A place for the things that go wrong.
Maya Wallis
12 seconds in I hit my arm against something making a ringing sound
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.
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’.
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.
Catherine Morland
I am an artist/gardener and it’s really interesting how gardeners manage failure differently from artists.
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.
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.
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.
Anna Chapman Parker
To be true to the plant in front of me, I have to fail to record it clearly.