reflection 3: How did I get here ? The process of achieving new opportunities is a Sisyphian task, researaching the right kind of opportunities, planning, exploring, writing proposals, re-sizing jpegs, testing out ideas, trying to not get too excited by […]
The first venue St Columba’s Church, Scarborough, came to me as it is my mother’s local church. My father was a C of E priest & so was my mother’s father who was also a school/ army chaplain. My name […]
Desire Lines With note-books bulging, ideas badly in need of an edit and the ‘nub’ of the artwork still not found, I went walking with a Ranger. As we talked, walked and ultimately climbed, instead of materials and ideas percolating […]
I’ve just finished the second version of Not at Clifford Chance (top right), which investigates how multiple small images fair when placed on a complex scaffolding support structure. I’ve got mixed feeling about the results. On one hand, the general […]
‘The human- animal relationship has always been something that has fascinated and confused me simultaneously. I use animals in my work as a catharsis for the conflicting feelings I have around the issue and to make people think about the […]
Step 1; Inside Out. I have decided to get support during the full process of shaping a proposal for an advertised commission as a way of learning and improving my chances. I am almost three weeks in the mentoring process; […]
As I’m part-time I have weekly breaks. between painting and I have been finding this frustrating – a regular stopping and starting. Today, after a week of thinking about my progress I finally got back to some painting.The work is […]
In my project i am trying to take something beautiful and delicate (handmade craft), and remove it from it’s familiar craft home. In doing this i will put the work into a a thought provoking and questionable environment. Just like […]
This is not directly relevant to my work but it is (well i think it is) a powerful quote from Bruce Lee in one of his movies. I feel the words speak truths throughout everything you can do including making […]
Another week has flown by and I feel I am hurtling towards the end of my residency-I have 2 months left and I know it will go quickly-There is so much I still want to do. I have a number […]
As I am just embarking on a new project freshly funded by the Arts Council of England (so fresh I am still to receive the first paycheque!), I thought it would be fun (and might be mildly entertaining or a […]
I am undertaking a residency at Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark to make new work that will be exhibited at The Ceramic House in May 2014, setting the context for the exhibition Fantastic Tales: Danish Contemporary Ceramics with 15 […]
Five artists have announced their withdrawal from the 19th Sydney Biennale in protest at founding sponsor Transfield’s role in the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
The Queen’s Gallery, London
1 November 2013 – 15 March 2014
The Crypt, St. Marylebone Church, London
1 – 27 February 2014
An arts project in development
It has been of great benefit that i have the earliest memories of any one i’ve ever met. I actually remember my birth, the struggle, the crushing and the being born. I vividly remember having out of body experiences while […]
Now the waters have subsided and things begin to settle down I have enjoyed walking ‘Over the Golf Course’. I have my country park back, at least for a while. The ground seems to be recovering it’s still very muddy […]
KG DA Our final work on paper became a blog. http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/5108546-transfigure Click on Preview Coffee, lunch and lots of flip, tear, cut. It was great working this way.
Described by Jackie Berridge as ‘like entering a drawing’ the work is beginning to occupy the space with tentacles that are the collaborations that take place both here and elsewhere. It feels like a gigantic mindmap with endless possibilities that […]
Can Images move us any more? The discussion at the Beaney addressed authorship, authenticity, apathy, context, quality, saturation in relation to images of conflict, photo-journalism, and digital media, which archives and enables the proliferation of photographs of violence. The past […]
