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SERDE Residency – Arrival and First Impressions

My aim is to write 3 blog updates during the residency in Latvia. One at the beginning, an interim update and a final one before leaving. So this is the first update upon arrival. The questions I was asking were … Continue reading

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SERDE Residency, Latvia 2018 – Film Research

Between April and September 2018 I carried out research in preparation for my 2 week residency at SERDE in Latvia in September 2018. This involved targeting specific events that were related to my work and field of interest. Here is … Continue reading

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SERDE, Latvia Residency September 2018

A 2 week residency in September 2018 with SERDE in Latvia, exploring the Cold War legacy through the environment, people and objects. Film making will be the medium of choice. Like many other artists I am interested in many things. … Continue reading

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Thinking About Drawing

Things about drawing that I have been thinking about lately Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about drawing. Several things this year have re-awoken my interest in drawing. Its a realisation of how important drawing is one’s practice as an … Continue reading

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Bursary Application

I applied for an AN Bursary and my application was rejected. Not much else to say really.

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Nathan Coley talk – ‘The Basic Material is not the Word but the Letter’ 9th March 2018, Edinburgh College of Art

I attended this public event, an artists talk by Turner prize nominated artist Nathan Coley. I have been looking at his work for a while and it worked out really well because the talk had been put back due to … Continue reading

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5th Syn Festival Edinburgh – Odysseys

Earlier on in the year I submitted my sign sculpture work for  the 5th Syn Festival, Edinburgh and the exhibition ‘Odysseys’. This would be a group exhibition that would be held for 2 weeks in March. I was obviously thrilled … Continue reading

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GSA MFA 2018 Interim show – opening night 16/03/2018

Last night I popped into the opening night of the MFA interim show at the Glasgow School of Art. It is a 2 year course and this is their interim show. It was very busy opening, with mostly students I … Continue reading

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Research Day in the Studio, Discovering neo-Classicism and the Father of Urban Planning

I’ve been laid up this week suffering from IBT, which is painful. So taking things easy and gradually. Just getting back onto my feet. Most of my journal entries lately have been more or less ‘matter of fact’ and ‘here … Continue reading

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Exhibition Visit – Yorkshire Sculpture Park Feb 2018

On 9th and 10th February I was in Leeds and first of all stopped by at the Henry Moore institute to see their current exhibition  ‘Becoming Henry Moore‘. As the strap line goes: ‘To coincide with the 40th anniversary of … Continue reading

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