John Baker’s Blog

The Painted Arc: the idea of a line
“Imagine looking into a stream of clear-running water on a spring day. Barefoot, you stand upon polished pebbles: now pick out the one pebble that best captures the way the coolness of the water, the light upon its surface or the feeling of ‘aliveness’ from being stood there [...]

I never thought it would come to this. But there we were, last night, trying to keep up with Mrs Boyes, the fastest bingo caller in the known world. Not easy when she is accompanied by a percussionist/disruption artist with a full set of drums.
The event was, ostensibly, an exhibition of photographs set around a [...]

Today we were at a new gallery to see the work of Ruth King, Peter Baker and Alex Cooper. We were easily tempted to buy one of Ruth King’s pots -

- and intrigued by the work of York based, Peter Baker (no relation), who uses marble dust and plaster to coat the faces of individual [...]

Factory girls in the UK on a teabreak in 1978. This site celebrates working life in photographs from different trades. Also takes a look at humour, apprentices, fishermen, miners, etc.
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