Is it true that artists are only as good as their last work? No. But this is how it often feels. In reality what we might call a body of work stacks up – but if you have a poor […]
‘It’s so obvious when I think about it – how much my mood is affected by the environment in which I find myself and how that in turn, impacts on the work I make. Caught up in the general busyness […]
i love the notion of how january 1st each year is a beautifully pure state in which multitudes are possible. in those first few hours of the new year all the best bits of history informing what becomes into existence. […]
from the hi hat and snare i start to build in practice development by extending into the tom toms.
Evaluation of 2016 edition based on responses of the Biennial’s core audience, participating artists, staff, volunteers, and key stakeholders.
I was very excited about the idea of being part of a Film Festival in Morocco and to finally meet the people I have been exchanging emails with. I felt really grateful and honoured to be selected for this bursary […]
Throughout the posts I’ve outlined the progress of the project and the working processes that I adopted during my visits to Colne and Nelson and while developing the print-based work. Below I’ve compiled a series of images that document the […]
I’ve been procrastinating for too long, too much cerebral thinking and not enough dumb making (so my tutors are telling me). So I have a concept an feeling which I want to evoke. In short it’s the idea that one can be […]
Well, we are still here. Persevering against all the odds. Since getting established in permanent premises in April 2013 we’ve groped our way along, managing to pay the rent on a building and all the associated costs of maintaining an […]
The conclusion of my development work for 2016, was a series of tutorials with Harry Blackett of An Endless Supply. I took to the studio, a pile of notes and sketches from my SRT classes, which I edited down and formulated into a small fold-up […]
Studio visits and mentor sessions with Darryl Georgiou formed another strand of my development this year. Darryl is familiar with my practice, and has supported the development of my work via opportunities to work with his MA students at Coventry […]
So just when I thought I had finished, I was awake much of the night thinking … and it always strikes me as remarkable but strangely right that my working process often involves going back to the beginning, fishing out something […]
Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT) is an innovative approach to dance and movement training developed by Joan Skinner in the early 1960s. SRT utilizes image-guided floor work to ease tension and promote an effortless kind of moving, integrated with alignment […]
I sat down with Kenn Taylor, for a chat about participation, context and public art. Kenn Taylor is Head of Participation at The Tetley, and is leading on their part in the Dewsbury Road project. The Tetley have been asked […]
i feel excited to be writing the final post of this blog. excited because i have a sense of what follows. the feeling inside of grounded ness ness, projected thoughts of an application being sent and of a non linear […]
Just back from replacing both a lamp-holder and lamp in Go-Go. I had already replaced the lamp a couple of times thinking that it perhaps overheated, however having moved and re-positioned the lamp-holder and it still burning out a bulb […]
With the closure of The Shop and shortage of time towards the end of the project I’ve had to reconsider the format of my final printed output for ‘Think, Question, Print’. In truth I had no concrete idea for the […]
Between August and October I produced a number of printed pieces in response to the days spent in Colne and Nelson; the development of these pieces is described in more detail in previous posts and photos of the drypoint and […]
When I spoke to Kenn Taylor, of The Tetley, last month, he spoke about Bradford’s significant investment into public realm projects with their 2011 project ‘City Park’ The area comprises of a landscaped area with lawns, seating and large area […]
The period supported by the grant has almost come to the end and this will be my final blog post. I stated in my application that by this point I would, possibly, have completed one finished object. Following a tentative […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here It’s arrived. The post-christmas slump. Possibly it is caused in part by a horrible cold, and in part by poor diet rather than alcohol, as I don’t drink much. I feel sluggish and cold and […]
Hi I’m looking for advice having been approached about using a piece of my artwork for a cd cover. Not sure about licensing and copyright and what to charge , advice gratefully received.
As with the proposed new artwork for Dewsbury Road, it’s become apparent to me that it’s very different commissioning a public artwork for neighbourhoods is very different to installing work in a city centre. When I spoke to Kenn Taylor […]
One area of Leeds which really appreciates the addition of public sculpture is the University of Leeds campus. Recently they have unveiled two new pieces of public art on their Leeds city centre campus, adding to a rich portfolio of […]
