It’s been a hard day… I just posted this on my “Threads” blog, completely forgetting I had a Shed blog specially for these purposes! ah well…. vote again… can’t hurt can it? http://www.readersheds.co.uk/share.cfm?SHARESHED=3… Voting starts today for the Shed of […]
Things have been pretty busy lately with my deadlines approaching. Last week I had to leave my studio, which has been my home for the last 9 months or so. I have been mainly concentrating on my photography work, which […]
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Neue Museum, Berlin. Field Notes Single footsteps, radio echos through the arched brick. Group enter with a low hum breaking the contemplative silence. Where one is looking adds to their interest. Photography a currency creating value. Low voices murmur and […]
It has been a month since I came back from Venice. During last four weeks I have been listening to 30 GB of sound material and backing it up on my cloud storage. It sounds so ephemeral but it gives, […]
I was so surprised and happy to receive one of the runner up prizes for writing this blog – I hadn’t even realised there was a competition. So a big thank you to A.N and to Great Art. Now it’s […]
Winter has been long and painful but still, I am standing! My main reason for being absent from this blog has been a much needed time to find paid work in order to insure the continuity of the project. We […]
Opening Night A fantastic opening night and we would like to say a very Big Thank you to all those who came. To date we have received extremely positive feedback. Please remember the exhibition runs until the 17th of June […]
I’ve been making flowers again- using different paper that I’m arguing with. It is far more flimsy and doesn’t hold it’s shape… logistics I will have to overcome I suppose. It’s all coming together nicely despite changing my idea ever […]
Busybusy couple of weeks starting with a stimulating and eclectic weekend of Performance Writing at Arnolfini, Bristol, and then ten days in Shetland, where landsounds and seaskylife make indelible marks: SKY massiveness cloud encompassing grey white towering blue bright lowering […]
FACEBOOK FIASCO I joined a Facebook group called ‘History of Hartlepool in Images’ … it has well over six thousand members and rising rapidly. It’s a great resource, started by a guy called Patrick Casey last September, and I have […]
One week to go and this last 2 weeks has been seriously busy, the making of 3 large pieces has been a real physical challenge. However, they are almost complete. The dressing of the vitrines (‘the difference between sublime and […]
While setting up the exhibition the other day, I was told of some comments another artist had made. I can’t quote exactly, but it was on the lines of ‘ If you can’t be a full time artist, then don’t […]
19/05/12 – Rehearsal on Thursday 17th. A chance to try out some new equipment and different text in the studio a few days ago, as well as trying new ‘stage’ set up. The performance at BETA on Wednesday was originally […]
That’s it. All done, everything is hung according to my diagrams, the work is all in order, sketchbooks are out. There is nothing left to do, except go to bed. Ill be starting my new blog on artists talking imminently, […]