i’m well into the flow of the residency now. i have several lines of enquiry set up to investigate and several makes waiting to be made. up first was the proof of concept for the maker bar additional interpretation sign. […]
A wet start to the residency but, despite the rain and swarms of flies, it was good to begin getting acquainted with the site. I sat in my hire car to paint the weather and did some drawings of the archaeologists catching […]
I got ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith for my birthday and I started to read it on the train this week. I also used my birthday book tokens to get a big fat coffee table monster called ‘Sanctuary: British artists […]
Today I arrived in Orkney across a rolling sea. I have the weekend to settle in before starting my residency on Monday.
Packing to leave for Orkney this evening. Ready to start my Artist’s Residency on Monday. Hope I haven’t forgotten anything…
on the bus on the way in to derby yesterday i spotted #motivatedmonday in a tweet. it lit me up as i was feeling really motivated and full of energy. i arrived at the mill and immediately set up a […]
On our way back home we stayed one more night in Helsinki that gave me a chance to catch up with my artist mother friend Anna Puhakka and a research visit to HIAP Helsinki International Arts Programme located on […]
end of week 5 and i’m looking forward to the beginning of week 6. i have one make complete, i’ve mentally and physically recovered and i can see a connection with the second make i’m going to propose to the […]
As a family we have been getting re-acquainted with our surroundings and making a mental note of the places that will be of interest to the following artists’ in resident. I had plans of hand making a map although I […]
The weeks are flying by and I need to make a choice about the location for my ‘residency’. At the moment I’m keen to use one whole day for exploration and observation – during this time I don’t want to […]
I had hoped to start this blog really positively although I have to share my reality of flying with a two year old who did not want to wear his seat belt for the last part of our flight from […]
So after last week’s bombshell vote in favour of Brexit I feel slightly compelled to angle the project towards the issues that could potentially emerge from this for artists. This may be a knee jerk reaction on my part but […]
A blog documenting the progress of my project funded by an A-N Professional Development Bursary.
in the museum is a cabinet with record player and i can;t remember what it’s called ! might it be a radio gram ? i’ve got to place a record on it and play the record !!! this was an […]
I’m delighted to say that my project, in addition to the Travel Bursary from The Artists Information company, is now also supported using public funding by The National Lottery through Arts Council England. This means I can afford some really […]
Eight artists including Catherine Yass and James Rigler are taking part in the White Noise residency at the soon to be demolished former Television Centre’s East Tower.
as the residency settles into it’s rythym my thinking continues to be a banging buzzing booming confusion. i just had to write that so i can begin to ease the need to think it. after catching up with grayson perry’s […]
Last Wednesday, I gave the first talk about this project as part of Fringe Arts Bath #FaB16, entitled Drawing towards Orkney. It gave an account of how my recent practice has been building up to the residency on the Ness […]
It’s only been a few weeks since I last posted a blog although in this short time I feel I have forgotten how to write. This is because I have been trying to get a press release written, planned, re-planned […]
i’ve learnt that sometimes it’s best to leave writing a blog post until a while after the event. this is such a post. there is still much information transferring and it’s taking me a while to catch up. lots to […]
Not a daily blog! Meant to be but due to lack of internet access it has been reduced to this. It actually made the residency better as there were no distractions. Just finished Prefab-Lab with curators, Elaine Fisher and Lucy […]
in the beginning …. such a biblical proportion of a statement. the start of the residency does feel of biblical proportions, the ambition of those behind the re-imagining of the derby silk mill museum being bold and looking way into the […]
