
- Email:
- Subject:
- Sculpture
- Dates:
- 1966-69
- Date:
- 15 November, 2003
Anyone wishing to contact Gareth can do so through his sister Mary
Sliwa .. e-mail address supplied. I'm afraid that Gareth hasn't
come to grips with this modern technology yet..! But he is very
interested in this web-site. He is living in Farnham where he
spends his time drawing and painting.
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obituary
Gareth Ball (sculpture
66-69) was taken
ill on 21st November 2003 and died within minutes of
reaching hospital. His family are devastated by his sudden
and untimely death. His funeral was held at Aldershot
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- Name:
- caroline jefford
- Email:
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- Subject:
- graphics
- Dates:
- 1976-79
- Date:
- 12 November, 2003
hi... lovely to visit this site.... its still brilliant! |
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- Email:
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- Subject:
- Teaching Course & Music
- Dates:
- 1959-61
- Date:
- 3 November, 2003
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- Name:
- Sue McMorran
- Email:
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- Subject:
- 3D Pottery to you
- Dates:
- 1975-78
- Date:
- 27 October, 2003
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Now goes by the handle of Fin. Did MA in Painting and now working
more or less exclusively in Multimedia, computer-based artwork.
Trying to get through practice-based Fine Art PhD.
I visited
Corsham for the first time since leaving about 2 years ago and I
had to be forcibly restrained from grabbing strangers by the arm
and gabbling excitedly "I used to live there, in that
room". I had a fabulous time at Corsham, sometimes wild,
sometimes wrought with teenage angst, bizarre, random, always
remembered with affection and some hilarity. As good a way as I
know of starting life as an artist. |
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- Name:
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- Email:
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- Subject:
- painting
- Dates:
- 67-70
- Date:
- 15 October, 2003
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Only occasionally do I stop here to read. Always I end up moved by
how much this time, so well spent, shared by so few, means to so
many. Mind you if you can remember it, you weren't there.... I
remember Brian Popay, always an act, and it was small enough that
John Kerr and I must have met - sad what aging brings, John, but
creaking gates last longest. Wonderful site, clever password
protection. |
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- Name:
- John Kerr
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Graphic Design + Film Making
- Dates:
- 1967 - 70
- Date:
- 12 October, 2003
Hi! JOHN KERR here.Wow! I'm really impressed.
Stumbled across the
site and almost immediately burst into tears! 55 years old
ex-Graphics student. My first heart attack behind me (1996).
Worked for years in advertising in London (and taught at
Camberwell School of Art for 5 years) and since 1978 here in
Holland (Amsterdam - where else?). Now turned to composing music
for the past 20 years... and as many CDs on the market! Check out
my site: www.johnkerr.nl
Keep up the good work. Seeing BAA Corsham again brought back millions
of really emotional memories.
Thanks. Love you!
John Kerr (BAA 1967-1970)
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- Name:
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- Email:
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- Subject:
- Foundation/Graphics
- Dates:
- 1977 - 81
- Date:
- 11 October, 2003
I have just spent the whole afternoon and evening looking back at Corsham. I was so excited to find this treasure trove from the past!
I was in Don Whiteford’s year - you already have a photo collection from him. I would really like you to give him my email address, if that’s how it’s done. It would be so excellent to talk to him again. I’d be happy to put in a bit about me. My cousin, Michael Warren told me about this site, he was a student in about 1970, I was there from 77-81.
I am delighted to find this site, and see pictures and information about a lost time. For me, it wasn’t magical I really thought life was like that. My personal life remained unstable till I married, and Corsham was a sunny chapter: It wasn’t till I left that I discovered the real world!
I taught in Kent for two years, and then worked at IPC as an editorial offers controller till I left with my first baby, Charlie, now almost 14 (its September 2003) then had Olivia, who is nearly 11 now and have been teaching part time since that time till last January. I have begun a masters degree in visual studies at Goldsmiths. I’m half way through it now, and feel very transitional, not part of a school, and not back into studying properly yet lived in Rochester since 1982, married Alan in 1988 or 87 I have been bad at keeping in touch with people, I guess.
I haven’t seen Sue Langford for 18 months, we went to their wedding in east London, where I met Bev (Yates) now Bell and her boys; she has been a primary school teacher in Bridport for a long time. She came up after Christmas, and between her and Rosemary, I decided to do some more studying. Mark and Rosemary Capper run a music mail order business in Rochester. I recognised Mark in Pet City, not having seen him for about 20 years by the shape of his head! He’s still handsome, of course! Their kids are lovely. I must tell them about this site - they’ll tell you themselves.
I’d like to make contact with people from 1977-81. Please forgive me if you thought I was a total pillock, this is a blanket apology for any unacceptable behaviour! I have become quite civilized and English, which I wasn’t then.
Don Whiteford! - great photos, I remember the excellent glasses you made out of a pair of forks! Truly sublime and remember when I drove your little greeny car back from a Monks Park party I steered, you did the gears. I couldn’t drive.. I parked right in the middle of Church Square. Write soon. Happy days.
I have a good pile of photos for you too.
Thank you for this creation!
All the best
Heather Haythornthwaite
Foundation 1977/78, BA Graphics 1978-1981. |
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- Name:
- Andrew Bailey
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Graphics
- Dates:
- 1970-74
- Date:
- 25 August, 2003
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I am so delighted to have found this website after hearing that BAA
had had to leave Corsham.
I have returned there only once since I left in 1974, whilst driving home from a holiday with my daughters. We were just walking through the gates as I explained to the girls that the barn-like building to the right used to be the music school, where I had studied under the charismatic tutorage of the wonderful Henry Boys. I was very happy to bump into Andrea there, who amazingly has remained in Corsham with her husband for all these years. She gave the girls some peacock feathers and also informed me that Liam (forgotten his surname), was living somewhere near the Cross Keys but unfortunately I did not have time to visit him.
I enjoyed the picture gallery, but only recognised Rosemary Jefferies from 1972 who was also in my set. Regards... Rosemary, should you read this.
I am keen to make contact with anybody who remembers me, not least my old buddy, Richard Nye who has been so successful with his skills of animation in the Raymond Briggs movies.
Richard Nye at The 1997
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Richard and I shared digs in a house in Corsham and proceeded to share a room at the Porch a while later. I also lived in Church Street for a while before moving to number 8 High Street over the butchers shop.
Fond memories of my excellent education at BAA include evenings in Bert and Flo's Pack Horse.
I remember Brian Popay, Paul Chambers, Kevin Mount and Pete
Bateman... to name but a few........ anyone remember Tom and Biddy
Coyle?, they lived in a farmhouse at Neston.
Kind regards to all.
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Gerry, 11th October 2004. |
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- Name:
- brian popay
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Fine Art
- Dates:
- 1966-69
- Date:
- 18 July, 2003
Yes. it all starts to come back now, through the (purple) haze of time.
Remember The Farmer Giles Cafe?, the female digs in the High
Street, Sir Michael Tippett sunbathing nude in his garden and complaining that students were peeping,
The (still) beautiful Weavern Valley, TV evenings in Weavers Cottage,
the brilliant tutors,
must mention Tom Phillips and Michael Simpson.
Visits in 1968 by Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Hamilton, Ed Askew, Michael Horovitz, Jeff Nuttall, Morton Feldman.
A whole new world of art and performance opened up. Chatting and drinking with them - unforgettable.
Then there was Michael Craig-Martin, Henri Chopin, the Newkie Brown Club at Beechfield, Nick and Reg and their brilliantly mad sculptures, My mate Jim Parker and his final show where he had Steve the Tattooist sitting there ready to tattoo any willing tutors! Chris Miller, living first in a lock up garage and then in a tree in Corsham Park, the "Revolution" of 1967, Mike Smith playing Incredible String Band records in his room, Pete Coleman (and his wondrous
beard) playing his guitar till the early hours after some students may have experimented with mind-expanding materials (not me, of course), the chocolate digestive biscuit machine next to the pub for those late night "munchies" with a threepenny bit change sellotaped to the top, the accidental falling-through-the-ceiling at Beechfield by my good self, followed by the early morning search for an A&E department in Chippenham, the college rock group doing Velvet Underground numbers to the military staff at RAF Lyneham, with a light show consisting of me madly switching the building's one light on and off - shades of Spinal Tap - and the College Film Club in the Barn which I ran for a year, where we showed Underground Movies straight from the States, and, oh yes, some painting and sculpture in between...and all with a Government Grant! Alas, we knew it
could never last! But it was fantastic while it did.
I was never very good at painting but I've gone on to be quite successful in the world of comedy and theatre, I'm still working with the Natural Theatre Company of Bath after helping to create it in
1970.
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- Name:
- peta brennan
- Email:
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- Subject:
- sculpture, painting, graphic design
- Dates:
- 1962-1966
- Date:
- 2 July, 2003
Good memories: I never realized how much alcohol the human body
could consume until going to Corsham. I still have the peacock
feathers the gardener gave me the day I left and remember how you
could walk all night through the fields w/o fear of being mugged.
Bad memories: Clifford Ellis. |
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- Name:
- jacqui boyd
- Email:
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- Subject:
- painting
- Dates:
- 1978 - 1981
- Date:
- 30 June, 2003
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I lived at No 87 Pickwick in the first yr it was used by students
in 1978. Also there was Anna Dutto and Trevor Richards. I had a
great year there although the winter was freezing and I resented
feeding the meter with 50p's all the time. I remember that in an
effort to keep the 50p going for long enough, I would switch on my
TV, switch off the light and crawl under my pile of blankets to
keep warm. My other alternative was to spend the evening in the
Pack Horse, nursing a lager for the best part of the evening. The
other thing I cannot help but remember was the sound of 2 1st yr
graphic students, making out. In the winter, the whole house could
hear them and in the summer, when she had the window open (all the
time), the whole neighbourhood could hear them! I wish I could
remember their names but I do remember the guy came from Scotland
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- Name:
- colette mckevitt
- Email:
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- Subject:
- fine art
- Dates:
- 1978 - 1981
- Date:
- 23 June, 2003
It's so nice to see once again a place in England where I had some
of the best times in my life. I'm delighted to know that a home
page of Bath Academy of Art exists (thanks to a good friend
....also an ex-student of BAA who told me about it). It would be
nice to be able to get in touch with other ex-students who studied
fine art between 1978 and 1981.I would love to do an MA in fine
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- Name:
- peter snadden
- Email:
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- Subject:
- rather fine art
- Dates:
- 1975 - 1978
- Date:
- 19 June, 2003
Saw Dick 'Mr Bath Academy' Goody recently, in the USA & had a
real laugh looking at the photos... Dick hasn't changed much &
still keeps his socks in his jockey shorts. |
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- Name:
- John Parfitt
- Email:
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- Subject:
- N/A
- Dates:
- N/A
- Date:
- 17 June, 2003
I'm not a former student, but when I ran the little County Branch
Library in an ex-builder's hut I was friendly with Bryan Fisher,
Bursar in the 1950's, and with Norman Potter, furniture designer
with a workshop in Corsham who later taught at the Royal College.
Bryan's son Ardan became a film editor and Norman's daughter Sally
a film director (Orlando, Tango lesson). James Tower and Stephen
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- Name:
- Paul Sproll
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Painting/Printmaking/Education
- Dates:
- 1963-1966
- Date:
- 29 May, 2003
I am trying to track down Stephen Leadbeater and Patrick (Paddy)
Adamson who both went to Corsham with me from 1963-1966. All of
three of us were accepted from our secondary school in Hitchin.
This was quite a remarkable feat for a school (St. Michael's
College) who directed its pupils either toward becoming priests or
to university. Art schools were never on the radar! Stephen was in
the painting/printmaking/education group with me and Paddy was in
the pottery/music/education group. The reason I am trying to
reach them is because St. Michael's is planning a reunion (it will
be our 40th) in mid-October this year. If, I could count on either
of them being there I would make the trip from the States. Also,
just an update on me - I have just been promoted to full professor
of art + design education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
And with all my talk about reunions, what about another one at
Corsham; and yes I have done the math, it was 40 years since I
started my Corsham studies. And just another thought, is anyone in
contact with Tony and Tina Hoyle? They were both at Corsham and my
last contact address for them was in Welwyn Garden City,
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- Name:
- Michael Warren
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Foundation Year
- Dates:
- 1969-70
- Date:
- 20 May, 2003
Your web site brought back such fond memories of my brief but
wonderful time at Bath Academy of Art.
I did the Foundation Year at Corsham, 1969-70, and may have been
it's first Irish student. I lodged initially on Pickwick Road with
fellow-student, Bruce Allen. I later shared a flat in Bath, (Raby
Place), with Paul Chambers & Kevin Mount, among others. Mike
Johnston taught Painting at that time, Jack Greeves?, Sculpture,
and Julia Garret, Complimentary Studies.. After a year in Corsham,
I returned to Ireland and entered Trinity College, Dublin where I
read English, Philosophy & Psychology. And a year after that,
I entered the Brera Academy in Milan, Italy, where I completed a
4-year Sculpture course. For the outcome of this chequered
education, see http://www.michaelwarren.ie
Very regrettably, I lost contact with my friends from Corsham save
for Paul Chambers whom I met on a few joyous occasions when he was
teaching art at Cornell University, Itacha, NY, well over a decade
ago. I have since lost contact. Should you be able to help with
addresses for any of the above mentioned - Kevin, Bruce and/or
Paul - I would dearly like to renew contact.
Congratulations again on a lovely site - I don't think we had any
conception at the time, of just how privileged we all were to have
studied in such a magnificent place! |
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- Email:
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- Subject:
- sculpture
- Dates:
- 82-85
- Date:
- 12 May, 2003
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Hi.
We are trying to get hold of sculpture students from 82-85 for a
get together, some of us are meeting up in June and would love it
if others can get here. Deryn, Jezz, Helen, so if anyone wants to
join us (there are other ex Corsham people not in our year coming
along too, so if you think you would like to join us then get in
touch, it is on 21st June this year. Thanks Gerry |
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- Name:
- Simon Caslaw
- Email:
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- Subject:
- ceramics
- Dates:
- 82-85
- Date:
- 28 March, 2003
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- sue ure reid
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Fine Art
- Dates:
- 1975-78
- Date:
- 1 March, 2003
Comments
| Dear Ling, re-first Corsham baby. If you mean first
student offspring actually born in Corsham - maybe, but Cathryn
Showan's parents, Betty and Tim met at Corsham - Cathy is now
about 45 and went to Corsham herself - so you might have been
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- Ling Warlow
- Email:
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- Subject:
- N/A
- Dates:
- N/A
- Date:
- 22 February, 2003
Comments
I recently visited Corsham for what felt like the first time. I
peeked through the (closed) gates, and found a peahen feather. It's a
beautiful place, and your site seems to have generated many happy
memories! I don't remember much from my time living there, probably
because of my tender years. My parents John Warlow and Edith Raaby met
whilst students at the Art College, and I was born in Chippenham in
1972. My parents both graduated and I must have been 2 when we left and
moved north. Can I claim the title of the first Corsham baby?!
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- Dates:
- 1983-1986
- Date:
- 13 February, 2003
Comments
Wow! found it! Amazing effort. I thought that everything and
everyone had just disappeared. Probably smoked a bit too much at Corsham!
Kerry Blake...Do you remember me...I remember you. I think we lived at
No.5 Church St. You shared a room with Denise. Me N Raoul lived
downstairs. Raoul was a good artist...fine art like you but he had a
problem getting out of bed..eventually left..went back to drive buses in
London. Looking back, I don't know how anyone could have had a bad
time..it just didn't seem possible...oops..there I go again...Really
made up that you have a lovely family Kerry...be lucky.
The lake..pitch
black..dead of night the bull ..yep that was a close one and then there
was the leaving of Church Street where we had it made..and I ended up
with Nigel, Marion + Boyfriend, Giles, Ingrid Abery..that's another
story..all living together out at Gastard House..an old totally haunted monastery
from the 14th Century. I remember the floating Chinese
lady..no shit..the landlord told us not to talk to her because she
couldn't speak English...and then we met her one dark night in the tower
room where she politely said "hello, how are you"? that was it
for me and Nigel. Oh yes and with things flying about the room we left
the following day...Everyone blamed the flower heads but me? well I
just know it all happened.
Life was good, full on 200 miles an hour.
Well actually the 200 miles an hour kind of kicked in when I met James
who was in the year above me.. Sculpture student..Nice one for the
Harley Davidson James...Awesome..until it went up in a ball of flames in
the church yard (Church Street)...again another wild story..but all
true.
Sian Davey...where are you.. do you remember The Germans..Bodo and
Yogi on the motorbikes and our adventure to Stonehenge the year it got
banned..we all ended up at Westbury White Horse at one hell of
festival..we had some wild times..hope your life is good..your down as
one of the best people I had the honour of knowing.
Paul Gunter..where
are you..I can't even begin to think what you might be doing..our
memories would fill a book or ten with Moose AKA Paul Curtis...if you
ever get to read this..the ride in the Chevy from Leeds down to London
and the Corn Field in between with Big Nigel was another top memory.
Ingrid Abery..hope your safe and well..you were very special. A life
worth living..we had some of the best times ever..I'll carry them
always..I think that could be another book..or maybe a novel..remember
the beefeater? chuckle..chuckle..Did you ever marry Pete? I always
thought you would..holy shmoly..I know nothing..Oh yeh..that was
it..then there was Ethelred House..PEA! WHERE ARE YOU..STILL A COOL DOOD
PUNK! LOVED YA HAIR. Lucy Bucknall..mad..mad..mad..All inhabitants of
Ethelred house. I loved you all..gave me some of the best memories of my
life...oh yeh last one before I go..ANGUS the RASTAFARIAN..now theres a
guy..there where nights he saved all our lives.. I doubt anyone will
forget him..
Well I still wear rose coloured spectacles. Long LIVE
PICASSO, SCULPTURE, CERAMICS, FINE ART, LIVE FOREVER.. HOPE YOU ALL LIVE
IN PEACE...Me? wow man I'M a Marketing Director of an IT Company in
Manchesta..Still refuse to take life seriously..it's just too damn
tough..been there..read the book.. bought the T Shirt and theres still
shed loads too learn.. Corsham taught me a new way of life..IT TOOK ME
AWAY FROM THE ESTATES THE HIGH RISE FLATS..TOUGH TIMES IN A TOUGH
PLACE.. Bob at the Pack Horse I owe you one..John Colbeck, Peter Ford,
Jill, Alma, Les...Thankyou for changing my life.. it took some
changing.. Give me a boy until the age of seven.. and I will give you
the man! Unfortunately You got me when I was 20yrs old but you did still
make that difference..just in case nobody has ever told them..I thank
them now.
Oh yes Nick who was given his say about the whole Corsham
thing being Anal..I was there when you was there and I remember
you..Democracy is cool so you got to say your peace..personally anyone
who uses the word ANAL ..I would suggest they take a long..Hard Look at
themselves..Live once..thats it dood. Doh!
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- Email:
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- Subject:
- Sculpture via Time Travel
- Dates:
- 1975-1978
- Date:
- 12 February, 2003
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Hiya Sue
yes, it made my day
see ya Nigel |
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- Name:
- sue ure reid
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Fine Art
- Dates:
- 1975-1978
- Date:
- 10 February, 2003
Comments
Too many memories to ever put into words, but since this one is
timely, does anyone else remember, I think in 1976, receiving a
valentine in a little brown envelope from the pigeon holes near Joe
Hope's office? 
the pigeon holes were full of them.
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- Name:
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- Subject:
- N/A
- Dates:
- N/A
- Date:
- 20 January, 2003
Comments
INFORMATION PLEASE
I wonder if you can help me. I came across your website and I am
searching for some information about a publication made by the college
in the late 1960s /early 1970s.
I am a collector of concrete and visual poetry (and an art dealer -
but that comes second!)
I have recently purchased two concrete poetry items which were stored
together - one is readily identifiable as this:
Morgan, Edwin (and students of Bath Academy of Art)
Proverbfolder Woodchester: Openings Press, 1969.
A card folder, about 48cm square with hinges of black tape. Signed by
Morgan on a slip glued inside the top cover. Three triangular inner
covers, the whole containing 13 heavy card sheets all 47 cm square. The
first sheet is the title page with a table of contents printed on the
verso and listing the name of the student-artists responsible for the
execution and design of each proverb. The following 12 sheets (two on
coloured stock) show proverbs in variously coloured inks . The project
was supervised by the publisher and visual poet, John Furnival, who was
then teaching at Bath Academy.
The second item which I am trying to identify as closely as possible
is a similar folio box of silkscreens - all which have a theme of Greek
Gods (the entire portfolio may be entitled AEHIOUY - the names of the
Greek Vowels but this is very hard to confirm). I believe (because of
their link to the Morgan above and similarities in design) that they
were also done in the college and may well be another in a series of
works done in co-operation with Openings Press.
I have been trying to find a librarian or former staff member who may
know something about this. I wonder if you are in contact with such a
person or if an archive of works or library holdings still exists
anywhere? Of course, wonder of wonders, should YOU know what this item
was I'd be very grateful to you but that seems to be a long shot - but
one never knows.
I'd appreciate if you could let me know if you might have any leads.
I appreciate your time and possible reply. Thank You.
PS My own concrete poetry collection is overwhelmingly Ian Hamilton
Finlay - I have over 1,000 pieces by him. I'd be keen to find items by
Finlay from that period when he was associated with 'Bath Academy of Art
collaborations'. So if anyone has any leads to that, I'd be interested
too and would probably pay money for things I didn't have. If you know
of anyone with materials then please get in touch with me.
Best Regards
Paul Robertson
HEART FINE ART LTD
1 Royal Mile Mansions
50 North Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1QN
Scotland,
United Kingdom
Tel/fax 0044 131 225 8217
website: http://www.heartfineart.com
email: mail@heartfineart.com
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- Dates:
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- Date:
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Posted on 12.1.03
Hello Gerry and a Happy New Year to you and yours.
Good idea with the password as the odd e-mail without relevance to
dear old BAA and its followers did creep through occasionally! It is
VERY hot here in Adelaide SA but am still busy with my printing and
papermaking. Sometimes when the paper is out drying though the birds
tear it in a hunt for something damp to chew!!! Can't remember that
hazard in Corsham!! The worst that could happen was that 'someone'
borrowed the bike to ride to Monks!!
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- Name:
- Gerry McFarlane
- Email:
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- Subject:
- Ceramics
- Dates:
- 1974 - 78
- Date:
- 13 January, 2003
Comments
Another 'tweak' has become necessary to stop email addresses from
inadvertently appearing in the current Guestbook. The email field in the
Comments form has been taken out and it's now set-up to be sent
separately. Click on the envelope to complete this action, then continue
to Add Your Comments for this Guestbook.
Security at last!
Posted on 8.1.03
There is now a 'slight' adjustment for 2003 Guestbook postings!
Please do not be put off from adding a comment, especially if you are a
visitor (did not attend BAA) and wish information or an ex-BAA relative
etc. Just send me an email for the password.
This is to stop irrelevant entries by spammers... at least I hope it
will!
Posted on 31.12.02
Hi ex-BAA'ers,
This years Guestbook will be kept intact for the duration of the 12
months because of the problems encountered last year.
Well, I know it's a few hours early, but it is Hogma-whahey! Good
luck in 2003 everyone.
Cheers,
Gerry
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