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The fabric/circle of life … I’m back to painting the embroidery hoops – well, perfecting them to be precise, touching up those last minute missed bits, working indoors these past mornings where it’s a little cooler, shielding myself from the […]
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Recurring themes … In the midst of change, when no actual physical work is being made, it’s sometimes hard to hold onto feeling like an artist (whatever that is!). That whole art v life/life v art dilemma – it’s so […]
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In the absence of being part of a studio group and starting to work from my studio at home since the start of this year, I joined hARTslane gallery space as a member. It’s always felt a special place to […]
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Time to talk about austerity again?! The impact of sorting and itemising just about every object I own (for art’s sake) took its toll on the state of my home. It’s just about sorted now but after months of minimal […]
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Back to the blog again this evening and about to publish the 6th post for February, 2025. It’s the most posts I’ve ever written in one month since starting ‘Keeping it Going’ over ten years ago. The need to write […]
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Pockets of real life in the midst of the sorting … A short break from the sorting meant a foray into real life over the weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the company of other artists and […]
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First sunny day in quite a while when I can just about stand being outside for any length of time. The boxes – all 102 of them (I’ve reduced them down by one already!) are out of the shed for […]
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Today I focused on getting work ready for a member’s show at a local gallery, as well as working towards the deadline for an open call – the shed roof repair will just have to wait. The weather forecast is […]
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From the water damage archive: thinking about potential loss and how to best protect the raw materials for future work. With one hundred boxes now sorted and their contents catalogued, it’s time now to focus on making the garden shed […]
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‘Objects in other boxes, however can conjure up memories of people and places I once cherished and loved and there is a deep sadness attached to some of them, with all the emotions associated with loss and grief – of […]
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Another good, constructive day in terms of sorting and cataloguing objects. Eight more sorted and repacked boxes are now ready to go back into the garden shed, the plan being that in the long run, I can put my hand […]
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Twelve days into a new year – a good, constructive start so far, keeping busy with sorting stuff in boxes and adapting to no longer having a studio space to go to. I spent a couple of hours in a […]