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Sketchbook Project: Scalloway Village Centre

Turning our attention towards Scalloway village centre now, we return past The Booth and down the steps and round what I initially thought was a water tower (it’s actually the sewerage plant!): There are steps down to the sea just […]

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Sketchbook Project: Blacksness Docks

Continuing our meander round to Blacksness Docks, here are the next three drawings from Scalloway: I can see this rather sizeable boat tethered to the corner of the dockyard from my window. It marks the entrance point of the docks […]

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Towards Weisdale and Sandwater, Shetland

Heading back down the A970 after exploring the Nesting area on mainland Shetland, these contours caught my eye and so I pulled over to draw them. Not so much of an official parking place as much as one of the […]

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Mavis Grind, Shetland

The rather fabulously named Mavis Grind is a narrow joining piece of land that links the mainland of north-west Shetland to the Northmavine peninsula. I didn’t know that this was where I was until afterwards, I’d just found a place that I […]

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Melby Beach, Shetland

Getting into the feel of the island by taking Buttercup the Beetle (that’s my car) on an exploration of the west coast here on mainland Shetland. I drove to the end of one of the roads and chanced upon Melby, […]

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Hello from Shetland

I’m writing in the middle of a brisk rain and wind episode that makes the waves outside my window look like they’re about to hop up and step in for tea. Yes, it’s January in Scalloway harbour on Shetland, so […]

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Rewild All Brownfield and Common Land in England Petition

Update: 18/01/22: The petition is going pretty well, considering I haven’t pushed it so much yet. I am starting to use it when emailing people about the project (so other organisations, etc., and I will return to pushing it shortly, once I […]

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How long do you keep work before binning it?

How long do you keep your work? Despite all the money spent over the years making artwork buying materials and so on, ultimately I have a lot of it just taking up space. I feel that the best thing to […]

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