MEASURING THE EXPERIENCE – 2 From the Introduction to the study: “I first thought about undertaking a study of artist-led organisations in 1992, although it took some time before I was able to gain the interest of anyone who might […]
“Magpies hopped around the graveled courtyard as the wind whispered through the trees. Then it happened, something changed” – When the North Wind Sleeps (2012-2014) Short excerpt from a piece of fiction which I’ve been developing on and […]
This installation was developed towards the end of my Undergraduate degree show in 2012. I used the platonic solid of a Dodecahedron as a reoccurring motif in many of my short stories. It represented the contradictions in science between the […]
Holidays! A downside of a split family is negotiating childcare while the kids are off school. Two and a half working days each week: Either put the children into childcare while I work, which more or less annihilates my income […]
I thought I had finished but I hadn’t. Serves me right for being complacent. Getting organised and getting the work hung nice and early is great. But it is a double edged sword, as it also gives you time to […]
ABSORB, INTEGRATE, CO-OPERATE…BUT DON’T STEAL Where do you stand in the great copyright debate, when one man’s stealing is another man’s artistic soup? It’s an issue oft mentioned in the music industry. I did used to think, like a lot […]
Had a lovely day on the LV21 Lightship on Gillingham pier making paper boats with visitors. Mostly people I know and haven’t seen for ages so it was a day of conversation and making. i was listening to Radio 4 […]
There is a reason I can draw well. Mostly because I can’t screenprint. The fact is that drawing is an extension of the brains process and screenprinting is the extension of a mechanical process, within which all variables have to […]
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Royal Academy, London
21 January – 9 April 2012
Tate Modern, London
4 April – 9 September 2012
One Thoresby Street, NOTTINGHAM
17 August 2012 to 25 August 2012
He liked the whiteness. Reading yesterday the thought occurred that his reading is like his drawing. Much of the meaning in Steiner’s writing is beyond him, but not without also some felt connection. He feels his way through passages of […]
More interest in the Offcutter – though I’ve confused myself by giving it different names such as Real/Non-Real (basic and explicit), Luddvision (when I was into the black & white aspect and technical simplicity). Hoping to take it to Manchester, […]
I’ve had a pretty inspiring couple of days. I was intrigued by a Twitter discussion started by AIR Council’s Rosalind Davis asking: “What motivates you to keep working in the arts?” I responded: “Creation. Growth. Success. Failure. People. Drawing. Insight. […]
Since leaving art school approximately two months ago, work naturally has taken a hit, to make more time for all manner of fun things like paying rent and working out council tax. However I have been alot more impulsive with […]
An overwhelming response to a casual tweet shows people are still motivated to work in the arts.
