Mog Fry

3 January 2021

Cabin At Road Books

Mog Fry

3 January 2021

Artist In Residence

GARRAVAGH, INNISCARA CORK, IRELAND

October 2020

A MAIL ART PROJECT

In July 2020 I was offered a two week residency at Road Books, Cork, run by Judy Kravis and and Peter Morgan.

A vague idea for a mail art project had been rolling around in a small corner of my brain. I had written a list of friends, artists and musicians that I wanted to connect with while I was away. The list was so long that I realised I wouldn't be able to connect with all of them in the short time that I was there. I knew then that the project was going to organically unfold and I would allow my daily explorations of Garravagh guide the process.

At the end of September 2020, there were still Covid restrictions in the UK and Ireland. The cabin was the perfect place to be. I would be in quarantine for 14 days.

To read more about this project see Cabin At Road Books in the Artist In Residence section.

Mog Fry

23 August 2020

Elephant in Boa features no-mu residency

Mog Fry

23 August 2020

Illustrator Ksenia Kopalova and Evgenia Barinov recently launched their contemporary illustration magazine "Elephant in Boa” (Slon v Boa) focusing on image making in Russia. As part of the magazine they are featuring a section dedicated to the no-mu Artist in Residence in Kameoka, Japan where I spent 6 weeks at the beginning of 2020. See some stunning work by other artists on the residency including Ksenia Kopalova, Elena Aframova, Julie ChOvin and Rina Nakano. Delighted to be a part of this project. Thank you so much Ksenia for inviting me to take part.

no-mu artist residence in Slon v boa

Slon v Boa illustration magazine

Mog Fry

3 March 2020

Artist In Residence Kameoka (かめおか) Japan

Mog Fry

3 March 2020

“Kameoka City is surrounded by mountains and has a rich natural environment with rural scenery despite good access from Kyoto and Osaka. Beautiful green in the spring, autumn leaves in the fall, and the winter is surrounded by fog in Tamba. The Kameoka Fog Art Festival is fascinated by Kameoka as “Tokanaka” where you can meet such beautiful scenery of the four seasons, and together with many active artists, fosters the appeal of people and the local community.” Kameoka Kiri Art Cultivation

no-mu ’Micro Happening’ 2020

I was invited by artist Eikoh Tanaka to be part of the Artists in Residence Project “Micro Happening” at Artists’ Retreat no-mu, Kameoka, Japan.

I spent 6 weeks from January 17th to February 27th experiencing the rich landscape of Kameoka. Falling in love with the mountains and fog, the rivers and pine trees, the rice and vegetable fields, the sound of the Sagano train line, the pickled daikon and turnips, soba noodles, tempura and onigiri, temples and shrines, shoji sliding doors, Japanese green tea, slippers and tatami, the peace and quiet and the wonderful community of Kameoka.

My senses continued to be awakened as I immersed myself in this new and fascinating culture documenting my explorations through field recordings, photography, film and print. Overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Kameoka I gained a rich insight to this remarkable place, making connections with so many welcoming, open hearted people which inspired this new piece of work ‘22 Views of Kameoka’. A reflection and celebration of place and people of Kameoka.

22 Views of Kameoka

Materials: Mini-prints made from rubber stamps printed on recycled card from consumables during my stay in Kameoka, washi from Arashiyama, and kraft card from Kyoto city. Exhibited at Yugùe, Kyoto.

22 Views of Kameoka - cafe Yùgue

Thank you

Eikoh Tanaka, Kana Okanoya, Kouta Kameoka, Anna Namikawa, Elena Aframova, Julie Chovin, Alexandre Gailla, Akemi Shijyuku, Tomoko Tsukamoto, Yukari Yoshikawa, Yui Shimizu, Kotoe Shindo, Moegi Deguchi, Aki Makita, Sachiko Mochizuki, Cårrïe Ng, the chefs Hirotake Nagano and Yusaku Nishikawa, Hikaru Toyoda, Sachiko Toyoda, Julius Loewe, Kaori Yamane, Samuel Zeid, Felix Krienke, Alex Kerr, Hiroya Kawakami, Equili Brista musicians: Mitsugi Deguchi, Yasawa san, Yano san, Ohba Mitsuru, Azusa Okamoto, Keiichi Yoshikawa and Watanabe san.

Omoya house, Social Cuisine Sunday Gatherings at Omoya, Kiri (Fog) Festival, Kameoka Galleria events, festivals and Japanese lessons, Cafe Mimi, Coffee stand blackie, H District, Kamejin film, Saigen Temple, Kinku Temple, Kameoka Temples and Shrines, Hozugawa River, Kameoka Mountains, Sea of Clouds Terrace, Mayawaki bookshop, Rice and Vegetable fields, Oi River, Sagano train line, Namikawa station, White Base Laundromat, Omoya bicycles, Keizankaku Onsen...

Special thanks to Eiichi Shimasaki for putting me in touch with no-mu residency and also for organising the exhibition and gig at cafe Yùgue. Thank you to Dai Chan, at Cafe Yùgue, Kyoto for creating such a heart warming space and looking after everyone on the night. And Horoshiko for putting me up for the night and introducing me to the beautiful misty mountains of Ohara!

Cafe Yùgue

See Kameoka Reflections - film

Mog Fry

3 December 2019

Printing Winter

Mog Fry

3 December 2019

My old adana has been struggling to get a good print for quite a while now so it was time to take it to Caslon for a service. After a good look it was clear that this little press had been working very hard since the 1950’s and it was time for a rest. So many of the parts were worn and it was going to cost as much, if not more, to fix as getting a refurbished press. So thank you so much to Roy Caslon for my new refurbished adana 8 x 5 press. Its first job with eightfivepress was printing 100 sleeves for WINTER EP, music from my other project Red Deer Sleeping. The music is set to poems by Amy Lowell, Alfred Lord Tennyson, A. E Housman and John Clare.

Printed with polymer plates from Lymebay Press on 100% recycled card by Ecocraft.

WINTER by Red Deer Sleeping is now available to pre-order on Bandcamp. The EP will be released on the 15th January 2020.

Cosy up wth a copy of Winter in snow white or woodburner black!

Pre-Order Winter EP

Mog Fry

14 May 2019

The Golden Show

Mog Fry

14 May 2019

Just a little reminder that this Friday 17th May you are invited to The Golden Show private view at Centre Space Gallery from 6pm - 9pm.

Top left: Tony Eastman. Top right: Glen Eastman. Bottom left: Terry Williams. Bottom right: Eleanor Glover.

Artists Tony and Glen Eastman will be showing their design projects, sculptures, drawings, paintings, prints and short animated films. The exhibition is to celebrate their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversary. Thirty friends and relatives have been invited to share the gallery space. These artists will be showing prints, ceramics, paintings, photography, sculpture, drawing, jewellery, wood turning, furniture and textiles.

Artists

Tony & Glen Eastman, Eila Goldhahn-Young, Diana Van Loock, David Henderson, Andrew Jelly, Stella Pole, Joe Wilson, Bob Gale, Viv Allbright, Ruth Ander, Ruth Piper, Philip Booth, Dave Pole, Terry Williams, Daphne Hill, Sylvie Duncan, Jan Nesbitt, Martin Reiser, Sarah Penrose, Eleanor Glover, Mog Fry, Philip Walker, Emily Haysom, Onny Thomson, Richard Quarrell, Alex Phillips, Stuart Young, Louis Eastman, Susie Fitzsimmons, Nick Bridson Baker, Dave Morgan-Davis.