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Day 2 of the great eight week countdown. Last summer I collected two squashed and sundried fledglings that I found by the side of the road. It was the first one with its mouth open in a silent scream that […]

Helen Stafford Interview Use five words to describe your work:Intricate LaboriousHistorical Technical Emotional What makes your work different from anyone elses? I focus on heritage and the deep emotional connections people can develop with their past, and in particular with […]

We have now settled on a date for the performance at the gallery, it will be on May 3rd. It quite a small space, so even if only 7 people show up it will feel busy, more and it will […]

The third sawdust firing went well. The mix of sawdust and shavings burnt out within 24 hours. I had sandblasted some of the glazed ceramics producing a surface somewhere between glaze and bisque – they responded to the smoke firing […]

Hmmm…. Does you good to look back a little sometimes, then you realise you ARE getting somewhere after all. Over the last month I’ve been doing a bit of wrangling haven’t I? The recording thing… ongoing… some sessions booked for […]

Today I have started researching the individual objects on Varo’s stave, and begun developing my interpretations. Some are going to be different from my earlier performance, now that I’ve done some more reading. One that I skipped past in my […]

I have finally finished work on my painting, which will be part of the work I put forward for the degree show. It was quite an intense week of painting, as I raced to finish before the colours I had […]

of late i’ve stretched myself a little too thinly across all the projects that i find myself interested in. i’m now aware of this and have taken steps to ensure that i rest this week and enjoy myself again. the […]

‘it starts with embarrassment and ends with hope’ I’ve just been watching Damien Hirst ‘The First Look’ on TV – an interview about his forthcoming exhibition at Tate Modern and I’ve pinched (in the spirit of his art) this quote […]

For any of you who have read my other blog ‘PLAN FOR WORLD DOMINATION’ this is the project that I have been working on for some time. It is the last part of my ACE supported project entitled ‘GrowYourOwn*BlowYourOwn’ (GYO*BYO). […]

Today I have started the field recording in Brno, Czech Republic for “Kraków to Venice in 12 hours” project. The project is based on the structure of a 12-hour clock, with time as a connecting element between several locations. 12 […]

Ok. I am getting the plot back. Spent the first part of the morning choosing a moth to hang by its feet to draw; as you do. Something that had been brewing for a while. Really fast work. Pleased with […]

Blowtorched the faded sections to bring them back up to a gorgeous velvety blackness. Finished (well my hard working assistant finished) the hessian and bitumen tie covers. I’m hoping I have enough of them prepared. Attached the last of the […]

First day at the empty shop project. It took just one full day to make ‘Runnners Sports’ disappear from the building, quite sad really. Gerald Curtis settled in well (see www.a-n.co.uk/p/2092711) Our shop looks amazing, it has so much potential, […]