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I have recently visited the MA show at Wimbledon where I am going to start (in the sculpture area) in a few weeks. Their end of year show incorporates all specialisms (sculpture, drawing, VLP etc..) and so I was looking […]

With the time we’ve set aside for the allotment residency drawing nearer, the issue of a shelter has grown more urgent. Out of the blue I received a call from Simon Barker, an architect based in Eastbourne, offering to join […]

It was my turn for a crit at our artists’ group meeting yesterday afternoon, and I decided to pass around past issues of Kalender for comment. Some interesting feedback, and all in all quite encouraging. So, I’m feeling a bit […]

Its in the postFar from being one of those excuses you hear when people are late with a delivery or payment, today this statement means that I have cleared some of the backlog of paperwork, completed my Galway proposal and […]

Bicycles and tricylces haul all kinds of things: furniture, collected material for recycling, loads of market produce, as well as getting people from a to b. There are bike lanes on many streets and mobile bike repair stops to repair […]

I used my new card for the first time today. The first woman I requested flatly said no and seemed mildly annoyed that I had approached her. I realized that I may be bothering people, both as a foreigner unable […]

To give a small idea of the installation – some video stills of the dvd loops:

Maybe visiting the Taj Mahal did provide a turning point in this residency, though the quiet, lush garden that surrounds it was perhaps more of a tonic than the architecture itself. Which isn't to deny that the building transcends the […]

Here’s Kelly working on the translation with the layout person at the printers. That evening Cath Clover and other Red Gate Residency folks were at an opening at the Pickled Art Centre, run by Li Gang. That's where I took […]

Drama Queen   The portrait turned up today (see picture). I was also at the Air event in Colchester tonight talking about my key issues with David Kefford and Caroline Wright. I overcame my nervousness by transforming into a complete […]

I love the shabbiness of allotments. Nevertheless I felt weeds and grass had got out of hand on our preparation day. Thus I took the strimmer and spade to prepare the allotment for the residency proper which starts in a […]

I have been continuing to try and integrate my use of text and writing (as refelctive critique) into my work. At the same time, my research, as I become close to the start of my MA, has brought me to […]

Friday, Saturday and today I have been at St George’s Church. It has been a combination of ‘Heritage Weekend’, Surrey Cyclists Saturday and my usual open studio on Fridays. So lots of visitors and lots of contributions towards the Elmbridge […]

Following our second preparation day, I put aside some time to go through all the photographs I’ve taken at the allotment so far, and to begin to make up a work book in which links might begin to appear. A […]

Notes about the woodworker I’ve been trying in my mind to get to grips with wood and began to read ‘Woodland Crafts in Britain’ by Herbert Eldin. Putting into context the cultural importance wood Eldin outlines how many industries have […]

Back into the normal routine now, its been several months since I left the island. I have so far managed to stick to quite a few of my resolutions, in particular the reading, drawing, looking and walking. I have made […]

The exhibition opened yesterday and we are all still reeling from the media coverage.   Thanks to the amazing press release sent out by Dr Carole Reeves from The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine we got two […]

Lost in Peru   The lenticular was meant to turn up Friday, so I waited in all day, but no show. I finally got through to the company who sent it and they said it left Thursday for guaranteed next […]