the year ahead will have many challenges – known and unknown and this morning standing in the garden just after 9am i felt at one with the knowledge of the main challenges i’ll face this year. already solved – the […]
keeping an annual blog has become a thing for me now. this year i’m interested in what the twelve in twenty might be.
all around me is tranquilty and piece, the dog snoozing, the lights on the chrsitmas tree gracefully pulse and in my ears liam gallagher sings his hear out being a rock and roll star. watching the documentary Liam Gallagher: As It […]
once upon a time there was a boy, he lived in a house with a dog and a cat. one day the dog came home and announced she was running away to the circus. the cat at this news was […]
last week was full of cold – me – i was full of cold. wednesday the worst day, still getting better now. feeling so more excited and charged than this time last week. on friday i’m going to harlem artspace […]
over the course of my a-n blogging residency – (playing with words here) i’ve repeatedly returned to the internal notion i struggle to shake off = that i’m a fake artist. it’s not now this clear cut, i do have […]
https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/four-six-one/post/52573379/ hints at coming out of quite a large hole.
the metaphoric white wash has been applied to the metaphoric canvas – the time has been reached where the research i’ve done is trimmed and backed up to create a space in which the work can continue. all of the […]
I am interested in the notion of Nothing, and what nothing is? I imagine that when I look into darkness or pure black, the absence of light is the boundary of the universe, creating a memory of what it was […]
the weather got the better of us yesterday – the latest co pro meeting cancelled as the weather closed in on derby and derbyshire. a week ago the derwent was so high the ground floor of the mill became victim […]
It may be slightly early to pen a round-up of my year but I’m at a point where I’m reflecting on the Solo Show and exhibitions I’ve been a part of.
there are moments when clarity of thought prevails and possible futures flash through my mind – my own possible futures. to realise these there is research to be done. research i have attempted in the past yet ran out of […]
the dog makes itself comfy at my feet as i ponder how to begin this post. i’m acutely aware that in keeping at least one post per month going in this blog i’ve made two posts without words. i’ve spent […]
friday lunchtime and an opportunity to catch my breath after two highly charged weeks. throughout them i’ve received help, support and good vibes from sue ball, the museum of making’s arts and heritage producer. sue acts as a buffer zone […]
get yourself a piece of paper and something to make a mark on that paper. place the paper down on a flat firm surface. draw a four sided shape. place the mark making item next to the shape. look at […]
within all the research and trying out of ideas there needs to be points of focus – usually a meeting. there’s been one recently – a design meeting and for it i pulled all the disparate pieces of together to […]
there’s not a cloud in the #bluesky, it’s 25 degrees and unbelieveably i’m coming down with a cold ! i’ve taken sanctuary in the living room and time to reflect upon recent goings on. the tired unhappy not feeling it […]
today something has lifted – as i pressed send on the email enclosing the final invoice for a year long school project i realised i can stop. the head space that opened up was very very unexpected. we’ve a couple […]
“john cooper clark is on dessert island discs.” me: “no way !” immediately i had a dilemma – completing the clearing up or taking in what clarke had to say. i worked it out and my life is better for […]
we have a small gap in our curtains, i stare out beyond the chimney pots to big fluffy clouds illuminated by bright sunshine. children and parents wander by as they return home from the school run. i pause to consider […]
alongside the practice based research, i’ve been attempting to broaden my understanding of the theoretical space i’m working in. finding this book feels so right as one of the contributors is max schleser, who i know as the […]
alongside the content creation, i’m also researching the user interface. this is currently happening as two lines of research the main interface how might the work be made more accessible. the accessibility considerations involve me adding additional code to hack […]
new areas of the site are still being opened up through the completion of more scaffold runs. recently i’ve been able to access the southern side of the sowter mill. the scaffolding facilitates both work on the roof and the […]