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The life of a knife
Several Twitter conversations have taken since yesterday’s post with regard to my question –“What would you take?” They prompted me to dig out another object – a small pen knife. I figure that this could be very useful to have […]
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What would you take?
Another day at the studio working through ideas of upheaval and displacement, using objects as metaphors. I’m struck by the impact that being forced to leave one’s home and homeland must have on an individual. As objects can suggest so […]
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The Force of The Enigmatic
For a couple of years my work centered on a letter from my father. (The letter had remained hidden among a pile of correspondence for many years after his death). It became the subject of my dissertation and of studio […]
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Work Makes Itself
Thank you for your amazing feedback in response to my last blog post. The sincere and heartfelt expressions of support are gratefully appreciated. I had a break and a think and have made a new piece of work about the […]
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I don’t know if I can do this..
I’m currently making work about the plight of refugees stuck in Northern France, articulating my concern for those ‘living’ in dreadful conditions from a child’s perspective. I have made a child’s coat in paper form which attempts to express the […]
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The work begins to take shape
We are, as artists constantly making observations and connections, and keeping records is so important in order to refer to them at a future time. Sometimes these connections create lucid thoughts and ideas that I literally have to rush to […]
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Pulled through to the new year
I have been away from the studio for six weeks with Christmas and New Year and straight back into a busy work schedule (part- time work at the Sidney Nolan Trust coordinating the learning programme). Familiar feelings of frustration, a […]
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Colour, presence, absence.
Butterflies are wonderfully beautiful and utterly intriguing . Mat Collishaw’s work with butterflies is stunning and takes my understanding of these creatures to a new level. I have just been to a major exhibition of his work at The New […]
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Draw_cut_stick_paint.
In my last post I was excited to return to the studio to play with paint and canvas having recently visited the gallery of Edaurd Micus in Ibiza. So its happening – a response to his work. I fumble with […]
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There and back again
I have never had such a long holiday in my life – it was wonderful. But I’m itching to get back to things. To be involved in regularly making work and reflecting allows for connecting with ones self and an […]
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The dust is settling
Last week in a Twitter conversation Kate Murdoch kindly asked me how things were going post-degree – “trying to find order in the chaos – need to be patient and let the dust settle I think!” I said, to which […]
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After ‘Museum’ – examining the work, asking questions.
I am meeting with some of the artists and poets who I collaborated with in The Little Museum of Ludlow a few weeks ago as part of a performative event The Paradox of Order http://www.paradox-of-order.com/ So tonight I’m reflecting on […]