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TetraPak printing
2 Aug 2023

TetraPak printing

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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

collaboration, printmaking, serious play
The many layered journeys, both geographic and visual, of one of three artists books.
7 Mar 2022

The many layered journeys, both geographic and visual, of one of three artists books.

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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

absence, collaboration, collage, drawing, journey, serious play, studio time, visual conversation
Holding the ineffable, screen prints
4 Mar 2022

Holding the ineffable, screen prints

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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

clouds, collaboration, holding the ineffable, loss, practice research, printmaking, screenprint, serious play, studiotime
Sight returning
28 Feb 2022

Sight returning

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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

drawing to show, loss, ritual, serious play, sight loss, studio time
Continuation of Twelfth Tide collaboration
25 Feb 2022

Continuation of Twelfth Tide collaboration

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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

angels, collaboration, icons, layered images, photoshop, serious play
Prussia Cove collages
18 Feb 2022

Prussia Cove collages

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I continued the discipline from the Twelfth Tide collaboration of a daily collage for my yearly retreat at Prussia Cove in Coastguard Cottages with my friend and artist Carol Laidler. I had gathered the same collage materials with me as … Continued

collage, cutting and sticking meditation, retreat, serious play
Sudden loss of sight
16 Feb 2022

Sudden loss of sight

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Having read the writing below at our monthly Artic Terns collaborative meeting between the Quarantine Conversationalists in the UK and the Corona Diarists in Australia, one of them points out that maybe only an artist would think of drawing what … Continued

drawing, loss, presence of absence, serious play, sight, studio time, writing
Next Empty Fence Series – combined screenprint over giclee print
29 Nov 2021

Next Empty Fence Series – combined screenprint over giclee print

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Screen prints of the remaining two tatters of Chris shirts (the rest I tied to the fence at Black Rock Nature Reserve to be washed by the River Severn back in 2012) over giclee prints from enlarged polaroids taken of … Continued

giclee print, grief, loss, printmaking, ritual, screenprint, serious play, studio time
The Empty Fence Series
15 Nov 2021

The Empty Fence Series

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Developing mark making with monoprint and collage from last weeks experiments for The Empty Fence Series. Seeing the top sections of the fence at Black Rock Nature Reserve, that I tied the tatters of Chris’ two favourite shirts to, removed … Continued

monoprint, place, presence of absence, printmaking, ritual, serious play, studio time
Collaboration update with Dolores Steinman
24 Sep 2021

Collaboration update with Dolores Steinman

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I have had the cloud/hand images digitally printed and have been gilding the fingertips. I have sent one of the deconstructed feather hand vessels to Dolores to do with as she likes, the box arrives squashed and even more deconstructed … Continued

art practice, collaboration, conversation, print, serious play

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    Please come along on Sunday 2-4pm Princess Pavilions Falmouth Thanks to Anna Sadler at No_one_dies_alone_cornwall for inviting me to run a heat transfer printing workshop. Had an inspiring, joyful day yesterday talking at the Post graduate Symposium at Arnolfini Bristol with current PhD students - Jelena Krivosic, Tosin Olufon and Clare Haley and alumni Angie Butler, Katie Davies and Rob Eagle. Honest, authentic sharing of ideas and experiences. Thanks so much Shawn Sobers and Judith Aston for inviting to talk about my Post PhD journey. The memorial commission for Dani Brookes is installed and her colleagues at Abcam can remember her through the images they produced in their collage workshop that I integrated into the design of glass panels installed beside their workstation. What a glorious way to honour a much loved colleague and mentor and I thank them for trusting me with this delicate process. I celebrated successful completion with an espresso martini!  #memorialglass Really enjoying using my glass skills for this memorial commission for a scientist from Abcam who is greatly missed. Glass has been acid etched, painted and silver stained and I’m also using some unique and now sadly no longer available flat streaky glass from English Antique Glass (a desperately sad loss to stained glass production). I always need to view the glass against daylight to check colour/texture balance hence the use of plasticine on plate glass prior to leading up. Great life drawing session today at Falmouth Council Chambers thanks  @calista.wild.art and @lifemodeldp Day 5 last day of Siena screen print summer school I printed a 3 colour print using a small version of Raphael, Tobit, his fish and dog from Chiesa dell’Angelo Raffaele in Venice over a monstrance and swirl positive. Loving how Siena, Dave Fortune @serigraphy42 and my fellow attendees @somersetwreathsandgarlands and @tills.counsell have inspired me and influenced my colour palette. Day 4 of Siena screen print summer school I printed Raphael, Tobit, his fish and dog from Chiesa dell’Angelo Raffaele in Venice over the mono screen prints and the blue photo screen print from yesterday. Loving how Siena and my fellow attendees @somersetwreathsandgarlands and @tills.counsell are influencing my colour palette. Day 3 of screen print summer school managed to print monoprint backgrounds and a blue version of the photo screen even with a raging hangover,😵 dips in the pool helped! Dave Fortune did an interesting swirl of the squeegee on the final pull, that created an underwater feeling blend of colours 🙌 Mono screen watercolour over photo screen print. Dave Fortune reminded me of the importance of experimentation at his screen print summer school in Siena. Wednesday was market day, the coat I didn’t buy, and Pippa and I revisiting the music school to take sober photos in daylight!

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