A place for the things that go wrong.

Maya Wallis
Alice Clough Alice Clough

Maya Wallis

12 seconds in I hit my arm against something making a ringing sound

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Tyler Worthington
Alice Clough Alice Clough

Tyler Worthington

Predictably, this was biting off more than I could chew. No sketches or photos for reference. Not even a mirror to look at myself.

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Hugh Frost
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Hugh Frost

Lubov Archipova’s Sock - heavily darned footwear drawn from a photograph in collector Vladimir Archipov’s survey of Soviet folk artifacts. An array of unique objects made or repaired by ‘ordinary Russians inspired by a lack of immediate access to manufactured goods during the collapse of the Soviet Union’.

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Savannah Theis
Alice Clough Alice Clough

Savannah Theis

I started drawing my body sensations seven years ago. This has supported me to be more curious and open towards my experiences, including troubling ones.

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Catherine Morland
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Catherine Morland

I am an artist/gardener and it’s really interesting how gardeners manage failure differently from artists.

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John Wyatt Clarke
Alice Clough Alice Clough

John Wyatt Clarke

A small painting on wood that I was making outdoors, way out on the mud in the Thames Estuary, which I dropped into the salt water and broke and wrecked.

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Emma Papworth
Alice Clough Alice Clough

Emma Papworth

The concrete block is all that remains of the grand ambition for the monument and represents the failure of what could have been.

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Lucy Gaston
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Lucy Gaston

Embracing failure is a huge part of my work, and I still haven't succeeded at preserving my banana peels 'properly' but I get a lot of compliments on my unsuccessful attempts.

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Anna Chapman Parker
Alice Clough Alice Clough

Anna Chapman Parker

To be true to the plant in front of me, I have to fail to record it clearly.

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