In the Studio, April 2026
I’m sharing a new Spotify playlist here; I've posted a few lists in recent years, each one with a selected list of a dozen tracks I've had on heavy rotation whilst working in the studio over the Winter. I hope a couple of them may be of interest!
Tekton X26 audio notes
I’ve been thinking about making some new audio notes for this latest piece of work. I thought it might be a nice way to present some new ideas.
There’s an underlying geometry which is really based on a tiled X form, which spins out from the middle. The tiling concept is something that you see all over the Islamic world, and in countries I’ve visited recently like Spain and the Alhambra.
There’s a beauty in that kind of underlying geometry which is very two dimensional and decorative, and allows you to have a kind of tiled form on which to hang colour, glaze and pattern. So I wanted to do a piece around those kind of themes, that maybe could look at a very two dimensional approach to image making; a little bit different from the normal more three dimensional sculptural forms that I might draw.
In the Studio, March 2025
If you've been reading my newsletter for a while now, you'll know that I like to share a Spotify playlist occasionally. I figure it's kind of like the old days when you might record a C90 mixtape to share with a friend. As ever, I've chosen 12 tracks that I've had on heavy rotation here over the winter. You'll probably know most of them already!
In the Studio, February 2023
Pleased to be sharing a new playlist for the Spring here. As ever, I tend to keep particular tracks on heavy rotation whilst I’m working, I think it helps drive the tempo of the work without creating too much distraction. Processing new music always uses more bandwidth that I can offer when I’m really concentrating on a new drawing.
In the Studio, July 2022
I’m sharing a new studio playlist for the summer. I like the idea of sharing some of the details of the day to day business of working in the studio here, and that definitely includes the sounds that flow around the works as I draw them on system.
In the Studio, September 2021
I thought it might be an interesting idea to share a playlist here, with some of the tunes I’m listening to in the studio. There’s some joy to be had from sending or receiving a playlist as an alternative way of staying in touch.
In conversation with Lynette Quinlan, BCFM
Chuck Elliott in conversation with Lynette Quinlan, at BCFM, just after the opening of 'Kinetic' at The Bristol Gallery, May 2011