Emalee Beddoes-Davis

Vernissaussages

Had a blast in venice and have only just recovered. Loved all the spectacle, politics, and the angry seagull. But also very taken by the detail and material patience in lots of the work 1. Analee Davis - a cathedral of Barbadian herbaria. 2. Theo Eshetu, Garden of the Broken Hearted - an ancient olive tree rotating like a jewellery box dancer felt significant when surrounded by interventions protesting Israel's unwanted presence nearby. 3. Uriel Orlo's ace film instalation about the world beneath our feet. 4. @manon_awst and @dylan__huw for Wales - hard to photograph but cosy stones, mud, grasses, wood, earth cores, and voices. Could have spent all day here 5. Dan Lie - slowly decaying celebratory garlands. 6. Ranjani Shettar - an incredible, enormous botanical installation in the Indian Pavillion 7. More Indian Pavillion. Sumakshi Singh - dreamy architectural lace like walking through someone's memories 9. Alberto Scodro melty, sticky fungi made from recycled glass, plastic and metal for the venice pavilion 10. Beautiful, backlit quilts by Yto Barrada for France 11. Knots and weaving in @lubainapics absolute belter of a painting show for Britain. Spent ages with this one briliant detail 12. Delighted by Oriol Vilanova for Spain - thousands of postcards, floor to ceiling that felt like walking through a collections database (but without the despair)

1 satisfying Wedgwood colours 2&3 glorious handmade quilt ft monkey apothecary, musicians, dragons and more 4 unpacking an orrery 5&6 1970s tiles 8 patriotic plastics

The intersection of theory and progressive overload

I have no gallery (yet), many, many exhibition ideas, a Canva account, and a wilfully poor understanding of the principles of design. Never coming to a museum near you!

The waiting game of large capital redevelopment is starting to wear on me after nearly two years. But I've found some new things to hyperfixate on in the store, and Easter was cute. 1. Staffordshire imitation bargeware teapot 2. Glass walking sticks, usually made by apprentice glass blowers showing their skills 3. A lock puzzle that may be 18th Century but we're still trying to work out the date (let alone the code). Its mechanism is worn down, and the whels roll in a very satisfying way. 4&5. Easter mostly at home and wandering about

1. Happy, relaxed, and a little bit drunk, away for a few days to celebrate our 10th(!) Wedding anniversary 2. Cute little guy hunted by a grumpy little guy on a 17th-century Italian cabinet at @compton_verney 3. Glorious portrait of Edward VII, again at CV 4. At work earlier in the week, packing up the iconic Marden Bell (of mermaid fame) 5. Saxon sword from beneath Hereford Cathedral (this and the bell are now in a new exhibition on the cathedral exploring early Medeaval faith)

1. John Bratby detail of lightning 2. Alfred Watkins' Leyline lecture slides 3. Vikinging about with @blackcrowvikings 4. Perfect little sketches by Josepth Murray Ince 5. Chinese watercolour on rice paper of happy proud guy 6. @lexistrauss retired boob plate 7. An exploded early plastic comb that, having known of but never seen this material phenomina, has brought me untold joy.

Things i've been looking at this week 1&2.  My current favourite thing - a gingerbread mould with two chaps dancing on one side and a marriage on the other. Donated to the museum by Alfred Watkins.  3. 15th century mould, probably for lead buttons or counters  4-6 Dolls of a country man and woman (look at his little smock!) with wax faces and MOLE HANDS! 2. A fragment of a new acquisition which I can't yet announce properly 5. Ben Thornet by Brian Hattin, 1908 Thornet worked at the tannery Hatton's father owned. 6. An iPhone wrapped in clingfilm in bucket of mud in a basement

Its been a pretty interesting and somewhat strange few months of family time, research, and medical appointments.  On the second leg of my Art Fund Ruffer Grant research into folk and ecology in public-facing arts institutions, i had briliant chats with @laragoodband at RAAM and Mark at @field.system Im also starting March with a fresh new diagnosis of ADHD, as well as hundreds of enormous immunosuppresant tablets which, within weeks, have seen off the pain every time i move and nights sat awake itching which had characterised the last few years. Alongside (and part of) all of this great stuff, I've started coaching with @cerihand thanks to a grant from Museum Development Midlands. Ceri has been drawing me out of what feels like self-imposed retreat and guiding me towards what's coming on the horizon with clarity. I'm feeling grateful for medical professionals, colleagues, and pals. And at the risk of sounding sentimental, for Alex who, although frankly obsessed with me just as i am, wont let me settle for a smaller version of myself. He's also a fireman/buisness guy now, so thats cool.    1. My face, which no longer sheds its skin twice a day! 2-4. @lexistrauss joyous, rediculous and clever Cheese Dream  performance at Old House - my first comission in years and an glorious evening of stilton surrealism. 5. @sophiewake_artist at @field.system 6.  Grayson Perry's Mappa Mundi inspired prints and RAMM 7.  Stan earning his keep, modeling for our spring summer leaflet. 8.  Photo of baby Al & Em, 20 ish years ago. 9. Basement disco with the gewls

A very, very lazy Christmas

Time is going very fast 1. Heraldic wooden fish at V&A 2. Cosy, lovely @roodhissou corner at V&A 3. Slipknot practice 4 & 5. Stans history tour. Big Ben was 'better than brilliant' 6. John Gerrard at Folkstone Triennielle 7 & 8. A week in a cabin in he forest 9. Belter of a show by @jo_lathwood at East Key 10. Brilliant @william.cobbing work for Burton at Bideford 11. Clare Woods details at Bo Lee & Workman 12. Brilliant fluffy seeds at Hauser & Wirth (please someone tell me what they are)