A long meandering conversation via zoom led to an interesting debate about sculpture and forms, about materiality and air, about straight taut grids and floppy flailing grilles. Plan includes starting this conversation via a blog and testing out ideas, experimenting […]
Having shown work at the same venue in 2014, Sharon Haward and Laura Porter hit a chord, stayed in touch and finding many common themes in their work are now putting together a new body of work to exhibit. This blog reflects the ongoing conversation between them.
Working in homemade lye soap and its relevance surrounding the genocide of witches.
Talking about walking last week reminded me that being environmentally friendly often saves me money. So why pay for a bus ticket when I can walk? Or pay for tap water when I can collect rainwater? Or buy paint when […]
In the guise of fairy tales, reality comes into focus, we are forced to acknowledge we are the authors of our happy ever after.
I’m probably not the only one thinking that January has been an incredibly hard month to get through. Cold, damp… dark mornings and nights. I really couldn’t get myself going again. I had the right idea last year of planning […]
Yellow ochre, FeO(OH)·nH 2O, is a hydrated iron hydroxide (limonite) also called gold ochre. From wikipedia: In Ancient Egypt, yellow was associated with gold, which was considered to be eternal and indestructible. The skin and bones of the gods were […]
There’s something really powerful about being impulsive or spontaneous. My practice seems to rely on impulsivity, rarely is a recent work pre-planned. There’s something interesting about pulling whatever material seems to be in front of me, like a take away […]
I seem to have longer and longer gaps between postings about my work. I AM working, it’s just that I’m quietly doing it in the background and not shouting about it. As the studio has been freezing and there’s a […]
Thesis writing continues… The chapter and chapter sections are in place and have notes and references that are becoming sentences (or half sentences) that are becoming paragraphs, and are being moved around, expanded and deleted. I’ve not updated much about […]
I was going to try to write more regular posts, but as it turns out, I can only do that if I have loads of time to spare… and if I do have the time, then I probably wouldn’t have […]
This is a blog about RE-Create my clothing renovation app I created through lockdown and an Archive blog since 2012 on Art+ Fashion.
