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Although it is kind of the wrong time of year to start growing meadow seeds, July is a fantastic time to see meadow plants thriving. That is if you find them by a river and not in the parched brown open […]

It has been a couple of weeks, the meadow has still not been sown, however installation day is tomorrow! I have been round in circles about whether this will work, if the time is long enough for seeds to germinate and grow […]

I could have carried on for a while, but my stamina was flagging as I think I’ve found out what I wanted to know. A large drawing is a problem for me… I have to know WHY I’m going bigger. […]

Last week marked the 3rd and final week of my residency at Access Space that saw me utilise candle making to respond to the news of the day. Being the final week, it saw a shift of focus from working […]

As I take a week off from being on site, I’ve been wondering what has been achieved so far this year. Here are some thoughts and a few images from the past three weeks. At the start, I filled a […]

The past two weeks have been very productive and I have continued to use Marshmallow, as an ‘edible flesh.’ I have been thinking a lot about women, our bodies and food recently. The studio visit from  film-maker Tereza Stehlikova and performer Tereza Kamenicka allowed […]

It’s so useful to have a positive exhibition deadline to work towards. It provides that crucial impetus which forces decisions that might otherwise rumble along for ages. Suddenly it is possible to visualise the work in position in the gallery and […]

Titled ‘The Planetary Garden: Cultivating Coexistence’, Manifesta 12, the roving European art biennial, explores ideas around how life forms meet and adapt to coexist, while also aiming to put down roots in its host city of Palermo, Sicily – but […]

Each week the blog will act as a resource for any notes or references mentioned during the workshop, as well as featuring at least one visual or written response from one or more of the participants.   WEEK 1 Response […]

Saturday morning I travelled over to Fulwood Community Gardens in Liverpool to install my work. I had a choice where I could put it as it was a fairly large space, so I decided to put it close to trees […]

Art etc. No. 4 Following on from my last comment in Art etc. No.3, about how art takes a long time to come to fruition, I listened to Miroslaw Balka on Radio 4 talking about art being as much about […]

It’s been a few days since I came back from Svalbard and I had a chance to gather some thoughts. As my first residency (yes, I haven’t mentioned that, have I?) and such an intense one at that, this experience […]

Popped back to Kearsney Court gardens in the late afternoon to draw the yew hedges. The other residents (not my interviewee) of the houses are tolerating my presence, I think, though I have not seen them. There is some anxiety […]

It is the end of the third week and some archaeologists are leaving, which means making sure I draw and interview people before they go. Drawing portraits is a perfect way to have a sound recorder running to hear my sitter’s stories and views on the […]