After an interesting first day of exploring the estate where the Merz Barn is located, I tried to set myself to work on something, anything. I struggled. I had put way too much pressure on myself to fabricate something, but […]
My interim exhibition is now on at Airspace Gallery in the window space. The show includes a selection of works made so far on my Graduate Residency here at Airspace, giving a taster of the works to come. The show […]
This month I began my residency with Bank Street Arts. The first thing on my to do list is to raise my target of £650 to get the project under way, so I’ve launched a crowd funding appeal with Indigogo […]
I am thrilled to have been selected for a three month residency working with marble at the very prestigious Studio Sem in Pietrasanta, Italy. Here is whats happened..
I thought you might be interested to see how my experiments/artwork using Halen Mon salts are progressing. I’ve been using the chalk (washed from the salt) as a ground on the surface of glass sheets. I then cover with salt solution […]
The end of the Surface Arts and Rumpueng Artspace Residency saw two more actions from Girl Gang Chiang Mai. We showed shoppers how to ride an escalator like a rainbow and how to pause time whilst camouflaging produce in a […]
A place to record my work, the children’s work and other events I attend throughout my residency.
At the end of August I moved to Stoke-On-Trent to begin a Graduate Residency at Airspace Gallery. It has now been just over a month since I arrived. ‘Airspace Gallery is a collaborative, artist led project in Stoke-on-Trent, providing professional development […]
This blog will document my current residency at Airspace Gallery in Stoke-On-Trent.
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Residencies are as diverse as the practitioners, organisations and environments that host them. From fee paying to sponsored, rural to urban and global to local. They provide a matrix for investigation, invention and exploration (at best) and at worst they […]
Something strange happens to me on residencies. Whether it’s the new environment, or the new people, the desire comes. It surprises me every time. No, it’s not for me. Not my thing. But here I am again. Completely and […]
Over 24hrs into experiencing a new continent (South America), a new environment (the Uber Uber Corporate Conference) and a language that ‘belongs’ to many countries ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries ) I am more sure than ever that my practice exists within an intra-silo space. […]
so I’ll see you in 26 hours. 3am. no exchange of number, and did I catch his name correctly? Was I really thinking about climbing Magic Mountain, in the dead of night, with a someone I just met? The […]
A weekly blog about my time on the Flourish Residency at Cuckoo Farm Studios. http://www.cuckoofarmstudios.org.uk/
Following the talk I gave at Rumpueng Artspace I was invited to give the same talk to a cohort of sculpture students at Chiang Mai University (for which I was paid a fee – ‘its policy’). Apparently the students are […]
So the emailing begins trying to re-connect with contacts in Finland and finding the right people to talk to in Manchester. I have had some amazing contacts from Julie Ward NW Labour MEP who has helped network me with Geoffrey […]
After a great weekend visit to Mai Rim for a party and a swim in a beautiful waterfall, I spent some time preparing to give a talk about my work, and host an English themed ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ – […]
In October I’ll be starting a yearlong residency with Bank Street Arts in Sheffield. It’s going to be a cross-stitch based project in two parts: I’ll be creating a large scale cross-stitch myself based on the mythical Ancient Greek Moirai […]
Listed below are the comments written by the passing public in Tampere and artists at the residency studios of how to twin the cities together. What I found was that ‘Art’ wasn’t much of a priority in the general publics […]
Beyond the garden fence of the studio, the building work of More West progresses. Insulation material is being installed. Inside, I’m holding court on my first open day. It was great to see old and especially new faces. Allan Tyrrell was born […]
I just wanted to post the last few bits and pieces I saw during my research residency. I didn’t get to see as much of the festival as I wanted however on my travels I did see Les Dudes in […]
Almost a week into the residency and Chiang Mai is beginning to feel more familiar. I’ve visited Seascape gallery, Pong Noi gallery, went to a talk about artist-led activity in Japan at 31st Century art space (made of shipping containers) […]
I gave an artist talk in my studio with a little performative twist by changing my title t-shirts during each section. For example I started wearing my ‘Artist’ t, followed by ‘Tour Guide’ when talking about Manchester as a city […]
After an epic 40 hour journey I have arrived in Thailand. Katie Hawker who runs the artist-led project Surface Arts along with her assistant a local artist called Pitchaya, have been showing me the ropes, introducing me to local artists […]
