Hugh Hughes' Rough Book

From January through till March, Hugh Hughes gave a glimpse into his studio by launching the Rough Book. Across 25 posts he uncovered previously hidden away sketches, photos, and thoughts, and many things in between in order to share his work in progress.

As a record of all this, we've gathered together the full set of links to the entries for you to peruse and enjoy at your leisure...

Red Bird
-Red Bird (i)
-Red Bird (ii)

Photos and thoughts
-No two sheep are the same
-Hanging fish and collisions in Hong Kong
-Real public art?
-Esperanto religion
-Snowdon Railway
-Helsinki Art Person
-Lady in a van
-Lost note

Drawings and thoughts
-Bigboot
-World people things
-Misunderstood hermit
-Dream
-Broken fence/fishing
-Edge of the world

Poems
-Roger McGough
-Doctor/patient
-Me and my father
-Gavin
-Ruth
-Dilys

Hugh hopes to share pages from his Rough Book once again in the future. We'll keep you posted!

Hugh Hughes's Rough Book

Happy New Year! It is the sixth day of 2010 and I am "fully" back at work. My brother says calling milk "full" milk is potentially confusing and so he would probably take issue with my statement about being "fully" back at work. To clarify any possible confusion, I mean that I’m back in my studio after taking a break from it.

My break took in Christmas and New Year and a lovely time at home in Anglesey. And a trip to Snowdon. It was not just a trip. It was a treat. A treat of a trip. A tongue-twister of a trip. Better than going to buy sweets on Saturdays when I was an eight-year old boy (the year I loved sweets the most).

The island looked beautiful, lined by the long white-skirted mountains of Snowdon. The air was so clear and the sky so blue it felt like Aunty Glen had been up polishing all night. Spectacular. I did plenty of walking.

2010 has been declared between myself and friends as ‘The Year of Opening New Doors’. It was our joint New Year’s resolution. And one door I’d like to open is to my studio and to the rehearsal room. And so today’s sudden fascination in my studio has led to WORDS AND SYMBOLS.

Once you start to get your head around the idea that a letter, therefore a word, is just a symbol, then a whole new communication system, another visual world of pictorial reality opens.

In fact, I am launching a new series called HUGH HUGHES’ ROUGH BOOK. It is a series of blogs, photos, podcasts etc that shares my on-going work-in-progress. It’s a virtual open studio. It’s rough and ready. I hope you’ll enjoy it and come visit.

Happy New Year!

Hugh Hughes