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‘Missded’ 4 – Tokens
Having completed stitching the 'Missded' 4 canvas, I have now cut it up into tokens.
Parisian Cemeteries
Whilst on a trip to Paris with Monika, we paid a visit to two cemeteries; one, the cemetery at Montmartre,
Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 10 & 11
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Tokens of absence
A few months ago I visited the Foundling Hospital in London, established in 1739 to receive and care for abandoned children.
Ghosts of the Church of St. Clement
The old church of St. Clement, built around 1122 is a principal character in our story. It was described by
‘Missded’ 2
I recently completed the third (although titled as the second) in my series of stitched works based on drawings completed
John Malchair 1770
The following is a drawing made by John Malchair showing the causeway of what is now Abingdon Road. The rather
Day 12
Today I walked the second walk in this series and made the following list of additional words:engines roarsirencigarettesightseeing bussunglassesman in
Windows 1
This image was part of a collection I bought a few years ago. I had no idea what I was
Magdalen Bridge
The bridge over which our Gentleman's Servant rode in December 1770 is not the same bridge which crosses the River
John Gwynn’s Survey 1772 – Pt 2
Whilst looking through some old research I did a few years ago, I came across the drawing reproduced below of
Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 14 & 15
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The Place That’s Always There (Trees)
A new piece for the exhibition in June.
Silence in the Woods
I've discussed previously, three extracts from newspapers in which a moment of silence serves to amplify all that happened before
Sculpture
I am not, at least as far as I’m aware, a sculptor, but I think that what I’m striving to
Return to England
Since returning to England this morning after my residency in Australia, I've been looking at my notebook, and feel it's
Shadows 3
I was looking at something recently which made me think of the work I've been exploring around the backdrops used
Notebook
Every now and then when I'm working on something - a drawing, video, piece of writing - I find a
Cutting and Stitching II
I've made a lot of progress over the last couple of days with video work and with the sticthed map
Arriving in Port Jackson
On 28th October 1828, the Marquis of Hastings sailed into Port Jackson after a 4 month journey from Portsmouth, England.
Proposing Moments of Pastoral
Through my research on World War I, I've accumulated a large amount of data - postcards, quotes, maps, texts, photographs,
Somewhere Between Writing and Trees II
More work using the iPad Pro and pencil.
Chania
It was in the small square, at southern end of Kondylaki Street, where we met two brothers, coaxing as best
Heavy Water Sleep (Combined)
I have completed two versions of the page; one based on my experience of today, the other (below the original
Back to my First School
Today, my brother Simon and I took a trip down memory lane and visited New Marston First School which had
Empathy/Exchange: 668 grams
This follows on from my last post - Goethean Observation: Pilgrims of the Wild, 1935. I made this observation after
Paul Nash Quote
"Here in the back garden of the trenches it is amazingly beautiful - the mud is dried to a pinky
An Unfinished World
First thoughts on Graham Sutherland, 'An Unfinished World.' Modern Art OxfordGraham Sutherland, Dark Hill - Landscape with Hedges and Fields,
Maps and Ivory Gurney
On the bus into work this morning I read the following in Robert Macfarlane's 'The Wild Places.' "Woods and forests
Fragments and Additions
I've always been interested in the idea of fragments of the past and how, mentally, we add to them in