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Two events that I attended in July 2018 have provided fruitful in terms of providing inspiration for film making. These were: Tacita Dean, Woman with a red hat, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (6thJuly 2018) The first event was a kind […]

Time has flown by and I have had a thought provoking and sometimes challenging time at Airspace in Stoke on Trent. I am grateful that I have been able to learn more and more each passing day as well as […]

I have been helping build and paint the new Airspace Brownfield Research Centre at Airspace Gallery Stoke on Trent. It has been interesting and challenging at the same time. I have a reasonable amount of knowledge in building and fabrication […]

The idea to have a soup kitchen is not new. Airspace Gallery in Stoke on Trent has been running them for six years. A gathering of artists sit around a square table (the search/action for an egalitarian way of working). […]

Making images from collecting pigments, beeswax and having made charcoal I embarked on these paintings. I had to purchase the blue in a tube,  other hues are fabricated by myself. I found this challenging and interesting at the same time. […]

acoustically a sine wave produces a very lovely tone – balanced and even and i think that’s been the week i’ve had.     it began with a good feeling and is ending with another good feeling.     i’ve […]

i’ve visited the silk mill site this week – at the invitation of the museum trust’s site manager.  we spent an hour walking round. here are a few of my highlights from the visit.       a leftover question […]

Paola, Italy (15:23, 19th June) A 9 hour intercity train trip from Palermo to Naples is delayed. The train had skirted the coastline for most of the journey, making the crossing between Sicily and mainland Italy by driving directly onto a ferry. Once […]

On arriving in Falcone-Borsellino airport, the Italian border officer did not look up when I passed him my passport. Behind the glass booth I could see that he along with a second colleague were fixed to a phone streaming a football […]

It’s only early June but the southern Italian heat is already powerful and oppressive. I slowly move from one abandoned building… to a church… to a garden, welcoming each venue an opportunity to retreat from the midday sun. As a […]

The ‘nomadic’ is a problematic term in the arts. It conjures the romantic view of an artist as someone unfixed to geographical (or seemingly financial) restraints, able to hot-foot around the globe seeking inspiration in that which is foreign and […]

I am currently transforming my studio – I’ve moved and  painted the exterior blue, the interior has now been insulated, I’ve painted it white and building shelves and worktops. It is an equally big transformation for me psychologically as I […]

My relationship with the artefacts found on the dig. I need to be clear about this.  I am putting the thing into the context in which it was found.  That means not only drawing a stone in the hole in […]