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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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