BUBU Journal
Notes on drip design.
Every week one artist whose work drips, melts or glows. Seen through the eyes of a tufting studio in Paphos.
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Drip Check: why we collect artists who melt, drip and glow
The BUBU Studio Journal starts a weekly series. Every week one artist whose work drips, melts or glows, seen through the eyes of a tufting studio in Paphos.
Drip Check · 23 Oct 2026
Drip Check 13: Becky Blair, colour built in layers
A Brighton painter builds her canvases from layered glazes and overlapping pools of colour, with no fixed plan. A maker's look at Becky Blair's process.
Drip Check · 22 Oct 2026
Drip Check 12: Emily Powell, a barn turned into the Arctic
A Devon painter spent two months lining her barn studio with Arctic scenes painted from memory. A maker's look at Emily Powell's scale and colour.
Drip Check · 21 Oct 2026
Drip Check 11: Claire Ritchie, flowers small enough to hold
A Perth-trained textile designer fits her scalloped flowers onto two-inch cards, canvases and mugs alike. A maker's look at Claire Ritchie's shape and colour.
Drip Check · 20 Oct 2026
Drip Check 10: Anna Blatman, paintings built to be touched
A self-taught Melbourne painter piles acrylic so thick that gallery visitors reach out to feel it. A maker's look at Anna Blatman's texture and colour.
Drip Check · 19 Oct 2026
Drip Check 09: Jason Naylor, one word painted a hundred ways
A Brooklyn muralist who paints LOVE as a dragon, a heart and a highway wall. A maker's look at Jason Naylor's neon lettering and planned-looking spontaneity.
Drip Check · 18 Oct 2026
Drip Check 08: Hense, scale learned on the street
An Atlanta artist who learned outdoor scale from graffiti and studio control from a day job, and still refuses to plan a piece before he starts it.
Drip Check · 17 Oct 2026
Drip Check 07: Kindah Khalidy, deciding when a painting is done
A Berkeley artist who refuses to sketch and lets one painting run for years before she decides it is finished. A maker's look at Kindah Khalidy's unplanned colour.
Drip Check · 16 Oct 2026
Drip Check 06: Andy Welland, a mural the length of a football pitch
A Sheffield artist painted 90 metres of a disused bus lane in Newcastle. A maker's look at Andy Welland's collage murals and working at full scale.
Drip Check · 15 Oct 2026
Drip Check 05: Katie Benn, colour as self-soothing
A self-taught painter who calls her bright palette self-soothing and finishes pieces before she knows what they mean. A maker's look at Katie Benn's process.
Drip Check · 14 Oct 2026
Drip Check 04: Claude Como, a wall that grew for four years
A Marseille artist spent four years tufting 130 pieces across sixty metres of wall. A maker's look at Claude Como's Sweet Symphony and working past the frame.
Drip Check · 12 Oct 2026
Drip Check 03: Quentin Monge, the Riviera in flat colour
A French illustrator who paints the Riviera in four or five flat colours. A maker's look at Quentin Monge's beach scenes and colour economy.
Drip Check · 8 Oct 2026
Drip Check 02: Alex Proba, colour that gets wet
From a poster a day to pools in Palm Springs: Alex Proba's pastel shapes live on walls, furniture and under water. What a tufting studio takes from her work.
Drip Check · 6 Oct 2026
Drip Check 01: Shishi San, when a vase is made of pile
The Brussels artist tufts vases, flowers and insects that stand up on their own. A maker's look at Shishi San's Fluffy Collection and what it teaches about colour.