I am cracking on a pace with my studio, floor concreted, a support beam made good and safe and now I am ready for the door to be fitted. More good work done on the garden and in the main […]
Wrapping things up… I’m dedicating my time to wrapping up as many projects as I can with the aim of loading the front page to my website. It’s amazing how much time I spend organising things – writing ideas down, […]
Kate (see comment on last entry)has just asked about the combination of working on the art, and writing in the blog. There is a curious relationship and balance between the two that I wouldn’t have thought about before actually experiencing […]
ve been told that I won’t get any funding from the university to help with my degree show project. This could mean that I can’t make what I want to for the show. I will however carry on with it […]
‘News’, ‘Blogs’ and ‘Reviews’ are fast out of the starting gate with News a head ahead. Enough of racing. The first thing we will be looking at is developing a visual arts news service. And then probably (as we are […]
It almost seems that Stockholm is a distant memory now as we have well and truly returned back to earth. The ACE funding arrived the day after we got back, so credit cards were maxed out to fill that interim […]
Finished the poster for The Transit of Venus Real Ale Competition. Also had a taste of the beer which is fermenting at the moment. Its already tasting good and fruity so we are hoping its going to be a tasty […]
The sketchbook for the project was a series of analogue photographs taken during the winter of 2005-6 I was exploring the Cambrian mountain region of Wales and the inner region of the Czech Republic called Moravia.At the time I was […]
Between showers of rain I’m adding some new uprights to the corner posts and reattaching some ornamental sections. No confirmation from the organisers of where they want it sited & the nature of the surface, so having to cater for […]
Studio work – 28th February
This week I received a conditional offer to study the Art, Aesthetics and Cultural Institutions MA at the University of Liverpool, Department of Philosophy. I was also interviewed for a BBC One politics programme on Tuesday afternoon, which should air […]
To prepare ourselves for our degree show our tutor has set us a small project; to put on an exhibition in a display cabinet that is outside our studios. For this exhibition each of us must provide at least one […]
Well, I intended to blog about the peer-mentoring performance programme meet-ups down at the Construction Gallery a couple of weeks ago, but got sidetracked by the duties of motherhood and preparations for a soon to be 8 year old’s birthday […]
MEMORIES IN MOTION I first saw a call for dance companies to apply for this project late 2011. I’m not a dancer so wasn’t interested in that aspect, but I read the brief out of curiosity because my father comes […]
This weekend I managed to finish the latest embroidery in my – now – series of eight. Of course this is still not enough for me to stop. I feel I should have at least ten to work with by […]
I’m adding this paragraph somewhat belatedly as I’ve realised that I have said very little about the project in the intro. other than that it consists of an extended run around the boundary of the M25 Orbital in 9 stages […]
More fast sewing… I might be obsessed.
Saturday’s usually feel calmer than this. At the moment, I’m hiding in my bedroom as a plumber methodically rips out pipes and radiators from my lovely house. I am, to say the least, distressed by the whole thing. But eventually […]
the lost tree..
A review of some of my most recent work, installed in Studio 48 at The Glasgow School of Art.
Rhoades every where… Last night I slept 3:30am to 6:30am. I just couldn’t fall asleep. Partly over-saturation from an amazing day and partly jet lag. My mind was buzzing with ideas and possibilities and when I awoke and couldn’t get […]
Why did I pick such a non date for this artefact exhibition…of course! As MOSE was opened in 3000 as a Millennium Project the yearis now 3800 and to celebrate its 800th anniversary MOSE is presenting some of the very […]
Friday I went to a get-together for companies based at the Toffee Factory – a new space for creative businesses which will soon become the base for a-n’s Newcastle office – a move that will save on the current rent […]
A retrospective blog which makes record of the first part of the ‘memory’ trilogy- Memory of Snow 2006. A series of paintings were produced after walking through the landscape of the Czech Republic and Wales during 2006-7. They were exhibited […]
