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An enticement even, to lure you in.
I am about to embark on a new project. It’s exciting. It’s a little scary. It’s funded by Arts Council England – yay, and I will be...
Feb 21, 20172 min read
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She never mentions tea again
This week I have been concentrating on making work for the Art Language Location Festival, taking place in Cambridge in October. My work,...
Jul 20, 20161 min read
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This may seem a strange request, but I am an artist and…..
Over the years I have come to realise that a common thread that runs through my work is contrast, contradiction and perhaps the more...
Mar 7, 20163 min read
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Theatre of War: Instructions from the War Office
I began thinking about this term – Theatre of War – when I first transcribed Clarice’s diary. I have always been quite sure that Clarice...
Jan 19, 20162 min read
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Heads or Tails?
Over the past couple of months I have been inviting people to come along to my exhibitions and play a game of Heads or Tails. The outcome...
Oct 16, 20151 min read
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Peonies and Pelargoniums?
Following on from a conversation that began on Saturday, my friend, Jackie Russell and I have been bouncing an image back and forth via...
Sep 22, 20151 min read
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Backlogs or backfilling?
I seem to be working on 3 different bodies of work at the moment and although they appear to be very different, using different...
Aug 30, 20152 min read
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Frayed ends
With less than a week to go to the third Resting Place event, a project that I began back in 2012 my thoughts have been very much...
Sep 23, 20143 min read
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The last hankie
First I must warn all who read this – it is possibly the first of two posts today. There seems to be a lot to say and one just may not be...
Aug 4, 20142 min read
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Clarice’s journey begins
Sunday 23rd March saw the first Resting Place live performance event in Ellington Park, Ramsgate. This was both the beginning and the...
Mar 25, 20143 min read
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A recent discovery
Amongst Clarice’s archive there are many photographs, obviously taken in France during WW1 but unfortunately with no record as to exactly...
Mar 4, 20142 min read
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Resting Place: the planning continues
I have been fairly silent about Resting Place lately but now that Silent Cacophony and The Silence of Knitting are finished the planning...
Dec 6, 20132 min read
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Reflections on Silence of Knitting
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...
Nov 26, 20133 min read
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The Silence of Knitting: Newark
The Silence of Knitting Mon 11th Nov 11am Galerie Newark Nottinghamshire Lace placed at the site of Ransome and Marles munitions factory...
Nov 14, 20131 min read
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The Silence of Knitting: Ticehurst
The Silence of Knitting Mon 11th Nov 11am A shelter Ticehurst East Sussex Performed by Sharon Hall Shipp Photographs and film by Richard...
Nov 14, 20132 min read
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The Silence of Knitting part 4
On Mon 11th Nov at 11am people will be joining together in a common task, that of knitting in silence a piece of shamrock lace using...
Nov 6, 20132 min read
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The Silence of Knitting
A few months ago I was invited to take part in a project called Silent Cacophony. This project, conceived and organised by Platform-7...
Oct 30, 20132 min read
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It’s a YES from the Arts Council
The application to ACE was a very stressful and time-consuming process and one that would not have been made possible without the...
Aug 2, 20131 min read
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The Book of Remembrance
Resting Place, as those who follow my blog will know, was conceived from a visit to Wimereux War Graves Cemetery in 2011. It was there...
Jul 2, 20132 min read
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Resting Place; working in collaboration
Following on from Resting Place being launched at LPT last Nov there has been lots of activity behind the scenes to develop the project...
Mar 19, 20133 min read
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