To investigate how contemporary artists’ biographies have affected the artworks produced and responding to the research question with a body of artworks, using mirrors and lines and observing the autobiographic content that unfolds. The aim is to draw a connection […]

Eleven Thames lighters were landed and part filled with concrete on Essex mudflats in 1986. This to protect the seawall at Sales point, in the mouth of the River Blackwater, Essex. Further along the coast stands Bradwell A, a decommissioned […]

There’s a saying about certain plants – first year sleeps, second year creeps, third year leaps. This process has been a bit like that and I’m currently in a leap. Which is a relief. Last week I had an email […]

I spent a few hours yesterday evening thinking about what I want to focus on for the major project, and designing a research question that would be appropriate for producing a body of work. I started by reverse-engineering from the […]

I compiled this blog back in February, and have updated it to highlight issues of grifting that affect artists in Lincoln: https://helend-blackbird.blogspot.com/2021/02/so-social-prescribing-is-hot-topic.html I read on social media of a friend that said she had MH, but now has a good […]