A science lesson

UPDATE: 19 May 2016 – the original video was tooooo long, so I’ve re-shot it. It’s now 1min45secs as opposed to over 4mins! Click on the image below to activate the YouTube video (the updated short version)… I’ve also left the long version up for the record. Click on the image below to view…  

Current obsessions 2

Quite apart from all the jewellery, Handshake has spawned some great T-shirts: (quick, head over to The Shop for yours). I’ve joked that I need one that says: and I should wear it all the time. At home, on my run, at work, at the studio, in meetings, on date nights, out and about, in…

Next recipe 

This was a brain bender. After our last meeting we are starting to notice areas that are uncomfortable in our practise. So with this recipe we chose to work on those areas. Mine is Tx and Frans is colour This is a page from Frances Hansen book ‘ KEEPSAKES recipes mementos miscellany’ it’s a beautiful…

Between the pages of books

One of the things which came up during my masterclass crit was that my work would benefit from having more story and subject matter incorporated into it. I was very comfortable with this critique as I have been working on narrowing my practice and consolidating my visual language.  My work was all over the place…

It’s ok to be quiet

Liesbeth and I want our collaboration to have a reach outside the gallery, and for inspiration I’ve been looking at public art initiatives that challenge preconceptions about where art belongs and when and where it might take place. I’m a long time fan of UK-based curator and writer Claire Doherty, editor of the book Situation and a proponent of…

The Albright Collection…

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about jewellery. Everyday jewellery. Its varied function and use. How these pieces intersect with our lives.…Thinking about the relational nature of jewellery. This made me think of Dr. Madeleine Albright and her powerful and provocative collection/use of pins in her Diplomatic role as U.S. Secretary of State. ‘Read my…

video as metaphor

Excerpt from, Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson How do you communicate a moving image as metaphorical or do you need to? From the small amount I have read so far, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson appear to indirectly discuss my question. The use of metaphors in the English language is automatically understood…

Removing the object

We all know the saying ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ Absence also has the ability to bring out subtleties that often go undetected or are unseen. Suska Mackert highlights this beautifully with her retouched enlarged press photographs. Suska Mackert; enlarged press photographs, retouched.   The original photographs depict the giving and receiving of a…

Thinking (always) about bridges

First deadline for the Objectspace exhibition in July. Submit a photo that can be used on the website to help promote the show. I mocked up this image following an earlier Skype chat with Ruudt. Discussing order and chaos, thinking and not thinking, left brain and right brain, control and letting go of control, art…

Snake or phoenix?

Generally when following a process, you have an end-point in mind. I have one, but it is extremely open. Document a process, and see where it ends up. A little circular. A snake eating its tail? Or like the phoenix shall I rise from the ashes?

Documentation challenges

Photographing, drawing and writing about each piece is time consuming! These things cannot be rushed. However, I can’t help but be conscious of looming exhibition deadlines. To this end, I remind myself that what I choose to show needs to represent a step in the evolutionary process – not the final destination. While still committed…

Stick to the rhythm

The plan… Start with image provided by Ruudt Make a work based on this Photograph it, draw it, write about it, remake it. Repeat, repeat and repeat (etc) the process Select and send an image of one of the remakes to Ruudt for him to direct a mutation event. Go back to Step2 and repeat…