having slightly gone made with the mead last night a snifter g&t has helped to level out the lunchtime sensation of the day. the view through the window is a happy one with the large tree backed with fluffy clouds […]
a blog for 2018 to record my thoughts and reflections in my continued enquiry into potential.
Details the performance indicators expected of visual and applied arts Portfolio organisations in Wales.
Crafts Council survey of makers’ export needs in view likely law changes following Brexit.
A systematic review of the subjective wellbeing outcomes of engaging with visual arts for adults (‘working-age’ 15-64 years) with diagnosed mental health conditions.
I’m writing up my research report which details working methods, and video documentation, and have produced workshop outlines for 2018. The past 6 months have been hugely important for my practice. It has allowed me to develop my printmaking practice […]
This was my first residency and all brand new to me. Unlike traditional residencies I was not obliged to produce work towards anything and participation and the level of social interaction with the creative residence occupying the other six artist cottages […]
I visited Blackhorse Workshop, London, and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop in December, and earlier this year I also visited the proposed site for Birmingham Production Space to speak to Ruth Claxton. In the end the visits were a bit more scatter gun […]
Before I talk art I want to focus on inspiration. Two of the things that make me smile most in the world are drawing and walking, both allow space for ideas and wonder. The first thing I did when I arrived […]
Learnin’ broke my ? is an ongoing research project concerned with experimental and self organised educational practices. The research is a multifarious activity held in common by the individuals who, collectively, constitute Rhubaba as a space. They have and are […]
I’ve just received my Dementia Friends badge and a booklet with information about how to include and support people living with dementia. The dementia friends training is simple to complete, and a useful starting point for information and awareness. Do […]
what is it about the coming of the new year that makes new so nervous ? i can’t put my finger on it. it might be that my diary has things happening in the first two weeks of the year […]
The Clore Fellowship is made up of a number of elements. There are mandatory aspects, such as the two residential courses at the beginning and end of the fellowship, some core training which we will do as a group in […]
This is a blog documenting and describing some of our experiences researching into the Swedish bathing culture. We will try to share our take on the culture and introduce a few places that we visited and the characters that we […]
I’m very pleased that two images from my Gifts series are on show at Hot Numbers in Cambridge This project documents the ‘gifts’ my daughter gave me during toddling walks in 2016 – 2017. Sometimes a gift would be a […]
The Thought for Food a-n professional development bursary was in part allocated to curatorial feedback and with a growing body of work, the time is now right to gain some feedback. For me, this is a vital part of the process, I […]
The following blogs will chart my journey up to and beyond a months residency in South West Ireland completely over the Summer of 2017, supported by a bursary from a-n The Artist Information Company.
with football matches happening all around the uk i make myself comfortable to make a reflective post about this year. kicking off i feel a little unsure to to pass the thought to next, there have been some highlights of […]
This is a very long overdue blog post documenting and reflecting on some of what I got up to throughout October and November during my residency – a busy couple of months! 13-15th Oct: I created this for the Last Bus […]
The only thing to do between the Christmas and New Year festivities and to keep sane is to start some new work that can be developed once they are all over. So with that in mind I put together some of […]
The start and end point of this research that has been enabled by the a-n travel bursary are in some respects very different but in the broader context of my practice, I very much see them as interrogating the same […]
Thank you to a-n for awarding me with the professional development bursary that has given me the luxury to spend six funded days in my studio, free from my essential ‘bread-and-butter’ textile teaching work, that I do enjoy, but that allows […]
Having used the first half of my a-n travel bursary to speak to artist run spaces outside of London about their intentions and organization, I decided to use the second half to take The Future is a Collective Project to […]
There is a story about a Native American Indian who was hitchhiking across the USA and kept asking the driver to stop after every two hours of driving. They would stop and the Indian would sit by the side of […]
