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1 – Kicking off our a-n funded Future Programme as our first commissioned speaker, Nuno Coehlo gave two lectures in one in April (10th) that spanned seemingly divergent ages and subjects as ‘How Modernism Envisaged A New Future’ via 1920s chairs, Bauhaus […]

Having worked with words and text for a long while, I’m finding I now need to seriously limit my use of them; only reading and writing what is essential. Doing as much research through video and imagery, and doing things […]

Further courses in screen printing As part of my a-n artist information company bursary I returned to Hot Bed Press in early June and again in July to attend two more screen printing courses. The first was the ‘Screen Printed […]

I’m in the full throws of preparing for my upcoming show, ‘Firmament’ and it’s proving to be exciting and challenging in equal measure. Deciding to go solo is a big step. I’ve taken part in group shows in both the […]

the laptop screen sits brightly on my lap, the window providing some light from the mono grey day outside.  the puppy has a been playing with a newly found improvised toy and later tomorrow the ipswich speedway team will work […]

Two months ago we got together in sunny Manchester, in a hot room at Old Granada Studios. The fans were blowing the heat away but there was no remedy for the internal heat each one of had to deal with […]

It’s been a long while since I’ve had time to blog. This is because I have been fully immersed making in the studio for the whole of August on my installation for British Ceramics Biennial. I am working on an […]

Since my previous post I’ve learnt that my Taylor Wessing portrait prize submission was one of 429 selected for the second stage from 5717 images entered initially, but it didn’t then make it through to the next phase (i.e. was not shortlisted for […]

  Transfuse: Three weeks of sculpture is the first opportunity I will have to start practically grappling with some ideas generated by my research so far, particularly in terms of the role of found/acquired materials in my work to date […]

I went to London for a week to attend a Digital Textile Printing short course at the London College of Fashion. After an introduction and discussion about textiles, pattern, fashion and interiors, we were given a couple of tasks to […]

Here are the results of my first set on bundled silks. Each silk was dyed using natural materials gathered at different locations including seaweed from the coastline (top left hand corner), dirt, weeds and rusted metal found in the car […]

Professional development is a constant process when you’re an artist. I’m sure most artists work is as much practice as practise – in that constant drive to push your boundaries and strive for the intangible thing that constantly motivates you. […]

Well with just two weeks to go till assessment and the Exhibition it really is urgent. We’re lucky enough here at Suffolk Uni to have great working spaces now that the BA students are away. A few of us have […]