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“Footfall”

Work from a community project designed to increase public awareness of Kaleidoscope Gallery

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The decision to use Bronze

I have resisted bronze until now, worrying about the weight of history it carries and the fact it is so often overused – an automatic ‘go-to’ to add perceived value, whether or not the material is appropriate or needed.  But […]

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Patinas

Plain bronze colour is pale pink to yellow, depending on the type of bronze used.  A patina is simply a dye or chemical reaction added, with heat, to the surface to change the colour.  It is then sealed with a […]

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Sim cards

I wanted to cast a sim card as part of my thinking about data and how the objects and memory is stored. A bit tricky but one worked.

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Research Working practice

Artists work in 2016

The latest in a series of papers commissioned by a-n, providing detailed data on the amount, context and nature of employment for visual artists.

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Yardsticks

Artist with a participatory, enquiry-led practice seeks an alternative to the “more people == more better” metric for measuring success.

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Value and meaning

Value, meaning and the crowd I am thinking about how our artwork acquires value, how does it move from having an entirely personal value to having value to society in general and measurable value in the market? My work has […]

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São Paulo Residency 2014

I’ve been invited to participate in the ‘World Congress on Solid Waste Management’ in São Paulo, Brazil, from 8th – 11th September 2014. What follows is a response.

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