Last autumn Dan Thompson contacted me to do a bit of printing for him. He had been given (or maybe loaned) some old half tone plates of William Blake images and he wondered if I might be able to get prints from them. Dan had been told that the plates had originated from Thanet Press sparking both his interest and mine. We named our day for having a printing session in my studio and began a day, that was meant to be just a morning, getting to grips with these old, rather dirty

The beginning of a new project and I feel I should stress this is not the end of Clarice, but a project that I will be working on alongside my work with Clarice’s archive. Start the Press. Where to begin? Maybe begin with now, work back and see where it takes me. Start the Press is a collaboration between me and artist/writer Dan Thompson. We joined forces last year after it became apparent that we had both been collecting information, stories, objects and ephemera relating t

Two weeks have now passed since The Silence of Knitting and I have been putting off writing my thoughts about the event. Putting it off because it has thrown up so many questions that I have found it difficult to focus on what I really think or want to say. So here are my initial thoughts, there will be more at some point. Initial reflections on Silence of Knitting The Silence of Knitting originated as an event for Margate but when I put the call out for people to take part i

With only one week to go until Silent Cacophony and my event The Silence of Knitting there are still people getting in touch to take part. The latest is a local school and although there is very little time to organise this I am hoping we can find a way for the pupils to take part. This may mean that they create their own event, in school. Today I collect the posters and flyers from the printer and will be distributing them around Thanet. If anyone would like some please get