Mind map as cape - fabric, pins and painted circles - made in Mondays session with Hayley Lock This was the one line that has haunted me beautifully since the session on Monday. 'Being is not a static relationship' Notes are packed full of new language, new ingredients...
Our art collective AAEX works with the local branch of the business development section of the county council to find temporary spaces to host proposed projects. Its rather labour intensive as it requires lots of project management. In this particular project there are 20...
The construction of the cape evolved from year 1 exploratory project. It became a kind of 'home' for the myriad of images, ideas and connections I made during time spent in the labyrinth. The physical stitching a meditation, I regard it as a self portrait...
Words emerging from work, where to put them? Other artists that use words, that seem most relevant to me now (as they doing use a graphic/advertising framing device) - Jenny Holzer, uses the words to focus on a view - one that speaks of power...
In a blog post from April '19 I wrote ...
" I would open my heart and carry it in my hand so that others may know also; for there is no deeper desire than the desire of being revealed. We all want that little light in us to be taken from under the bushel....
As the saying goes, energy never gets lost just redirected. During the roller-coaster of assessment deadline and results I distracted myself looking at art. Bernard Gaul is a friend and fellow artist. His show 'Stocktake' was a synopsis of work over a 10...
After the work submission deadline and the physical submission of the 'box' I was catching up on life things. I also got to meet Bob which was a highlight. Year 1 submission May and June tend to be rather hectic, looming work deadlines, bank holidays and...
2019 The Mapping the territory project began my close investigation of my practice as it stands now. I have been working for the last 11 years as a self employed artist and creating the physical map laid out the various aspects that my practice has...
The cape construction began on Making day in April. The geometric machine stitching was inspired by the shape Metatron's Cube, containing all the platonic solids. Each circular, colour coded area on the cape is inspired by pattern found in other natural forms and relates to...