Memorial Commission
I was very happy to be asked to create a memorial commission using fragments of mining waste (slag). These metal disks were too fragile to be handled and were kept in a drawer, as the client showed them to me … Continued
Celebration
The first book created by The Bodies Collective Research Group has been sent to the publishers Routledge and some of the group (Claudia Canella, Jess Erb, Alys Mendus and myself) managed to convene in Edinburgh to celebrate despite COVID diagnosis … Continued
TetraPak printing
Playful first attempts at TetraPak printing with Tessa Wyatt at her kitchen table, whilst in Edinburgh celebrating The Bodies Collective book being submitted to the publishers Routledge. Windows, portals, void spaces….my next obsession! The Georgian windows that are so predominant … Continued
Cremains panels delivered
Finally this long process is almost at completion. I have three more panels to deliver but most of them are now with members of the family. I am really pleased with how they turned out. The screen print of the … Continued
Memorial commission
I was asked to create a commission that including the house number and the inclusion of swallows. The man memorialised always looked for the first swallows to appear as an indication of the hope of summer returning. The window contains … Continued
ARE Presentation with Dr. Dolores Steinman
How do you show the dialogic nature of our collaboration and how our conversations have sparked a rich rhizomatic abundance of ideas for possible artworks? We decided on a Miro board that would help group and order our disorderly thoughts. … Continued
The many layered journeys, both geographic and visual, of one of three artists books.
I decided to create a series of giclee A3 prints from my copy of one of the flattened, opened out pages of the art pamphlets/journals/books that Alys Mendus, Tessa Wyatt and I worked on and into whilst we edited chapters … Continued
Holding the ineffable, screen prints
I have simplified the images from the gilded digital prints I produced, see blog post Collaboration with Dolores Steinman for ARE, and am using them to create a series of screen prints. The first print includes my cupped hands, holding … Continued
Sight returning
It is so good to write that the sight in my right eye has almost righted itself, just a little residual cloudiness. I also feel amazing on the steroids, my energy, enthusiasm for life and ability to focus has returned. … Continued
Continuation of Twelfth Tide collaboration
Claudia had sent me her response to her January image but mine stayed as an imagined image that tapped incessantly at my brain, asking to be made material. I took one of the photos I took on the Be More … Continued