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I’m grateful to all the other artists who recently attended ArtLacuna’s Bodies That Matter experimental peer/performance event at Space Station Sixty-Five. They were very generous with their thoughts and comments on my work, and the work of the other parcticipating […]

For those who weren’t able to make it to my solo presentation On Brown & Violet Grounds at Piccadilly Place, Manchester (25th September – 2nd October), here are some images, video and description of the work for your viewing pleasure… […]

OK, so I have a studio space, lots of materials and subject matter and time on my hands, since no-one will employ me. So why am I not making anything? Well I could blame the kids, the other half, the […]

Well first post. It’s been a few weeks since I started this position but it’s only really felt like it has started in the last few days. I’m located in our sculpture studios, close to where I constructed my degree […]

Well I have secured the Sculpture Graduate Fellowship at Northumbria and I am now also the Co-ordinator of our student project and exhibition space. I have started a new blog here – www.a-n.co.uk/p/3888221 Hopefully it will document my transition into […]

Today we’ve had a meeting to discuss the plans for trips and other research. We’ve also had a good discussion about shell shock / post traumatic stress / war and ecstasy… A.K

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2006/09/13/… This is an online article from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s online gateway to science about mental health and grafitti. We started talking about how the police began to say that grafitti could become an obsession for some kids – […]

Active Imagination ‘The term active imagination was applied By Jung to refer to a means of mobilizing the psyche through an image or a chain of images and their related associations. It is a ‘concentration on some impressive but intelligible […]

Music is soothing my savage beast again. When times are busy, and verging on the stressful, when I can’t see any gaps in my diary, I have to disengage a little so that I don’t implode. I have to give […]

On Monday, I went to the AIR Paying artists consultation at Castlefield Gallery Manchester. I’m ashamed to say that I’d never been to the Castlefiled Gallery, but that’s not a reflection on what is on show – more to do […]

CanI just stop you there.

‘Mapping the building’ – I have done a bit of research into mapping – google throws up images of all kind of ‘maps’ – maps of the internet are particularly interesting – tracing information connections – beautiful and intruiging. Maps […]

Today I’ve been to visit the gallery where our exhibition will be, in Ledbury, Herefordshire. It’s a lovely little space in the half-timbered listed building, up a little staircase, three connected rooms with sloping ceilings. I wanted to have a […]

I’m ‘mapping’ the new college campus. Starting by taking a few pics. As you can see, from the limited pics on here – we are spoilt for space. There is so much potential in this place.I have been concentrating on […]

Monday meeting with Lucy Drane, Alias advisor and Gallery Co-ordinator / Co-ordinator of Spike Island Associates Programme at Works|Projects / Spike Island. Sitting in our kitchen drinking Love Tea with Lucy who is unhurried and focused – while we have […]

Paper cups made with the most basic papier mache, made with flour and water glue, moulded on rescued cups from around college. Currently making them repetitively and quite industriously as my response to the new campus. The social aspect of […]