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Just watched this video and is so powerful. I’m going to spend studying this and making notes for the story.

‘Systems created in refractory sand plied with plaster’ Portsmouth April 8th Wake early – about 5:30 am and fall back to sleep straight away without reaching for the phone to check – snooze with cat perched on shoulder until alarm […]

discussing with Richard Keenan from PopUp Dorset about the benefits of showing in unusual spaces like a church, which brings a new audience to see your art show and can really help boost your audience figures, VS the difficulties of […]

At the end of my second week visiting Zhejiang University, China I have time to reflect on my experience of the Future Everything conference. I am currently on a three week visit as part of the Study China Programme (organised […]

Museum Culture So, where to begin with China? I’ve had just over two weeks here and my time has been jam packed with wonderful experiences. I have taken hundreds of photos so I want to make a selection here and […]

Museum Culture in Hanghzou continued. Hangzhou Museum China Seal Museum, West Lake Stunning examples of carved seals and calligraphy. Zhejiang Provincial Museum Shufa – Chinese Calligraphy Large complex with a variety of exhibitions, including pottery, calligraphy, and art work by […]

Gentler Passion presents a sound installation exploring hand-made sheds that Pigeon Fanciers build for their birds. (Video research)

Dialogue with Maria Pattison (part 2) On possibility and failure.. M: So The Art of Possibility is by Benjamin Zander who has ten practices, for those who want to work within the realm of possibility..one was from the position of […]

Driver or pedestrian? I am currently having driving lessons. On the first lesson I had to learn where to rest my gaze, further forwards along the road. Not directly in front of me, like a pedestrian. Yesterday my instructor was […]

‘Distracted as the cracks grow’ Portsmouth April 6th Wake later at 6:22am not the good news it seems…….. i wake unfortunately with the understanding that a slight excess of cider is to blame for both sleeping in and an urgent […]

I have been busy with mounting, framing and preparing work for exhibition, as well as producing artwork, though not documenting much. I have work selected for the Suffolk Showcase, Smiths Row in Bury St Edmonds and work also on exhibition […]

We’ll be using this blog over the next few months to share progress and document Anne’s project I didn’t see you there as it develops, including Anne’s making processes, Hand in Glove’s role as co-producers and the delivery of the […]

The Re:view Bursary and my plan: I am delighted to be a recipient to the Re:view bursary, I am very interested in DIY education and how, outside the university system, we can keep learning and developing throughout our lives. I […]

It has been the most productive weekend. I have been alone – no children, neighbour’s children, village children! My husband took all of them (our own – not the village) to Wales to see his granny and left me here […]

More drawings done in graph paper, using my new colours palette.

At last I can see light at the end of the tunnel. I have hopefully resolved some technical problems with one of my pieces, and have managed to print out my assignment. That doesnt sound like a huge feat, but […]

If the stitches hold everything together, then, it seems logical in this process of deconstruction/reconstruction, that I take these things apart. Selection… which do I remove? Which do I remove in order to show what they do? The disembroidery was […]

This week I have focused on two things. There have been some interesting comments on my work and I have been enjoying making some development drawings inspired by dog toys. During a recent group discussion one person revealed that they […]

snow… way back in January in Mid Wales

What is going on with the weather??! OMG! I was beaten on my last trip to Lumsden to SSW by drifting snow and ice in conditons culminating in the coldest March for 50 years. After few weeks on haiatus and […]

It has all been getting a little hectic these past couple of weeks. It’s as though everything has started to go into motion at once and I am really struggling to keep all those balls in the air. The rough […]

Sporting League: Game 36 Results. Pointeso came back from a goal down to overcome deposed champions Tranquilayers by two goals to one. Sporting Radio Pundit X: ‘That comeback has surely bagged ’em the title…no doubt about that. It was a […]