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Dungeon Crawling 2: Open the Caves!

The bursary I received from a-n was for experimenting with bringing ideas around game-journeying and space-making into my practice, particularly through learning how to render a digital space in 3D. In my last blog post I wrote about the research […]

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Pulling it all together!

This is a bit of a stock take of what I’ve achieved over the past 8 months. I’ve not only made a massive step forward in gaining Max MSP programming knowledge and created a system which includes light, glass, and […]

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British Council funded trip to Thailand

After many years of working on ‘N scale’ and navigating the complex ethical questions of my relationship to the fire at the Kader factories in Bangkok that forms its core, I finally made the decision to travel to Thailand to […]

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Transmission is launched

As part of my a-n bursary research into setting up a radio platform in Digbeth (Birmingham) the two-week pilot for TRANSMISSION went live on 7 Dec with a launch event at A3 Project Space and runs from 21 December 2018. […]

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Tagtool Test 1

https://vimeo.com/306842676 After a lot of experimentation with different software and hardware solutions, I settled on using the app Tagtool for the iPad. Tagtool transforms illustrations into digital puppets and then using some simple tools animates them. I was introduced to […]

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Now Showing #275: The week’s top exhibitions

Five recommended shows from across the UK, including: a group show exploring socio-political turmoil at Bo-Lee Gallery, London, Siobhán Hapaska’s sculpture at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, and Lucy Orta’s collaborative banners at Medicine in Birmingham.

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Flux

Forest Fields and Hyson Green is an area of constant revitalisation, rejuvenation and flux. It is a starting point for some and a constant home for others. People come and go regularly, setting up homes and businesses then move on […]

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Looking for a new pattern.

After spending a week researching Ethnographic Museum in Krakow  archive I went for a residency in University of Folk Art and Craft, located in Wola Sekowa – remote village South East of Poland. During my residency time there were ceramic […]

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Ethnographic Museum Archives

In May 2018, in support of a-n 2018 Bursary,  I visited Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, Poland archives. I been mostly interested in researching these materials that are regarding love (love letters and songs) and women rituals, I also focused on […]

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Welding, Fettling, Chasing

Reassembling  – once the bronze was cleaned the next job was to grind off the spru’s and any inwanted bronze left over from the casting stages. The joinging edges of seperate pieces of the bronze were smoothed and bevelled slightly. […]

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Metal Casting

Lost wax – The ceramic shells were tidied up around the neck/opening. The piece was then placed upside down in kiln that allowed the wax to melt out. Curing – Once cooled & checked over for any cracks, these are […]

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Plaster & Wax Copies

We made a few plaster casts of the rocks which form part of a current work in progress of Hilary Jack’s, titled ‘Shadow of the Future’. I then took a test work though to the rest of the stages towards […]

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Making the Mould

The first few sessions at Scartworks I happened to be working on a commission for Hilary Jack. I delighted to be able to work on this… The first stage of investment casting is making the two-part silicone mould of each […]

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Animated City

Investigating people and places through the mediums of animation, illustration, installation and storytelling.

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