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Whatever I Like, the name I gave to the project a couple of weeks ago now, opened last night at Pickled Art Centre. The title comes from the t-shirt that read: “Free to be Whatever I Like.” For the wall […]

Frieze + Zoo   ‘Did’ the above yesterday with my fellow foundling artists. I have to admit I was sickened by Frieze;not by the blandiose displays, the scary gallerists and rich people, nor by the obligatory neon writing that every […]

STAND BACK AND LOOK Have we seen things differently on the allotment? Have we made a kind of home? Are we collaborators? May the seeds grow? Which stalks of the new work will develop? Have we been back to school? […]

it seems press and marketing deadlines are closing in on both sides of the pond, writing a press release for Writing Live is fairly simple, but we need to promote that at the same time as the education programme we […]

A Picture I am continuing to find new ways to work with veneer, usually by accident, so find myself beginning new work before finishing other things. A slip of the scalpel yesterday produced some lovely strands which coiled and twisted […]

Thursday morning I am waiting to go back to the Slaughter House; the butcher has called yesterday to say that he has all my ‘Crepines’ so I am going to collect them. I just got back last night from the […]

I LOVE MY ALLOTMENT A rope joined me to the mullein. We used garden canes to knit the string used in the survey of beds. I slept next to the currant bush and kissed the love-in-a-mist. Judith sewed me to […]

209 shorts A bit late to mention this really but one of the recordings I made at Shilihe insect market [Cricket Sale, Shilihe] will be broadcast on 209 Radio, Cambridge, UK between 30th September and 13th October. Radio 209 can […]

Just downloaded the rest of the images taken in the gallery in Saffron Walden. It seems to help to look at the show through photos as it distances me from the work and I can look more objectively. I intend […]

time flies. its now just over 2 weeks until we fly out to NY. weve all been really busy developing the educational aspect of Performa’s ‘Writing Live’ programme, which mary, rebecca and i will be devising and hosting whilst in […]

My edition of 5 of Diary of a Foundling Artist with correct spelling arrived today. I think I was more excited than I have been for a long time. I took the opportunity of the delay to expand its contents […]

TABLES Rain yesterday meant a day to stay indoors, sort through material and data, and begin to put it into some sort of order. Also a good opportunity to identify areas where more information is needed. Weather forecast good for […]

SEWING Stitches. Lots of the names link with the allotment: seeding, snail trail, stem, thorn, lazy daisy, fern. Our roots are in the land and being here day after day brings this to mind. My head rings with the intertwining […]

Another image from the show in Saffron Walden. The building was once used as an overflow for the water tower close by. The water was stored in separate divided sections and entered the building through porthole shaped openings in the […]

Next exhibitionPhew!…I am only now recovering from the September exhibition of "Children of Craig-y-nos" and I have agreed to another in November. It is in Brecon. Dr Reeves of The Wellcome Trust Centre for the Hisotry of Medicine urged me […]

DAY 6   Today: A cloudy start with outbreaks of rain. The rain becoming heavy and persistent at times, especially over eastern parts, but it should ease in the west later in the afternoon.

Incidentally The temperature is significantly cooler now – a max of 19′ according to the papers and when the famous Beijing wind blows if feels much colder. And The fares on the Beijing subway have gone down in price! From […]

Fragmentation   I have been trying to use a technique known as fragmentation, involving tiny pieces of veneer. Cutting across the grain of the wood you can break strips into fragments which can then be packed into a space to […]

A lot seems to have happened since the last post. I have installed the show in Saffron Walden and the PV was last Friday evening. To show the power of [an] blogging, artist Gordon Flemmons, another blogger, heard about the […]