Deda, Derby
23 January 2007 – 27 March 2010
The Rea Garden., Digbeth, Birmingham.
11 September – 11 December 2009
Lower visibility With several works in progress and none of them resolved, I find myself forgetting what has already been achieved and concerning myself with what hasn’t yet! Easily done, especially when these works in progress all live in different […]
Thursday, 4 March 2010 Yearnings My neighbour seems to be in pain. Intermittent and weakening wails can be heard through the wall. I hope he will become quiet soon. While I wait I have begun making a list of people […]
Saturday, 6 March 2010 Christopher Frayling suggests that the key to Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’ may be the scene where Harker is beset by three vampire ladies. He thinks a similar traumatic event may have happened at the story’s genesis when […]
I like Alan (http://www.mynall.co.uk), he knows what he’s doing, and he does it to the best of his skill … which is far better, certainly in terms of discernable talent, than my own painterly skills. I often catch myself wishing […]
Photographic Memory I go round to Gail’s to look at her collection of family photographs, and there in faded black and white is a photograph of Woolf, striding, no loping, down Darling street. It feels strange to see him caught […]
These notes cover the talks (I am writing this in my hotel room) I am to do at Stockport College and Sheffield Hallam University (my hotel room is about twenty metres from the sea, overlooking the waves and cutting out […]
So I have spoken with the butterfly park team again and I am officially an artist in residence now. Plans are being formatted. Great news. Busy researching at the weekend, lots of varieties of plants and butterflies. One body of […]
I’ve been a bit of a bad blogger lately (I’m sure we all go through these neglectful phases from time to time) but I think it is now the right moment to become much more thoughtful and thorough on what […]
“All art is useless”…how can it gain a function like the blog does? Could the blog get projected, and the recorded artwork be placed on a monitor? If it is able to be scrolled around and viewed in a similar […]
‘Kin Hell. I have been shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize.. not expecting it and very very pleased. http://www.liverpoolartprize.com/ I am in very good company indeed (pretty intimidating company actually) so I hold no illusions about winning any money. It […]
Fuzione, Sabbiare, Finitura… On friday, about 3.30pm, I watched my first bronze being poured! My piece is actually now in 5 bits to be cast: the figures and then the support structure were both taken off to be cast separately, […]
Nine weeks and counting until I have to hand in all my work, then a further month of organisng and planning for the degree show. Not sure where the time has gone. Things at the moment seem to be going […]
for the bees is a participatory project led by Owen Griffiths and Fern Thomas which stems from a concern about the threat to bees. Working with a musician we will compose a song for community choirs to sing to bee […]
I can’t get over how much having a studio has affected me. I am so excited about it, so happy when I’m there. It represents more than it’s dimensions! I had the space at home. That’s not what I needed. […]
The grand opening has happened. No time to update this blog before hand as too busy making cakes & seed packets. It was great to welcome 50 or more people. We can’t be sure of the exact numbers because we […]
I’ve found networking in new territories is filled with challenges and rewards, chances to clarify intentions, clear the decks (and dusty corners) and find the open doors…. That said, there are some serious boarder controls, even when you’ve a lot […]
Oh dear, its now 2010 and I have been lapse with my blog. I will attempt now to keep it running again, with a little more time at present to allow this to happen. I have been busy accumulating artists […]
