The beginnings of a conversation…. For the last six months, the “medium” of the blogosphere has opened up a space for a critical and analytical dialogue between me and my work. A harmonious cycle is created where, while the blog […]
The weeks are passing so quickly. It feels very late to mention the snow sculpture workshop again but I just want to say that the two days out on the field were great. The weather was perfect – cold and […]
After much deliberation and almost combining challenges I have selected the following challenge for March: “To list and act appropriately towards all the people to whom you owe apologies. I am not challenging you to write letters to every single […]
The fact that we artist-bloggers don’t just moan on and on endlessly about time and money is pretty incredible really. I know most of us (me included) have an ongoing battle with allowing ourselves any decent time in the studio […]
once upon a time there was a cup of tea, a nice mug, quite beautifully crafted and good to taste. it was drunk and enjoyed. the end. today has been the last day of painting tiles. over 90 of them. […]
For the Bees has been shortlisted for an amateur Scientist award on BBC Radio 4. The project has been shortlisted down from 1500 entries to 10. Listen out for Owen discussing the project and the scientific explorations we will be […]
Silly really, but I feel compelled to add to my blog now, so that the portrait of my son won’t be the first work of mine that someone sees when they look at the Project Blogs page… This uneasiness about […]
Call is complete or more accurately I believe it to be so. My companion is about to review the left hand side, I nervously await her verdict. We are separated at the moment by a distance of some miles. She […]
I have received a message, there is a full moon over Whitstable tonight and an unusually high tide. Here the wind blows stronger by the hour forcing the trees to an uncomfortable crouch. Forecasts are such that we may soon […]
CAGED! Disappointingly there have been no news reports of strange weather nor shipwrecks at Whitstable. All seems strangely calm in Ipswich too. In truth strangely is perhaps the wrong word to use in a Town whose newspaper headline this morning […]
The Easter holidays have begun, which means 3 weeks to our first assessment and still very little actual work to speak of. Essay was handed in yesterday, so that one’s behind me at least until my feedback session and so […]
I thought I’d be drawing madly after my essay was handed in but no I’m trying to organise my research folio that has to handed in end of April. However i’ve been side tracked by thinking about the use of […]
This is from a very over-exposed photo of ‘Meditation’ at the Musee Rodin in Paris. I think it’s one of the nicest places in Paris. Other cool places to go are The Catacombs, the Pere Lachaise Cemetry, and the Pompidou. […]
This Monday saw the completion of the January challenge. In essence the challenge was to invite certain people to my studio and talk about what it is that I do. These guests were then rated. I created a guest list […]
Lost Souls Here follows another list of search engine misses that have washed up at the Pearlfisher Schillsdorf, Schleswig-holstein, Germany, “Whitstable” Sanfrancisco, California, “hetairoi definition” New Orleans, Louisianna, unspecified image search Rotherham, United Kingdom, “anneka french” Good Hope, Illinois, United […]
BLOP event The Arnolfini is an amazing building and really helped frame the intervention based work. It was nice to see the audience looking around the stairwell and in the foyer areas to see what was going to happen next. […]
Drawing at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford again. Drawing statues are a great way of remembering what you have seen.
I showed my short video Panes in an installation at Uni the other day. The video is simply a long gaze out of a window.I don’t think I will put the video up on my blog because it’s not very […]
Design ideas for the front cover of the BA Hons Photography Degree Show at Manchester School of Art, by myself and Sophie lee… Hopefully we will have it all worked out soon!
Have just heard that our book, “The Children of Craig-y-nos” is shortlisted for the annual book award for medical journalists. The winner will be announced at a special reception in London on April 27th. Still, even to get on the […]
We now have three students signed up for the first two blocks of the SSC – this doesn’t sound much, but it’s three times the maximum number for some projects, and represents a lot of work. For some reason, due […]
This was taken in and around 1987 on the way to Dovedale for the night. We would drive up in the brown Escort, sleep in the carpark and walk in the morning. With new camera in hand I took pictures […]
My work is primarily in 2D, at the moment I am producing ink drawings which are gradually turning into sketched paintings. My body and myself are my subjects and I am also working with diaryesque texts which work alongside my […]
I would urge all students, like myself, to try to use tutorials and advising as a very positive experience, even though some readings of work could be regarded as negative. This is a chance for a more experienced artist to […]
Katie Shipley – If I Write in Yellow As part of Dialogue Box AirSpace Gallery Window Yellow is the last colour in the spectrum that someone with dementia loses. If I Write in Yellow is a list, something that many […]