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I'm finding myself in a period of uncertainty about the project. The past two days have been totally given over to working on Kalender. Selecting and preparing images and finding text are part of the work, I know, and it's […]

Oh dear, it's been far too long since I updated this blog. It's been falling off the bottom of my list because for the last couple of months I've been busy launching my art website. Putting together a proper website […]

Along Tuenjiehu Lu, the main street near my flat, sometimes large sometimes small groups of old and young men play mahjong. There seem to be regular pick ups of street hawkers by the cops here too. Today I saw a […]

Meeting up for a meal tonight in Sanlitun with other resident artists – Laurens Tan and Julie Bartholomew [both from Australia], Yam Lau from Canada and Denise once more. Tomorrow Laurens and I are going to check out the Toy […]

Today was a much more encouraging one. I am working with children on an Elmbridge Borough Council holiday scheme as part of the Papertrails project. With the weather we have been having I imagined that we would be stuck indoors […]

I've been exploring the work and writings of Friedensreich Hundertwasser (December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) lately. Why? Because i see some similarities and i'm intrigued by what can be learned not just from what he did, but we […]

The other day got to 798, a huge and active place full of lots of galleries, towards the north west of the city – on the way to Bei Gao and all the artists’ villages out that way. Met Eileen […]

Cultural Fusion "art as philosophy" needs those with a heart and mind to make a difference for the better in the world…those who know that art and artist have a signficant contribution to make in building a better society. Because […]

Got to the Forbidden City today – truly amazing to see, as amazing as Angkor in Cambodia; in the same vein, sumptuous design and colour and layout, so lovely to walk around and just be in such an ancient and […]

Just returned from a few days in the jungle/ coffee plantation, set in endless miles of tall hills and mountains. The quiet, rainy monsoon, thinking time has been invaluable.Inspiration is a shy wild animal… Forcing it will never tame it.

I met up with Ann Rapstoff on Friday as part of our research into collaborative work. Started a conversation about issues around working this way. Ann has worked in many combinations. We hope to arrange a meeting between Breaking Ground […]

Walking around the streets here I marvel at what a very different city it is now compared to four months ago. Instead of looking at places for a last time, I keep saying oh look I never saw that place […]

On Thursday the 9th did a huge explore on foot and found my way to the centre, discovering streets, hutongs, buses and the underground en route. Bright sunny day, hot and humid as usual, but had not counted on such […]

Just read about Ai Wei Wei’s – the Chinese artist responsible for the design of the Birds Nest aka the Olympic Stadium – disgust with the already intense Olympic propaganda and that he will boycott the opening next year. See […]

Marquetry is a very precise activity. Getting a slice of veneer to fit perfectly within another is harder than it sounds. There are a variety of techniques for doing this, most commonly a scalpel is used to cut a window […]

Had a fright: my computer died. It wouldn’t boot up and all the files relating to HMS were locked inside. I dropped into the store where I bought it. The assistant took the battery out and plugged it into the […]

Well I thought that things might go awry with the Storytrail and they have. Is it a case of too many elements involved or just that people are on holiday? Anyway there are not enough people signed up to attend […]