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Fourteen for 2014
A happy and prosperous New Year to you all. I thought I’d better say that now, as the date is unnervingly on the cusp of being regarded...

Michael Borkowsky
Jan 10, 20144 min read
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My Paint-Making Workshop Experience
So, I’ve finally gone and done a bit of teaching. I have finally imparted whatever remnants of wisdom I have onto others, which they can...

Michael Borkowsky
Sep 6, 20132 min read
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The Problem With Photography
Yesterday I endured the acquaintance of an extremely heavy, cumbersome and joyless piece of apparatus commonly known as a ‘camera.’ As...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 25, 20132 min read
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The Ease of Online Criticism
I have burst onto the Sheffield art scene in irresistible fashion and have penetrated collective consciousness the same way a frozen...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 9, 20133 min read
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Things Are Finally Starting to Happen!
in January, armed with a multitude of ideas and a copious supply of acrylic paint, I moved to Sheffield. Seven months later, and I can...

Michael Borkowsky
Jul 4, 20132 min read
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On Teaching
Why paint making should be for everyone. Teaching. It’s a concept I have entertained since watching my year 7 art teacher painstakingly...

Michael Borkowsky
May 12, 20132 min read
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The Tentative Steps Towards Selling Paint
I’ve made some lovely jars of paint. Now what? I have now been living in Sheffield for over two months and, frankly, I think I’m doing...

Michael Borkowsky
Mar 29, 20132 min read
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On Studio Spaces
Why your studio space should be both embraced and confronted. Upon my recent move to Sheffield, I have acquired new dwellings and, for...

Michael Borkowsky
Mar 14, 20132 min read
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Moving and Mapping
The City of Chester is known for a lot of things: Romans, shopping, being old and – surely most significantly of all – being where...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 4, 20132 min read
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