As Marc took Louise and I around the galleries in his infectiously passionate way which drew me into a more connected way of thinking about the collection – elements which jumped out and had a resonance for me were : […]
Reading that last entry I wondered if I had strayed from the focus of my project, which is the ‘Unseen self’, a way of navigating identity and consciousness through cloth, language, colour, mirroring within space. But then, posting up my […]
I took the classes for the two history sessions and have my age old problem of dominating a room. If you do not take control of the class of 32 children then your ideas, your communications do not get clearly […]
So, we’re getting old and we’ve settled down. We’ve taken a shop for long enough to take our boots off and get comfortable. Agora, 1a New Road, Shoreham by Sea was one of the stop on the Empty Shops Tour […]
iphone app alert! http://bit.ly/dypVhj The Flaneur art and culture zine is now available as an iphone app. It had to happen. It took ages. But here it is at last. The first art and culture iphone app from The Flaneur. […]
Community Workshop No. 2 Saturday May 8th This is the second weekend workshop that we hope will encourage members of the community to get involved. Last time we ran it in the local hall, and it was all day long, […]
It is important to detect the metaphor if we want to describe our world in visual language.
Aith I have moved house. I am now in Aith, about 10 miles from Voe, on the same voe – a branch of Olna Firth. I am staying in a fabulous log cabin that is owned by the brother of […]
Alps I now have a commute to school, driving over the Alps. Yes, indeed, the landscape between Voe and Aith really is known as the Alps, although they are not quite so high as the real thing. Or snowy, or […]
St Ninians I had an afternoon free so I flew down to St Ninian’s Isle. Ever since I arrived in Shetland people have been telling me about St Ninian’s and expressing their amazement that I still hadn’t been. Now I […]
Help arrives! A very good friend, Cristina, arrived for a holiday. The only bad thing for her is her experience at mosaic making! Cristina and I studied at Chelsea together and so have both been making mosaics for 15 years. […]
Saturday was rubbish. I spent most of the day pretending to paint and trying not to drink the homebrew that surrounded me. I was Billy. On Sunday I treated myself to Angry Birds. That was the first thing I did […]
Eshaness Another place everyone has been talking about since I arrived is Eshaness, on the most north-westerly point of Shetland, in Northmavine. This was my first proper day off; I have been working really hard so I could save up […]
Health and safety The health and safety team from Shetland Islands Council came to inspect the project to make sure that all is in order and that our plans do not infringe upon the stringent requirements by HSE. The structures […]
it is monday. for the last 2 months, every minute of every day has held some imperative – usually degree show related but also personal (placate/see/spend time with my neglected husband and boys). it is 1 30 and in one […]
A couple of analog photographs here show painting references from previous research journeys, although small, they evoke the atmosphere of the time. The sketch of the tipi is from a while back on the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, just before I […]
Casting foundations After deciding on the exact positioning of the five structures, I spray painted circles on to the grass. Martin the builder came one evening to dig out the holes in preparation for the concrete. They inserted tubes into […]
Vementry It is lambing time, as previously mentioned. It is also foaling time for Shetland ponies, and as luck would have it I chanced upon Shetland Pony Breeders in Vementry, a spectacular place on a promontory up the voe from […]
Feeding lambs Until now I had seen a lamb being born in the field above Martin’s house in Voe – a tiny black bundle being licked clean by its white woolly mother. I had also been to visit Vaila’s lambs […]
“The Antwerp Papers” 13 posts including nocturnal visitors and ladies with pointy teeth now available at http://thepearlfisher.blogspot.com
Noss Noss is an island off the island of Bressay, which is a short ferry journey across the water from Lerwick. It is a nature reserve and is world famous for its seabird colonies. I took Cristina there to have […]
Sumburgh Sumburgh Head is the most southerly point of the Shetland islands. It is famous for its colonies of seabirds: puffins, guillemots, gannets etc. We only saw a couple of puffins but we had a lot of fun on the […]
Leaving It’s time to catch the ferry home; so much more peasant than flying, especially on an evening as lovely as this. While I am gone, Martin will finish off the concrete casting, fixing the tops to the bases, ready […]
The aim of this blog is to share my experiences of collaboration and over the coming weeks, I am going to use it to think through issues that have come up during various attempts at collaboration and share them with […]
Paintings are bubble wrapped. Tool kit bag is packed. Printed sheets prepared. Norden Farm Gallery tomorrow