Tim BradfordOct 26, 20201 min readMy Grandfather's Last SculptureOne of the many sacred objects that I keep close… My grandad’s unfinished wooden carving of a swan was the culmination of his many...
Tim BradfordMay 8, 20091 min readQuink (black)"Do you sell Quink?" I said to my local stationer. "Do we sell Quink? Of course we sell Quink. That's a strange question." "Well, it's...
Tim BradfordNov 10, 20081 min readThe Liquorice TreeBetween two smallish trees in Clissold Park there is a long length of red twine that somebody (conceptual nature artist or mischievous...
Tim BradfordJul 9, 20081 min readGoodbye Football TreeEvery day my two year old son and I walk through Clissold Park and go up to touch the Football Tree. “Football Tree!” my son will say....
Tim BradfordMay 23, 20071 min readLooking for Photographs of Old PeopleAfter that I popped round to see Mikey Carthy (who’s 80 and has lived here all his life). Mikey wasn’t in and had some tough looking...
Tim BradfordMay 14, 20071 min readHoly well and JCBAs well as documentary stuff about the old pople I want to emphasise my own motivations and response to Lurraga. The general theory...
Tim BradfordMay 12, 20071 min readHow Owning Crap Land Can Have A Negative Impact On Your Sex LifeThe exhibition will focus on this tiny portion of North Clare – just a few fields – as a way of highlighting wider demographic changes in...
Tim BradfordMay 11, 20071 min readAn Exhibitionist WritesAnyway, the exhibition is called Bachelors Walk and is an art/social/personal investigation of Lurraga, the small townland where we live....
Tim BradfordOct 2, 20061 min readThe Lighthouse at InisheerI’m attempting to do regular paintings and drawing of the view outside my window. The Aran Isles lie WNW from here. This is the Inisheer...
Tim BradfordMay 29, 20061 min readRuairí Mór O’Shaughnessy’s Very Fine Building ProjectAt the edge of a big lake that’s edged by lush grass and millionaires, sits the Castle at Kinvara. It’s called Dungaire Castle. Parts are...
Tim BradfordMay 17, 20061 min readIs that Mayo in the distance?I used to live about a mile from The Twelve Pins, a big Irish pub in Finsbury Park. Now I can see the The Twelve Pins from my study. Is...
