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I wanted to call it ‘Osprey at Loch Garten’, but a few people have always found my painting of a pigeon, with the word ‘Peregrine’, slightly confusing. Some have even commented on the likeness! Loch Garten is the place to […]

A project I am doing with an environmental group in Edinburgh led me to the zoology museum in Glasgow University to photograph the most beautiful forms in their collection. It is really fascinating to think that corals have not changed […]

I mentioned last time that I needed to slow down with my work, and I certainly did, as I haven’t blogged for a month. I had a couple of weeks out of the studio, and spent time just putting some […]

Its been months now. Well, i’ve baked bread, sewn a new dress, cooked dinner a few times, A smatter of creation, construction, but not quite the same. No physical, permanent release of emotion, energy, expression. Whats wrong with me? My […]

It is turning out to be such a funny time for me at the moment. I’ve been thrown into uncertainty in so many different areas of my life right now, I’m doing that thing where I feel so stressed that […]

It’s been a while, mainly because life seems to be going at a crazy pace. We have had lots of visitors here at A Curriculum (next week is our last week!), including Elena Bajo, Axel Lapp, Jaime Gili and Juan […]

I’m currently working on my piece fo my final degree show, and the past 10 days I’ve been quite suprisingly productive. Since January I’ve been working on a large…hmm well I guess ‘tapestry’ is the best word I could use […]

My present work primarily uses print, utilising a variety of techniques both traditional and contemporary. It pushes the boundaries of conventional printmaking through the extensive use of electrical tools, routers, and drills. The effect is quite different from that achieved […]

Today I had less time in the studio but I made more work than in the past few days. I want to be in the studio all day tomorrow. Nine til nine would be a dream, but it’s never going […]

Workpages started I document my research and practice process meticulously using workpages which are usually compiled into workbooks but also available as individual pages. I hand draw each page using traditional copying materials. I’m exploring ideas of editioning these books […]

… She was who I wanted to be.

So I got it wrong! I have tried and I have tried to write my blog and upload it directly from my iphone, but I still haven’t succeeded :O( I can write it in the notes and send it to […]

Film Critique Last week I presented my plane videos at Project Space Leeds film peer critique, which runs once a month. There were three artists showing their work and we used a projector in a white cube space to view […]

second week in… i got up at 6am yesterday to get to my studio for 9am, got home at 9pm, did 10 miles walking from train stations to places.. living in the country next to the mountains is beautiful but […]

Our brochure for Forth Valley Open Studios with over 100 artists and more than 70 venues is now at the printers. Phew!. …what a relief! Now we are starting on the media campaign. Today sees a full page centre spread […]

CONTINENTAL DRIFT Much time has been given over recently to making drawings of images on a computer screen of places that I have never been. The images are of friends houses that live in far off places. As a way […]

Le Chéile at Printfest 2010 Thanks to the kind offices of Steffan Jones-Hughes, prints from le Chéile will be on display at Printfest 2010 in Ulverston on May 1st & 2nd. Further details, including opening times, are on http://www.printfest.org.uk

A few months on from my last burst of futile frustration. |The big news is that I have a job now, which is good in the respect of relieving financial worries somewhat and fulfilling my wish of having some of […]

Site visit The intention of the site visit today was to document the architecture of the building. Focusing on only the exterior I became interested in how the landscape is reflected in the materials used. The Hethel building sits in […]

Back in the studio today. Layering with Lemon and Permanent Rose. I valued having had a break from the paintings over Easter, the distance helped me have a fresh view Photographs tomorrow.

Everything is a work in progress at the moment, and that is scary. I’m just very worried that I’m going to make something that is average. I’ve spent almost three years of my life doing this, over three years if […]