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I read this great quote about the power of stories the other day from Shami Chakrabarti,  who was talking in an interview  about a biography of Eleanor Marx She says “My career has been about being a grim and worthy […]

Confidence is a tricky thing to measure – it comes and goes sometimes without warning. It’s helpful, often necessary, for some activities. I enjoyed Monday’s group crit session – a welcoming and mutually respectful environment – what a crit should […]

Can you remember what you did on the day Scotland didn’t vote YES? I can. ‘Remembering a dog walk on the day Scotland didn’t vote YES’ It was foggy on our walk and notably quieter somehow, the birds seemed louder […]

I just finished my last piece for the Tangled Yarns show! Well …. I wouldn’t mind going back over a couple of works, and I already have ideas for more work, but there just isn’t enough time for new pieces, […]

“the diagram is a diagram of flight (bird flight) and I thought it apt to be enclosed over these expressions of isolation. We’ll see…I am working 4 days a week, makes the work on Correspondence slower. However looking forward to […]

A pilot session for a new series of workshops I will be leading with Claudia Figueiredo beginning in January 2015 (under the whizzy title ARTicles) recently yielded an unexpected question. Unpacking a small suitcase of objects – which relate to […]

I’d like to get a few folks together and deliver/lead some sort of textiles workshop for artists. Not a craft workshop, an artist workshop. That’s not to say I can’t demonstrate a few techniques along the way, but I think […]

There are too many things in the studio that have been untouched for too long.  I want to spend some consolidated time there to take care of this/them. To this end I wonder if I should apply for an exhibition […]

My new work in the studio. I have been experimenting with metalic paint and mixing colours on the canvas with oil stick in order to create depth.

From my sketch book, oilstick, pastel, pencil and charcoal on paper.

Another Happy first for The Museum and it’s a double! A first post from Kate Murdoch feels like something of a coup and a first book review is equally significant. I am in constant awe at the calibre of contributors […]

In yesterday’s blog post I was recounting the threads of my ideas within my work to help put a proposal together for my last project at college – ‘resolution of practice’. I have recalled a few more ideas I was […]

Recordable audio cards were used in sessions for young people to capture their voices (10sec). The group used the cards as instruments after recording. A voice was activated when the card was opened. This looked great visually – as the […]

It’s been far too long since my last post (back in April!).  Much has happened in-between, including an exhibition in London at W3 Gallery, a feature in One & Other Magazine, and two commissions (one for the Tour de France, […]

Started back at college today and our tutor was talking to our year group about the importance of always having your journal to hand – to capture your thoughts as you think them! She pointed out that by the time […]