I am a Scottish artist and designer based in Glasgow. My key area of interest is in collaborative projects that explore place, narrative and participation. My work encompasses painting and drawing, installation, print and delivery in the community. Learn more about my approach and interests in this blog section of my website. For a more frequently updated insight into my practice please follow me on twitter @josievallely
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I have been super busy this week with preparation for Propagate- an event bringing together local food producers and business. Today I have been putting the finishing touches to the screen printed menus- here is a view of my messy working!!   and look at all the amazing food that has been delivered by Glasgow's community gardens for the buffet tonight! 
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  I'm working with Glasgow Local food network at the moment on some resources about growing your own food. On a particularly sunny day I went down to Woodlands Community Garden to do some drawing, and collect some delicious edible flowers...perks of the job! This is a really exciting project- I'm interested in exploring Glasgow's local food revolution further in a personal project I am about to begin, more info soon!  What an amazing time we had at Moving Minds, the opening mini-festival for the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. We were running a weaving workshop (myself and my glamorous assistant, Sarah). We asked people to contribute to our, for want of a better title, 'Tapestry of powerful feelings'! I have posted a few photos here, but there will be more because the paparazzi where active all day! The theme of the SMHAFF this year is Power. This is a really exciting in terms of its wide range of meanings- we could think about politics, autonomy, rights, voices and levels of mental health. What we chose to focus on was how powerful our emotions, or feelings, can be, and how it is often these most powerful of feelings that we consider when we are talking about mental health.  Iris gets busy choosing her beads! We asked people to think about a situation in their lives, or an experience they have had, which was particularly powerful emotionally. We then asked them to respond to this experience in colour- using fabrics, bead, buttons and wool. This sounds so simple- but everyone got so involved! It was incredible to see the results. One of the most powerful parts was the little tag we asked people to contribute to communicate what experience they were thinking of. From births, deaths, psychosis and war- no one shied away from engaging with truly powerful moments. I feel so privileged to have been given such insight into people’s lives! Thank you everyone who contributed, and Sarah, who is amazing and explaining things and engaging people. And Thank you also to the Felin Uchaf Centre in Wales, who donated the wood that the loom is built from.  The loom in action  The Weave! Featured are two births, a major transition and the experience of madness. Powerful stuff! |
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