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I’ve been trying classify what I am looking at in a way that might be useful for me to do something with it. This is very early days but I have come up with one category that makes sense for […]

Progress! I have begun work on the Red Kite work for the September Challenge. Eventually the piece will be a video, however I initially need to make the components to the work. The red kite is made from an existing […]

The Last Two Weeks = Crazy I feel a little out of touch with myself, having not blogged properly since Christmas, which now seem ages ago. Getting back into college was good, I started back on the 4th of January […]

I’ve just watched Chicago Tonight’s piece on “Outpost” – Lou Mallozzi’s performance work I wrote about in post 28. Judging by the TV footage, audience reactions to the work encompassed interest, surprise, embarrassment, nonchalance and in one instance, deliberate provocation […]

Spent most of today looking for jobs and ways to create some kind of income. Even resorted to selling drawings on ebay. There’s a few interesting art opportunities I in the midst of applying for. If I could get even […]

I got talking in the street to a Korean man yesterday. He was in Xiamen for a few days on a business trip. His employer, a major electronics company has put him on a year-long placement in Shanghai to learn […]

I’m seeing Norwegians everywhere now….had a meeting with Kaya Herstad yesterday to discuss the Threshold festival (an arts and music event at Novas CUC 11 – 13 February )http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=124976877557141 Looked at the space she has given us and had a […]

No sooner than I posted the last blog and help arrived! The gallery has employed help in the form of Katie Martin who will be here on a months contract, which gives me the hands free time needed to crack […]

My Arts Councils years grant is officially coming to an end. The funding enabled me to concentrate on areas of my practice; to focus on identifying key people who would help, support and advise me on developing my work, eg […]

The focus shifts again this coming week. gimme shelter is now up and running and ready for assessment on Monday. My Blurb book is in transit and will be here on Monday, my tutors are happy for me to include […]

I spent New Year’s Eve with my fellow illustrator friend from Oslo, Freya, who somehow managed to fly over here without getting snowed in at Heathrow, and came over to Lincoln for an illustration grads night out! And very enjoyable […]

Well, thanks to my husband who has helped me take my stuff over and set me up I should be able to do some work in the studio this week, other work commitments notwithstanding. I have some people coming to […]

Yesterday’s productivity obviously took it out of me. I didn’t wake up til 1 today and that’s only because I was called for lunch. I was planning to empty that room to install work and photograph but instead I just […]