Broadcast Media
Channel 4 News (Channel 4, 5 March 2008)
Interview titled ‘Rodent Rodin’ [Video].
A TV news segment exploring the emergence of a rat as an artist, featuring an interview with his facilitator and an in-depth look at his artwork.
CNN Student News (CNN, 6 March 2008)
Blair’s work and Seget were featured in an end-segment, highlighting Blair’s remarkable contribution to creative expression.
Animal Crackers (Animal Planet – Discovery UK, 7 & 8 August 2008)
A documentary exploring the collaborative process between Seget and the rodent artist Tony Blair. [Video]
North East Tonight (itvlocal.com, 18 October 2008)
An interview with Seget, conducted on the opening night of Design Event at the Baltic, Gateshead, where she discusses how the ‘Walk of Fame’ rat paw print tiles came to be. [Video].
Metro Radio (6 March 2008)
An on-air interview exploring the discovery of rodent artist Tony Blair’s artistic talents.
BBC Radio Scotland (6 March 2008)
A radio interview discussing Tony Blair, the artist rat, and his artistic processes
Newstalk Radio (106), Dublin (3 March 2008)
A live interview with Seán Moncrieff discussing the creative journey of artist rat Tony Blair, exploring his work and artistic development, broadcast from Dublin.
Press Coverage
Ian Smith, “Delicate Porcelain Artwork Unveiled at Berwick First School”, Berwick Advertiser and Berwickshire News, 21 January 2016. [Photo]
Emily Gosling, “Made Fresh in the North”, Design Week, 21 November 2013. [Link]
Sam Wonfor, ‘Winners will land a prized possession’, The Journal, 5 April 2013. [PDF]
David Whetstone, ‘Celebrating our culture’, The Journal Culture, May 2013.
Barbara Hodgson, ‘Burrell Collection inspires craft artists at Berwick Granary Gallery exhibition’, The Journal, 13 November 2012. [PDF]
‘New contemporary artwork unveiled at Granary Gallery’, The Berwick Advertiser, 13 November 2012. [PDF]
Christine Chang Hanway, Strange but True: Paw Print Tiles from the UK, Remodelista, 31 October 2012. [Link]
Karen Wilson, ‘I feel like I’m going back in time’, Evening Chronicle, 23 March 2012. [Photo]
‘Artist ‘astonished’ by ceramics award’, The Journal, 13 August 2011. [PDF]
Emma Newrick, ‘Let it grow’, Living North, March 2011. [PDF]
Robert Meddes, ‘Tony Blair honoured in Newcastle. Hooray’, Crack Magazine, May 2010. [Photo]
‘Focus on Designed for Christmas’, Living North, December 2009. [Photo]
Charlotte Bonham-Carter, ‘Tony Blair: Saatchi Online Critic’s choice’, Saatchi Online, 21 December 2009. [Photo A] [Photo B]
Tamzin Lewis, ‘Northern Link via design is explored’, The Journal, 9 October 2009.
‘Design for the times’, Living North Interiors, March 2009. [Photo]
‘Design of the times’, Accent, October 2008. [Photo]
Rong Chang, ‘Wild Animal – The best youth science magazine in China’, July 2008. [Photo]
Veronica Simmons, ‘Rats and art’, Pro-Rat-A, March/April 2008.
Helena Seget, ‘A good year for rat art’, Pro-Rat-A, March/April 2008.
‘Rats: Tony Blair is dead’, Metro, 30 March 2008. [Photo] or [Link]
‘Lovers can have night on the tiles’, The Journal, 4 February 2008. [Photo]
‘Tony Blair (de rat) start carrière als kunstenaar’, De Morgen, 2008. [Photo]
‘Tony’s an Arty Rat’, Chronicle Extra, 5 March 2008. [Photo]
Robert Dex, ‘Meet the rodent known as Rat-isse’, Metro, 3 March 2008. [Photo]
Hugo Chavez, ‘Tony Blair takes on art world by sculpting rubbish with his teeth’, Short News, 3 March 2008.
Megan Levy, ‘Tony Blair, the rat, launches artistic career’, Telegraph, 2 March 2009. [Link]
Liz Walker, ‘Rat’s creative side revealed on art gallery website’, Evening Chronicle, 1 March 2008. [Photo]
Publications
‘Displaying Death and Animating Life. Human-Animal Relations in Art, Science, and Everyday Life’ by Jane C. Desmond, The University of Chicago Press, Chapter 8 – ‘Accidental “Art”?’, p178, p179, 2016. Professor of Anthropology, Jane C. Desmond, an authority on the question of whether animals can make art, considers Blair’s contribution to the art world.
‘II International Ceramic Triennial Unicum – Slovenija’, Association of the Slovene Fine Artists Societies, p65, 2012. Exhibition catalogue featuring Seget’s Torn-out Notepad Page.
‘Come and see: the beguiling story of the Tyneside Cinema’ by Michael Chaplin, New Writing North in conjunction with Tyneside Cinema, p133 ,2011. This book features an image from Seget’s H11 exhibition, Row Unknown, Seat Nos. 6 and 7, alongside the history of the Tyneside Cinema and a hundred years of cinema.
‘9th International Ceramics Festival, Mino’, Japan, International ceramics Festival Mino, Japan Executive Committee, p33, 2011. Exhibition catalogue featuring Seget’s award-winning Torn-out Notepad Page.
‘A Human Touch – Droog Design’, Rammy Ramakers, et al, Droog, Amsterdam, p164, 2006. Exhibition catalogue featuring Seget’s No-Iron T-shirt.
‘Simply Droog: 10+3 years of creating innovation’, Ramakers, R., Bakker, G., Betsky, A., et al., Droog, Amsterdam, p296, 2006. This updated edition of the 2004 book, Simply Droog: 10+1 Years of Creating Discussion and Innovation, includes all original content and highlights new designs from 2004–2005, including Seget’s energy-saving No-Iron T-shirt.
‘The Soul Soup Recipe Book’, Gateshead City Council, Chapter Birtley Landscape, p104, p110-111,2011. This publication features Seget’s Birtley Landscape commission and her participation in the Grow exhibition.