Last week I was in London. I was there to discuss a set of designs we must prepare next autumn for windows we will make in 2016.
And so, leaving myself sufficient time between meetings, I called in to see a dear sculptor friend of mine.
He’s hugely talented. Famous too: successful. You’d probably recognise his name.
But despite his vast fame and talent, one look told me how upset he was. Anxious. Agitated.
OK so – still here in the US – David and I both spent 3 hours yesterday in the studio of Genius A who is an amazing designer and immensely skillful maker of stained glass.
What A does is painting, etching, enameling, silver-staining:
And now, as chance would have it, Genius Z – another great stained glass designer; famous, too (which is not the same thing) – was also there in A‘s studio.
And what do you think happened?
Honestly now: what do you think happens when 2 Geniuses – huge talents, big people – share the same small space?
You want to know what happened yesterday?
You up for it?
Really?
Then here for you is …
Here is a fascinating set of four lectures about the role and value of contemporary art in the 21st century.
The speaker is Grayson Perry, known mainly for his ceramic vases. (If you don’t know his name, you can read about him here).
Among the topics …
In the late-middle years of his working life, there was once a man who visited our studio. He knocked and walked in with a package, and here is what he told us concerning his apprenticeship and the problem he now had.