Got another email from Claire today, asking if I am willing to take part in the research. She apologises for the delay and hopes that I will be able to take part. I thought that I had already agreed when […]
March has disappeared on me, gulp! I have been working some extra hours in my job (computer game art) because of ongoing milestones. This means early mornings and leaves me rather tired for working (on my art) after the kids […]
‘Heave’ Sculpture, Installation and Performance by TURNHURST. The title alone conjures up a wide ranging line of enquiry – effort, revulsion, humour and ritual to name just a few. What awaits the viewer? Immediately on entering the entering the space […]
The good news! Wednesday night. We caught a mouse, by hand, in a tupperware pot. It was hiding behind the bread bin so we chased it into a tupperware pot by waving a wooden spoon at it. Then we threw […]
blimey, its enough to make you turn to chocolate… eating it I mean, not actually turning into chocolate, that would just be messy. I have finished the final edit, ready to take the final three to print on monday. I […]
Some other unrelated and non-mousey things that have happened lately; I talked about my work at AIR Open Dialogue in Sheffield. I spent two days in advance of this worrying about how to say things that are both true and […]
On graduating, at 21, 12 years seemed like an unimaginable length of time – more than half my life. Even at 26, on completing my doctorate, 12 years seemed like forever, and the prospect of reaching 38 (and the year […]
i didnt get a place. relieved to have an answer. going to relax all weekend.
Waiting for elective results and stressing out about it I know they get posted out today so it'll undoubtedly be Monday before I hear anything – if at all – I have a habit of never getting the letters college […]
Art and parenthood.. My experience of continuing my practice since becoming a parent has been opposite to that which I was socially conditioned to expect. I feel much more driven and focused than before – now I know why we […]
In the event, as soon as I got on the 'plane I realised how exhausted I was and also that I wouldn't be able to actually 'post anything from the air (duh!). I also ran out of battery power. So […]
At last. It's already a week ago that we had the Open Studios and the opportunity to open the doors of our studios and other spaces to the public… I planned to do a live streamed run scheduled to take […]
"I will be out running between 3 & 4. Check computer screen to see live feed. V." A receiving computer was set up in my studio at the end of the morning for the live stream. Previously I been using […]
Let me fill in a bit more background to this project. I’m a 2D visual artist living in London and I’ve been painting and drawing for much of my life. What are my creative experiences? Well, they vary. I can […]
Talking about my creative experiences is not such an easy thing to do. On previous occasions where I have had to give talks about my art work I’ve had some kind of brief from a client and so I’ve been […]
Creativity in a Collapsing World Economy (1) Few are escaping the effects of the recession right now. How would you expect the economic downturn to affect the creative practice of visual artists in particular? There are constant reports of how […]
Creativity in a Collapsing World Economy (2) I think that in the world of visual art, the recession hit well before it hit the rest of the country. It can be viewed as a crisis. But on the other hand, […]
Its Here! The show is here…..Apologies for not updating this blog for ages…I Hope you can get along and see it !Its all happening NOW… TODAY the show opens tonight 6-9pm… along with 5 other big shows in Manchester, so […]
Went back to see my Airbus Project today, I decided to leave it alone. If I get it display somewhere else I will change it then.I need to start looking for somewhere else to display it now, not sure how […]
Since the last post I have completed the proposal for the Junction and have been on an inspiring weekend retreat with ten live artists from the region, Anthony Roberts of Colchester Arts Centre and Curious – a company based in […]
This blog contains 2 months of backdated entries as the programme has only just launched publicly. I will begin with a passage from my own outline based on what I proposed when I applied. ‘I would like to develop a […]
So -following on from the last post, here is what i wrote re my proposed methodology for my project; ' 1. Locate an organization/partner in the female mental health / BME sector to work with in providing access to relevant […]
The process of making work as part of the ‘The Shape of Things’ programme, including The Gifts, a textile installation for Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, and new work for a group show at Flow Gallery, London.
