Still, artists are also citizens. It would be dishonest to suggest that our art were entirely disconnected from our lives as members of a community …. Our art is shaped by where we come from.
All in Project
Alien Nation - Iqbal MBE
Diagonally across from the house I live, there is the semi-detached terraced house belonging to the Iqbal family. Mr Iqbal is in his 80s and moved to the UK in his late teens or early twenties He does'n’t know his actual date of birth.
Make Good Livelihoods
We set our 'What, Where and Who piece up in the Use and Beauty Parlour, currently exhibited on The Moor, Sheffield city centre until 12th August.
Working Title: Why We Are Here
No fixed title, just thinking about about my next project.
Reviewed
I need to thank a lot of people who have given us such wonderful support in the last year.
Nearly Made for In the Making
Henk and I have been working on this project for over a year now
What you do ... a text by Jacqueline Yallop
We commissioned the writer Jacqueline Yallop to write a short text about our project which now has a name, is nearing completion and is due to be installed at Museums Sheffield's Millennium Gallery for their forthcoming exhibition "In The Making".
Half Way There
My good friend Steve Pool dropped by my studio two weeks ago with his cameras and microphone and told me to relax, keep working and talk about the project I was working on.
Dancing Belles
A lot has happened in the last month. The oak stem from Ruskin Land has now been processed at Darley Dale sawmill (picture below) and Henk Littlewood has begun his experiment to steam bend the planks into semi-circular shapes that will then be made into the spherical space in which my pictures will be displayed.
Ruskins Cage
Day 3 in the cage below the public domain of the Museum going through four enormous leather bound books of exquisite water colour drawings by Edward Donovan.
A Grammar of Ornament
My first attempt at piercing and enamelling copper plate wasn't at all disastrous.
Proverbs and Provocations
The good news finally landed on my doorstep this afternoon.
Project Oak Tree (Working Title)
In October 2014 Henk Littlewood (pictured) and I traveled to Ruskinland near Bewdley to choose an Oak Tree that we intend to uproot and transport to Sheffield where, once it has dried out, we will create a shelter like structure from it that will be decorated inside with vibrant imagery and patterns.