Meet The Artist
Laura Boswell
2012 Bicester Regeneration Eight Enamel Artworks for the new bus station
By invitation to work as a designer for the project
2011 Leysdown Village Sign Collaborative signage project ‘Can-do Signage’ for village
Regeneration, to be responsible for
Design, fabrication and installation of landmark sign for Leysdown
Public engagement and collaboration with writer in residence
Implement cohesive design for signposting throughout Leysdown
2010 Pepperpot Project On-street painting event, Wycombe Town Council
Prizewinning design
Confident working and engaging with the public simultaneously
Successfully completed in time allowed
2009 Great Western Street Solo project, street length enamel murals for transport
regeneration project, Aylesbury, Bucks County Council
Succeeded in meeting client’s brief for an outstanding and inventive artwork reflecting Aylesbury Vale
Instigated entirely new work methods and daily protocols for factory production of hand painted artwork, establishing an enduring and excellent relationship with enamelling factory
Coordinated with client, planners, factory management and shop floor to manage project delivery
Fulfilled brief to deliver on time and within budget despite accommodating significant late design changes
Consultancy
2009 Artworks for Business Coordinator, web design, exhibition and event organiser for
initiative to unite local business with artists, Buckinghamshire District Councils
Established countywide relationships with business and professional artists, collating and matching skill sets, developed website and on-line portfolio system
Negotiated and delivered residencies and events in schools, John Lewis Plc and Pinewood Studios
Initiated steering groups in Great Missenden and Buckingham which continue to improve the arts in their area
Residencies
2010 Hand and Eye Press Collaborative print project
2010 Missenden Abbey Artist in Residence
2009 Nagasawa Art Park, Japan British artist, eight week residency to study traditional Japanese
Woodblock printing under master craftsmen and artists
Laura Boswell
7 Great Horwood Road, Winslow, Bucks, MK18 3LY
Tel: 07973984119 / 01296 713372
laura@lauraboswell.co.uk
www.lauraboswell.co.uk
Teaching
2011 Oxford Brookes Summer School
2011 Missenden Abbey Summer and Weekend Schools
2011 Penn School, Wycombe Special Needs GCSE group
2011 Missenden Primary School Year Five multicoloured printing
2011 MK Printmakers Japanese woodblock master class
2011 Artworks MK Japanese woodblock classes
Shows and Exhibitions
2012 House of Lords Prints acquired for national collection
Open Studio Annual exhibition and demonstration
2012 Blackheath Gallery, London New artist, New Year Show
2011 Off the Wall, Bucks Museum Curator and exhibitor
2011 Art in Action, Waterperry Invited Artist Demonstrator, printmaking
2011 Hatfield Living Crafts Invited Artist Demonstrator, printmaking
2010 Church Street Gallery, Missenden Solo show
Education
2011 PTLLS Level Four
1984-8 University of Wales Aberstwyth 2:1 Joint Honours Visual Art/History of Art
1983-84 Harrow College of Higher Education Diploma in Foundation Studies
School St Helens, Northwood 9 ‘O’levels, 3 ‘A’ Levels: Art, English, Classics
Interests
Accomplished and passionate cook, seasoned bread maker, occasional wedding cake decorator
Relaxes with hand sewing, spins and knits from local fleece
Artist Statement
I am primarily interested by shape and colour. My personal work focuses on rural landscape as I am fascinated by its pattern, light, weather and seasonality. It’s the perfect raw material for me: local, familiar and in a constant state of change.
Printmaking and enamelling are demanding processes and I love the tension between what I want to say and how I can say it within the boundaries of process. I am not a rigid planner, adapting my work as it evolves; it’s more a question of having a feel for what I want to say than planning in advance how I’m about to say it. I’m at my happiest when I’m exploring and I try never to get too comfortable either with my images or my technical skills.
I’m not interested in an accurate depiction of a particular place, more I want to evoke a feel for the familiar, perhaps a type of day or season. Mostly I am looking for ways of saying space and distance, though I’m still working on language for the simpler things too. I want to jog memories in my viewer of places they’ve been, walks they’ve taken or weather they’ve experienced. When I see recognition dawn, I know I’m getting it right.