Emerging from the National Maritime Museum, one of four females in a lecture room full of men, I wondered why the sphere of engineering is still predominantly male. I had a fascinating day. The Electric Horology Group was 40 years […]
HOUSE tour weekend!- and until half an hour before the talk I felt fine. My thoughts in order, studio tidied and all those little tasks cleared up -and then my nerves kicked in. Ladies and Gentlemen…this was the first public […]
All my steam has been channelled into getting a storyboard drafted out for the film I have decided to make. With production costs (not covered for this by the Arts Council funding) I set myself a deadline to get it […]
A respected on line source of music provided an ideal, and easy, option for the sound . Luckily, after deciding to switch off last week- with some easy viewing telly, I realised how popular! A BBC tour of rural Spain. […]
The Beam Engine started yesterday at 11am to an audience of six. It got going seamlessly with grace, elegance and an almost silent whirr. The building filled with new smells, sounds and sights of coal and steam. Left alone with […]
Snows and obligatory shifts in the daily routine meant a disjointed start to the year and planned experiments at the Engineerium postponed. The shift in the main focus of the work was unsettling me too. Like being a vegetarian and […]
‘A Kids guide to Managing Time’ What did I spend the most time doing? What did I spend the least time doing? Is there something I would have liked to have spent more time doing? Is there something I would […]
Goldstone, Examinations and Repairs Book (found today) At the newly installed Boiler Number 4 June 4TH 1934 Slow fires put in June 7th 1934 Raising steam June 8th 1934 Inspected by Mr. Thomas at 80Ibs April 6th 1937 Flues swept […]
Engineers Report Book August 1918 Gentlemen, I beg to report that In July last I received a letter from the Vulcan Boiler General Insurance Company Ltd dated 10th of that month pointing out that the boilers at the Goldstone pumping […]
After presenting my Peer Review at Fabrica and showing mock ups and photocopies for the first time beyond the home front, my thinking is clearer. I answered some of my own questions. What am I trying to say? What is […]
The officially renamed All That Mighty Heart was launched on the general public at the Phoenix Brighton Open last weekend. Framed collages and a ‘research wall’ showed found material, images, drawings and extracts from the blog illustrating how the work […]
Engineers Report Book January 19th 1875 I beg to report the current wages at the Goldstone works; J Baker 2/10/- a week Engineer T Waite 24/- day Stoker G Cosham 20/- day Stoker King 22/- day Stoker Adams 22/- Labourer […]