Today UK politicians are debating the prospect of sending airstrikes into Syria to bomb Daesh (AKA I.S., AKA Isis, AKA Isil). I heard arguments describing children witnessing severed heads in the streets of Raqqa (the Syrian headquarters of Daesh), the […]
Any latest updates for the Chinese & English Illness sculpture? Today I have had a very good practical day cutting some bricks to re-shape my Chinese & English illness sculpture. I feel that reflecting back to what I have […]
I am a sculptor, printer, painter and an installation artist, and this is my critical review blog.
First day of really starting to process all of the information and experiences I have had in the past 5 weeks that I have been here in Shetland. Cleared out the studio downstairs this morning and set up working area. […]
Following on from a very practical 2 weeks this week has been based more on research and reading. Through exploring my own thoughts I often find myself with my mind ahead of the verbalisation of thought. There is a moment […]
This week the installation in the project space and spending time with the work and exploring the works response when composed differently within the space. A tutorial with Craig Barber involved talking about making and breaking the work. The importance […]
My artwork on display in The Cut, Halesworth.
After a still hectic post-Black Friday walk through the city centre I reached Saint Davids House and entered into the exhibition Sacred Danger Part II by Uliana Apatina as a part of her work for The Kim Fielding Award. This […]
The body in movement intrigues me greatly: the ways in which dexterity, knowledge and understanding come together particularly in art making, art practice, craft, performance; but also in wider contexts of manufacturing, domestic and work environments and even robotics. Observing […]
Constructed as part of a residency at Nida Art Colony, Lithuania in a collaboration with students from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania, filmed on the 27th September 2015 at Nida Art Colony, Baltic Signs explores the layering and expansion of the screen. Combining pre-recorded footage […]
Day five was mostly spent walking through the landscape and exploring, starting in the woods an venturing round to the sundial and harbour before ending up at the beach in the late afternoon. I tested the waterproof capacity of […]
I’d spent a lot of time collecting data thus far and so decided to start combining elements and processing data by creating drawings in the studio. The data visually appeared topographical aesthetically speaking and captured both a micro and macro […]
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Having collected some data and recordings of the landscape both from the beach and the woodland I could begin to process the data and play with some of the digital toys at the colony. The day was spent working with […]
Our brief for the week was to make a video on Baltic Signs, however I totally missed that there was a title to the project however some members of the group misheard the title as being Baltic Science. This seemed […]
After arriving at Nida Art Colony after a long winded mini bus trip across Lithuania from Kaunas to Nida Art Colony I managed to get a somewhat sleepy snippet of the landscape. The 2am start to get to Stanstead Airport […]
On the eve of the United Nations’ International Day of Disabled People, Unlimited’s Jo Verrent says there is still much to be done in supporting the work of disabled artists, but that this is an opportunity to commit to change.
Finally the workshop, talk and exhibition details are agreed! It’s been a bit of a long process but understandable, firstly due to the way things work in China and secondly due to C Platform (and me) wanting to get the […]
What outcome have I achieved today? Cutting Bricks for Chinese & English Illness Yes thats right! today has been very successful day indeed… A long hard think over the weekend with a list of to do stuff and it all […]
During the term I have had discussions with both my tutors and peers about my work and how process is a crucial element in the making of my work. Therefore I felt the need to film some of my work […]
