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The Exhibition – wonderful, went like a flash! I met with Elizabeth Shields, granddaughter of John Kinross and daughter of John Kinross who set up the RSA Scholarship in honour of his late father. She was delightful and gave me […]

Sporting League Game 7 It was a day where Universo Collunteen laid down their statement of intent after coming back from two goals down to defeat ex champions Novia by three goals to two. Sporting radio Pundit X: ‘The thing […]

Lots of really good news – things are beginning to move on apace. May 6th saw the official opening of the Manor Oaks site with special guest star Emmanuel Cooper to cut the ribbon and other activities going on across […]

Day 3 in Chongqing I have spent the day in the studio getting to work on my project. I have been creating some sketches from the photographs of local architectural structures, and online research into popular community websites within China. […]

We are down to the last week in the studios & I have to complete the large paintings, and take most of my materials home. That done it is time to at home complete some smaller paintings and organize the […]

More great news – I have been successful in my Arts Council funding bid to support me to attend a Masterclass in Smokeless Wood Kiln Building and Firing at the International Ceramics Studio in Hungary under the tutelage of the […]

Penny and I have been having numerous conversations about how the Manor Oaks Wood-firing Society will run. Current thinking is to have the two of us running it as a Creative Enterprise, managing the timetabling and use of the kiln […]

So much has happened since my last blog. I hardly know where to start. I was very lucky to win one of the first student awards at U.C.F. along with three performing arts students. It was a lovely evening with […]

Although I’ve got other blogs going, I’m going to start a new one for this residency. I have so many projects running at the moment, it would makes things easier just to separate things. I’ve also set up a twitter […]

Well I have completed my MA Show up and PV was Friday, it runs forv two weeks. I have mixed feels about finishing. releave it’s all over but regrate as I have finished studying may be i need to do […]

Just had a really successful one day show at the FreeRange Exhibition in Brick Lane

Gargantuanna latest update on final piece, ready for transportation to Ashford to set up for show

I met with Rachel Goodsall and Tom Smith at the Bluecoat in the LIC studio space. It was nice to see the studio again as I have used it before but remembered it being bigger. As the space is a […]

Well it’s out of my hands. Assessment began on Wednesday, the show opens on Friday. This seems like a good time to reflect on what I’ve got from the last three years. The work ethic is the key, I think. […]

We went along to the University of Derby’s degree show last night, which was a good chance to network and catch up with lecturers and tell people what we are up to. It all sounds good when you tell people […]