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The end is nigh
As my residency draws to an end, I feel slightly sad to realise that this will the last time I spend so much time in Hestercombe house. The smell and layout of the building has become a familiar dwelling and […]
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So much stuff
I panicked and packed 4 pairs of shoes. This isn’t a fashion statement, more an attempt to cover all bases as I plan to stay in Hestercombe for my longest stint. It is Somerset Arts’ weeks, which means I am […]
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I am a factory.
I have literally spent the last 3 days continuously stripping copper wire – a job that is hard to romanticise and makes me feel like I might be some scrap metal merchant hell-bent on labour intensive tasks. Luckily, to easy […]
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Learning the land
To sound quintessentially English – Summer is a delight at Hestercombe. The gardens are in full bloom and the landscape is bursting with vibrant foliage and healthy flora. My recent stay was different to my previous experiences merely because now […]
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Moving in
The Van is packed with a bed, a desk, the essential studio chair and various art materials as I pull up to the long gracious driveway at Hestercombe. The large house in the centre of my view will be my […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
Monotonous tasks are still commonplace in my day to day. I have now made 628 tiny little houses and packaged them to be sent back to the UK. My time at Gibraltar Point has quickly drawn to an end and […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
Many battles have happened over the last few days. Work has been going well and I am now up to 189 houses. The repetitive tasks on my mini house production line has been grueling some days, as sculpting houses, making […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
My current place of residence is on Toronto Island at an artist retreat space called Gibraltar Point run by an organization called Artscape. (http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca/places-spaces/art)I have been here for a week and feel very settled in my surroundings. It reminds me […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
My journey on the train was beautiful; the view literally consisted of tree, tree, tree, sap, tree, lake, tree, tree etc. I found myself becoming slightly frustrated that I could not be out in the forest but the sighting of […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
Sap has had many uses over the years and so far in my research I have discovered two methods of sap collection. The first is simply tap the tree by carving a series of v-shapes into the bark. The second […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
Sometimes pictures are better than words. So much has happened over the past 10 days its hard to explain. I just wanted to show some of the things I have been experiencing and ideas I have been developing. This post […]
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Untitled blog post from "Across the Atlantic"
This adventure of sorts has begun in Winnipeg. I arrived 12 days ago and was greet ed by a good friend and the stretched Canadian landscape. Over the next couple of months I am taking part in several projects. This […]