The search for a mentor is ongoing, but really what I am needing is astute criticism! My current fascination with chaos and order (stemming from talking about art and maths) has led to thinking about my work in those terms. […]
This film has shocked me to the core, i knew politicians did not tell us the full story but this film exposes the trueth behind many a headline. It is a must watch for anyone interested in politics, society or […]
while in belper parks on tuesday, our regional catalyst from the eden project opened my thinking to placemaking. as we stood and looked at one edge of the area we’ll use for the art walk i could see her excitement. […]
My large cross-stitch pattern is now finished, and I’m looking forward to starting to stitch it. You may remember that it’s inspired by Byzantine Church domes, and so the layout of the design corresponds with a traditional dome, but with […]
What a week of bickering! You would think there was an election looming or something of the sort. The question is; will our dear prime minister enter the ‘big house’ reality TV show or not? Mind you, I can fully […]
Its something that i have been thinking about recently, why do we take so many selfies is it to indulge our own ego or is it to make others think better of ourselves. As you can see i am also […]
My thoughts in this week’s blog go to all those who were killed in Paris last week in the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices. I pause for a moment. I would describe myself as a ‘pacifist anarchist’; I am […]
Nine months ago I made the initial version of To accrete n.05 movie stills which transfers a collaged physical artwork into a series of still shots. It fractures viewing into small slices that gradually reveal a whole, an exercise both […]
or; my relationship with sketchbooks.
for the last six months i’ve been recording electricity demand on the first monday of the month. i have no idea how i’ll use the data. for now i’m recording and that’s as far as it goes. i find it […]
Last year for expedient reasons, mainly to make my day job more challenging, I developed an artist residency programme within a product design research centre Makers Using Technology.
this blog is dedicated to the notion of doing something for the hell of it. i’ve looked forward to launching it for several weeks. it is with sadness though that i make this first post. i didn’t expect to hear […]
after the cats and dogs sketch by eddie izzard …………. | …………. …………. | …………. …………. | ………….
“they drill … for anything …. just for the hell of it”
So I have been rubbish with blogging this December. Yes I have been unbearably busy but I think if I was a “blogger” then I would have found the time time in my schedule, home educating and parenting time to […]
As the Elgin Marbles leave our shores on a ‘cultural exchange’ to Russia the hypocrisy of the art world, governments, dealers, collectors etc. etc. concerning the whole sordid issue of the ownership/appropriation of art works is with us once more. […]
One of an occasional series of reviews which also appear on my website when exhibitions are of particular relevance to the work. Anselm Kiefer at the Royal Academy: A Post Memory Perspective Chance brought me to the Royal Academy on […]
AUDIO BLOG – Please click here Forgive me if you already know this story, but a few people recently have asked how I met Dan Whitehouse…. and the story has grown recently. So it’s a story of serendipity and […]
or; Leaving London
or; How living in the middle of nowhere is making me more creative.
