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Comparing Bubbles It became apparent during our conversation with Nina Pope that keeping a balance between self-directed projects and working to an invited or open commission, has been a long-term struggle for many artists, and will continue to be so. […]

Foxey Leys Copse Finished: and swept up. Cut and stacked up in trays ready to go. Just that I got five more to make! So I am about to start on my third one. Is it easier to work on […]

Today marks two things: that my boy turns the grand age of 7 months old and that I am officially back into study mode. I will be publishing the rubbish research I’ve amassed on http://contemporaryrubbish.wordpress.com/ in a one-off limited edition […]

I think I was moaning… I generally am… about the fact that I’d got all these things nearly happening. Nearly wasn’t good enough, and nearly might as well be nothing, as there’s nothing to show for all the hard work […]

Hmm… came to write and found I’d forgotten to post this – No PV at the National Trust but we had a ‘Meet the Artist Day.’ As visitors requiring tickets to the main house had to pas our way it […]

Thoughts of the late night Back from my second holistic rehearsal session. I call it holistic as its aim is to give my body a good work out. So there’s a lot of pilates and ballet-based exercises to slowly warm […]

Erica Scourti – collaboration The second artist I met was Erica Scourti. I wanted to meet her for a couple of reasons. Firstly she is working in contexts that I would like to – regularly doing residencies and making video […]

So after months of maniacally cutting paper for the Chapel Gallery installation, things changed. There was a sudden shift in balance and as I began to communicate with more galleries and curators, admin took over creativity. As my thoughts turned […]

In the last month I’ve visited three museums, looking at their displays and storage areas, taking photos and drawing. Each one has it’s own personality, but at each the welcome was equally warm. Thanks to the time and interest of […]

Now at the last day of my residency it is easy to say time flies but I think that is an indication of activity – when you have no set task or having almost nothing to do, time can appear […]