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Here’s a picture of a couple of recent drawings.  They are done in metalpoint and they are about the size of small postcards.  They’re part of an ongoing project to do with postcards that have something to do with Margate. […]

It turns out that documenting the de-homing process of my own house is more interesting than showing images of de-homed houses I have no relationship with. So I’ve stopped viewing houses that are for sale. I’ve taken images of each […]

Francis Alÿs Sometimes ‘Making Something Leads to Nothing’ (1997) My Recent performance/Video work has been looking at the absurd; I have been doing rather than having done to me. I have looked at two contemporary artists who in their own […]

127 km by road from Mostar…24 hours in Sarajevo… During the Seige of Sarajevo in 1992, the library was destroyed. Most of the 1.5 million volumes, and 155 rare books and manuscripts were burnt. People tried to rescue the books […]

I’m trying not to think too much about everything that is going on around me at the moment.  If I think about it, I’ll start to panic, and if I do that, I’ll lose concentration and my work will start […]

I have a drawing in this group show curated by Artbelow ‘Bondage’ is a James Bond themed art exhibition featuring the work of ten handpicked UK artists including Nasser Azam, Terry Arpino, Richard Colson, Miranda Donovan, Matt Farina, Nina Fowler, […]

A process and research shot taken with photo booth on my mac book. These are period glasses of the kind possibly worn by the artist whose history I’m working with. This blog is honestly still BARCELONA IN A BAG, but […]

Go and See – research trip Since launching our long-term studio base in Preston city centre in 2014, The Birley Artist Studios has enjoyed a steady growth of interest and activity – enough so that we plan to expand both our programme and premises […]

How do I feel stuck yet have so many ideas and thoughts relating to my practice. The work feels very open so far and has a clear, strong sense and essence of play; however some aspects have a controllable element. […]

This image is from way back when I was preparing for my Degree Show. It didn’t get into the show eventually, but now seems appropriate to illustrate a point. I feel as though I am drowning in technology and intellectual […]

Following on from my blog about turning the photographs of traces in mud into prints, I have now decided to turn them into cyanotype prints. A process where you need to have two chemicals to turn paper into light sensitive […]

From this image (taken by Emma Starkey, www.emmastarkey.com) I have yesterday produced a film where by I drag a bench (made by myself out of a pallet.) Thinking about the recent plight of the Homeless that live upon our streets in […]