The skies have brightened and it’s a little warmer and the Art Installation from the garden ( i.e. digger, covered in snow), has gone although the laying of flags continues. The brighter weather has enable me to take some photographs…
A Bit of this……. 28th January 2019
Once again non artistic happenings are determining my printing and book making – thank goodness that the construction of the books is a series of small tasks once the idea, design and printing are done, so making things that I…
Measuring Progress – 14th January 2019
How do you judge progress? – undoubtedly there is the tangible – a book bound, a print made, but sometimes it is something in the air, an idea that has surfaced with many interesting questions to answer. Then there comes…
A Sense of Purpose – 2nd January 2019
I quite like the routine of the days and this time of the year takes it all away! One is pulled this way and the other by so many external factors that i’m always pleased to get back into a…
Trial and Error – 20th December 2018
Time in the studio over the last few days has been short and rather hit and miss with definite short defined pieces of work being undertaken – however progress has been made and often that it all I ask. I…
External Constraints – 10th December 2018
It does feel that the weather dominated the last two weeks – it has rained a lot and whilst this isn’t unusual for the north of England it is the very low level of light which has been the overriding…
Distractions – 26th November 2018
This last couple of weeks have gone to plan but there have been many distractions – all enjoyable but time in the studio has been short. There have been visitors and an outing to see the Alison Watt exhibition at…
Trials and Tribulations – 12th November 2018
Sometimes there are things set to try us and it has been so since I last posted a blog. For many years I have been happily using double sided adhesive in large rolls and then I found that it has…
Progress and Process – 29th October 2018
I can imagine that many of you were underwhelmed by the scrap of fabric featured in my last post, but hopefully you could see what potential I could see regarding its story. During this last fortnight I have achieved the…
Research – 15th October 2018
Although there have been diversions , since March of this year I have been perusing ideas around edges and unpicked seams, see here, and I present to you this scrap of cotton which measures 14.5cm x 12.5cm. Even the smallest…