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had an amazing time in florence, had a very short time to draw between seeing so much beautiful art, but here are some of my sketches

Having spent a period of residence in Egypt, I brought  new drawing performances to London’s Shubbak Festival of Arts from the Arab world. I would like to thank the Arts Council of England and Gudran for Art and Development in […]

A low cost way  to prevent calluses in under 60 seconds! Lots of drawing can cause painful hard skin on your hands where the pencil rests and rubs the finger. Here is a quick and easy way to prevent calluses on […]

im working on a project based around self image and the fashion industr at the moment but im also looking at old saying such as “you would look good in a black bin bag” and “you look like a sack […]

I’m pondering what this experiment tells me. It’s a photograph of a shadow from my studio space falling onto one of my favourite collages. It connects what I’ve made to architectural space and forms – the shadow of the studio […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]