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hello, again
It has been a very long time since I have been here. I feel like I am having to relearn the whole blogging thing. I hope I am different now to how I left. I hope I have learnt a […]
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natural progressions
My father is a big believer in seeing progression in artistic practice as a key to quality. His big bugbears (well one of them) is the ‘one trick pony’ artist (fill in your own names here). This is obviously a […]
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Is it real?
I used to think that if I made something that would be considered to be ‘art’ than that, by default was ‘my work’. This idea has over the past few years shown itself to be highly problematic and generally false. […]
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stuff
Every day, when my children come home from school, I ask them ‘what did you do today?’ The answer is always ‘stuff’ So in the long absence, with a-n beautifying itself (ooh you do look lovely), I have in short, […]
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There are some wise words from Mr Albert Einstein that say the definition of stupidity (or is it insanity) is to do the same thing over and over again and to expect a different outcome in other words the wise […]
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Its funny how things happen without anyone noticing. Like children growing up; one day there in nappies and the next doing their GCSEs. I still think I’m in the first flush of youth but I think I might just be […]
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This week my long established need to make things more complicated than they should be continues. Why take 5 minutes to do something when it can take 5 hours? I have been casting my family fingers in wax. Laboriously in […]
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So having given up on failure and taken up with SUCCESS I find myself at a loss at what to write – a fish out of water, lost in a new land……. Briefly I must introduce my new career as […]
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FINALLY, SUCCESS. Following my previous advice, I would like to assure you that I am dressed for success (fluroescent ‘you can’t miss me’ trousers + fluffy housewife slippers) and am mentioning this only in that these VITAL nuggats of information […]
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April Fools Back to basics: How to tackle an impossible task 1. Define the job 2. Dress for the occasion 3. Gather appropriate materials and tools 4. WORK (repeat)
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My time on the AA2A scheme is rapidly diminishing and with it my access to the MIG welder. I am starting to mildly panic. Last week I made something very unlike anything I have made before. It has a purpose […]
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In the past couple of weeks I have discovered TRUE LOVE… yes – it’s welding. I am currently on the AA2A (artist’s access to Art college) scheme at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. This gives 100 hours of access to […]