Other Polaroids exploring the hidden potential of beauty in the ordinary. I have double exposed some of the images to the sun light, the effect of this varies depending on how Bright that particular day was. Light is very important […]
Rednile Projects, Factory Commissions, Crabtree & Co Proposal Project Name: The Queen’s visit Medium: Live event Concept I intend to facilitate the visit of a Queen look alike to take part in the launch of the Crabtree & Co Factory […]
Preparation. Prep. Be prepared. Tomorrow I’m off down South to the New Designers Prepare Day. Hopefully, I’ll get some awesome tips on how to set up the booth and chat to some other student reps. It’s my birthday weekend too, […]
Because we’re worth it! – A national summit on partcipatory arts in ICA London on 22nd March. The even will be exploring and celebrating the value of participatory arts. Participatory arts have the power to change people’s lives for the […]
I’ve just joined Rise Art – another web based site for artists to upload profiles etc but also for people who want to buy art or even rent it. Makes me wonder though a bit about the number of different […]
Krzysztof Fijalkowski is due to give a talk in the Project Space this evening. Variously active as an artist, curator and translator, his recent activity has included catalogue publications for the V&A and Tate Liverpool and a forthcoming book on […]
Stephen B. MacInnis sent me an interesting box from Prince Edward Island, Canada recently. Stephen loves collaboration and forwarded a box of materials to the UK to assist him with his ‘long series’ which will eventually include 10,000 12×12 works […]
Years of gathering, collecting and hoarding things have left me with a beautiful platform of materials to work from. I have always explored notions of memory and these now precious objects inform my current work, leading me to try and […]
The in-box is full today including word from Lori Joy Smith that she has completed my abandoned piece – two re-purposed drawers in girl pink and boy blue. I had started a photo archive of my ‘boys and girls’ project […]
The Personal Statement Recently, all of my writing time has been taken up by press-releases and exhibition blurbs. On top of that I’ve been trying to write my personal statement – 500 words that go in the front of my […]
I wanted to take the imagery from the polaroids into paint. This is my first attempt on a 3foot by 3foot canvas. The painting needs changing a little and the colour needs to be altered. I will upload fresh images […]
Talking with the Russians. There has been a significant development in this project as preparation are made for my mosaics. Though I do not have a contract to make them yet? Yesterday I spent a day working on the site […]
It’s that time at last – our contextual studies lectures have come to an end, and the Monday time slot has been assigned one-to-one dissertation feedback sessions with our lecturer, Kath. She’s just had two essays published in 50 Key […]
Moore and Dartmoor. Went for a walk on Dartmoor today, and as usual spent as much time inspecting the shape of stone rubble on the moorland pathways as anything else. The stone around here is always intriguing, and I’ve wondered […]
This is Ashburne. The snowdrops are gone, the crocuses are currently ‘going over’ and the daffodils coming. The billboard is currently missing. It ‘disappeared’ in a ‘panic’ one Friday without enough thought been given it seems. Calmer heads prevail and […]
Met my brilliant Creative Northants mentor Morag today for another inspiring session. This has been such a help for me and I am always amazed at the stuff and people she knows. Have come away with a useful list of […]
Newspaper interview again today. They wanted to know how I felt about being given some money, and what I was going to do with it. Overjoyed of course, especially as I hadn’t actually asked for any money so it was […]
