Today we’re chatting with three of the artists who participated in our first ever digital residency! At the start of October, we began working with seven artists who took part in a six week residency titled Prickly Pear. Over the course of the residency, the artists were invited to respond to the prompt “tell us a secret…” The name of the residency, Prickly Pear, was inspired by the feeling on your skin after you reveal a secret. The act of sharing a secret can be prickly, but sweet. It can be solely prickly, uncomfortable and embarrassing. Or, it can be strictly sweet, filling the spiller with relief.
Each of the seven proposals tackled the prompt in a different way, through different mediums. We were absolutely blown away by the work that was created in such a short time frame, and I am currently working on putting together a publication that is due to be released in the New Year, which will celebrate and showcase these works. You can check out the work on our instagram, @jigglenjuice.
We were fortunate enough to chat with three of those artists, Katie Brown, who crafted and unraveled the secrets behind over 140 matchbooks they found in a thrift store, Carla Smith, who explored the unspoken nature of our comfort foods, and Niamh Dale, who asked herself “where do secrets live within the body?”

Katie Brown (2:29)
insta: @glue_muncher
website: katiebrownart.net
favourite movie: "Afterlife"

Niamh Dale (27:13)
insta: @niamh.dale
tiktok: @niamhthewannabeartist
playlist (!!): "A chunk of my brain"

Carla Smith (50:30)  
insta: @carlasmiith_art
website: carlasmithart.co.uk
"Comfort Foods" book: https://www.carlasmithart.co.uk/shop/p/comfortfoodscookbook 

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