Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 30, 2017
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #45 – Emilia Telese
Emilia Telese 50ml EDT Head – Elemi, Ravensara, Mandarin Heart – Pine Needle, Ginger Body – Rosewood, frankincense Description – An all-encompassing, complex fragrance that references all aspects of creative endeavour. For those that live and breathe creativity. This fragrance was housed at Surface Gallery, Nottingham, from 3rd – 18th November 2017. #contemporaryart #aroma #creativity #portrait #portaiture #culture #Art #perfume #complexity #smell #exhibitions #fracgrance #ev
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Michael Borkowsky
- Dec 6, 2015
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #5 – Colette Lilley
Colette Lilley 50ml EDT Description If the existential questions of life and existence are the illness, perhaps this fragrance is the cure! The Colette Lilley considers the medicinal properties of art and prescribes a healthy dose of self realisation and assessment. Just what the doctor ordered! Features Reading like a medicine bottle, this fragrance contains herbal and medicinal oils but with a floral punch: The initial menthol and minty notes give way to lavenders and Ylang
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Michael Borkowsky
- Dec 3, 2015
- 2 min
Creative Practice in Light of Recent Events
Over recent weeks I have been concious – as I’m sure we all have – over the idea that the UK could initiate air strikes against Isis in Syria. Last night it was announced that the Government’s plan to initiate air-strikes was to go ahead and was put into action this morning. Waking up to news you have fundamental problems with, yet is linked to your own country, feels difficult and fuels anxiety and uncertainty; though of course this pales in comparison to the thoughts of Syr
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 27, 2015
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #4 – Edie OP
Edie OP EDT 50ml Description Experience the innate joy in an expanding and infinite landscape! This fragrance reminds you that anything is possible and that allowing an organic love for life to breathe and develop will in turn breed creativity. Features Joyfully happy, this fragrance attempts an intense positive hit, but at the same time is steeped in reality. The sweet scent of Orange, Lemon and Cinnamon bark attempts this instant positive hit, while May Chang ensures such p
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 23, 2015
- 3 min
5 Tips for a Successful Open Studio
And so, after around 150 visitors through my door, 2 pieces of work sold, 6 cups of tea and a slice of carrot cake I believe it fit to deem this years’ Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios a success. Last year my work felt a little impenetrable to the public gaze: Attempting to explain why I make paint out of food, and how I consider that paint to be a complete and potent work of art was tricky at the best of times. This year, equipped with a spiel about perfume and with an abunda
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 20, 2015
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #3 – Joanne McClellan
Joanne McClellan EDT 50ml Description Hold on to your hats, it’s Pandora’s Box! Although, sensitive to the idea of tradition and our ancestors, this rendition of Pandora’s box is true to the historical virtues of an undecorated and weathered urn. With a palpably crafted feel that considers the nature of human existence, this fragrance gifts us the opportunity to question the morals and implications of mythology in relation to ourselves. Features This fragrance considers creat
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 18, 2015
- 2 min
20×20 Vision
The tail end of 2015 provides two things; A platform for reflecting on the year and time to prepare for the year ahead. Indeed, 2016 is already set to be my busiest; with a fair few very exciting and diverse exhibitions and events already lined up. And the next 6 weeks offers me time to affirm these opportunities, as well as initiate more. Not to dismiss 2015 straight away of course, for it has been a ruddy good year! My two primary avenues of enquiry – Speculate Studio Space
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