I’m still thinking about these things I’ve been painting red, and why I’m not altogether convinced by them. I’m keeping them in their original places around the house, and that’s a good start, but despite that they’ve still got some […]
‘We drove down to the coast today. Mrs d’Alaska’s mum said we should boil the water before we went swimming.’ Colin d’Alaska, his family and friends, are a (kind of) living artwork, allowing me to investigate new methods of communicating […]
Writing about writing as artwork
This blog tracks the development of a drawing research project which explores relaltionships between activities of drawing and those other professional practices. It focuses on interrogating shared interdiciplinary enagagement with notions of ‘delicacy’ and aims to use this information to […]
My journey on the train was beautiful; the view literally consisted of tree, tree, tree, sap, tree, lake, tree, tree etc. I found myself becoming slightly frustrated that I could not be out in the forest but the sighting of […]
The project’s starting point was the collection of books from the local community (east end) which lasted about a year. Diversity of subjects and languages has become my source material for art making. These material thave been then manipulated and […]
FANTASTIC! I just logged on to my email – the first time since arriving in Stockholm – and see that I have been offered the residency studio at wip:sthlm. I’ll call/email Erik at wip:sthlm to arrange to meet him and […]
The Patina Series Drawing made using processes of magnification using grease on light sensitive paper. This work is the culmination of a series of experiments which explore the conventions around preservation in costumes archives. Ultimately conservators seek to prevent damage […]
About the project: The project seeks to examine relationships between investigative procedures in sciences of conservation, archaeology and medicine and the experimental tools and ideas of Art. It centres on the exploratory and analytical activity of drawing, where overlapping concerns […]
I have come back to this blog after a long gap. Its July, I’m making again, in a rather different direction. Venice is where my minds eye is looking. I went there in March and I have a rather large […]
To engage with a practice that confronts problems can be problematic, but it also produces possibility: this comes from re-assessing understandings and concepts that come from the things I have learned and characteristics I have attained… things familial. Many projects […]
continued….. In terms of how to see myself moving closer to a more sustainable practice, financially, I want to learn more about how to balance it. I find so far looking to other artists that I really admire (not just […]
Have I ‘found my practice’? I thought maybe Andrew might have gone mad or emailed the wrong person when he sent me this question. I didn’t really know I was supposed to be looking for it. This particular worry, I […]
Ok, I have done some (very rough) sketches of the sort of things I am hoping to have a go at making. I dont have access to a scanner at the moment so I only have photos of the drawings. […]
Some early thoughts on collaboration. Had a chat with Eero last night -we were talking about brainstorming and how, if you’re used to it, it’s easy to not realise that many people haven’t been taught the basics – you know, […]
Passed through to the next stage of the MA. Got a bit of a ticking off for the minimal amount of work done this year. They are right; I really mustn’t waste next year as it won’t come round again […]
Have I found my practice? I am rarely consistently happy with what I do. It is possible to see it one day with a degree of satisfaction, and the next with a degree of despair. The distance of objectivity is […]
Well here is my first post for over a month. And there are many good reasons for this, the best of which being that I went on holiday for pretty much the whole of June. The sun and sea I […]
This journey has been an emotional and creative roller coaster for me. Many artists have articulated the patches of insecurity we all go through but Andrew Bryant has touched on a particular one of mine. ‘Have I found my practice?’ […]
(continued) I made the plaster pillow by literally filling a pillow case with casting plaster, then resting my head on it which it hardened. (I also tried mixing some of my hair into the plaster, but I need to work […]
I’m really not sure where to begin with this post. There’s so much going through my head at the moment that I’m finding it even more difficult than usual to keep track of everything. The main thing is that I’ll […]
