Working in the studio My photograph taken at Tranmer House, Suffolk Along with the rooms, I have been working on an ink drawing which is based on a photograph I took at Tranmer House. What I like about the photograph […]
Avid > < apathetic Body > < framework Chaos > < order Duty > < service Enlightenment < > dark ages Form < > finance Guidance < > brainwashing Hermeneutics > < connotation Illumination > < ignorance Jettison > < […]
Two weeks to go, stress levels rising, full steam ahead! Today opening up moulds and cleaning rubber moulds, measuring liquid litres for moulten lead, to then have crucible size worked out, and to get the furnace finished… On 17th May […]
Filmmaker receives £10,000 grant to cover studio rent at Acme studios for one year.
This week’s selection features installation in Swansea, video in Exeter and painting in London.
A gallery exhibition themed around Douglas Sirk’s 1959 film ‘Imitation of Life.’
Today was a biggie, it was the day of the annual Sacy-le-Petit brocante. The 5am kick off was so cold we just pulled our clothes on over our pyjamas and headed out to set up our stall. We found ourselves […]
Can anyone recommend a good portable projector for delivering slide shows/still images (not video)? This is solely to support any talks I give. Are the PICO ones up to it? I’ve heard min recommended lumens as 3000 but would appreciate […]
I was looking forward to a lazy Swedish afternoon, but it wasn’t to be. My Swedish friend had a singer come round to discuss latest video for his next single and he started talking about different ideas and the 360 […]
My journey to LA didn’t turn out quite as planned. A storm in London meant my flight from Manchester was delayed, resulting in a missed connecting flight to LA. 33 long hours later I arrived in LA. It seemed as […]
time to reflect, to take stock, take a moment to lift my head up and see the wider view. i have lots of brimming thoughts requiring being recorded. most of the thoughts are connected to my photographic affair. specifically … […]
The studio sits inanimate, ready, waiting, and in the back on my mind. It’s being paid for so it needs to be used. My attendance has been sporadic over the last few months, necessity forces me to be working in […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here My practice is like a jigsaw at the moment. Broken up in the box. A few pieces are down the back of the sofa. A couple of bits look they belong to a different puzzle. […]
I been looking forward to meeting the Råfilm Collective since I was awarded my Travel Bursary and when I arrived I was greeted by founder Alex and his colleague Anna-Kalra. He was in the middle of preparing a spicy daal […]
Part of the circle of mentoring which I am developing includes being part of a peer network and providing educational experiences. I strongly believe either having a creative education or at least including aspects of creative thinking, making and exploring […]
Another long gap since last posting on this blog! Another change in circumstances affecting my artistic practice. My temporary studio space reverted to commercial status in December last year so I have been in a period of re-adjustment. My current […]
63 Objects From My Son’s Mouth, is a project by artist Lenka Clayton, documenting the objects she found in and removed from her baby son’s mouth. The Museum is extremely grateful to object artist Kate Murdoch for the link to […]
Today was mostly about filming the wildlife of Sacy-le-Petit. Bees, ants, creep-crawlies of all sorts, flowers, nettles and trees. It mainly went like this: spot a lovely bee, set up tripod, get focus, sort exposure, bee flies away, spot another […]
Room 1 I am lighting both my rooms using a LED wired to a battery. The light is turned on by pressing a switch down. I like the idea of the rooms being interactive. The viewer will look through the […]
At the moment I feel like this brick wall, I don’t know if its something to do with the mad rush at the end of University or the fact that I am unable to obtain work but my mood is […]
