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Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 14 & 15
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Painted Trees
Taken from World War I studio portraits.

Somewhere Between Writing and Trees II
More work using the iPad Pro and pencil.

‘Missded’ 3 – Tokens
Having completed the stitching for '"Missded' 3", I've now cut it up to create the 'tokens' shown below.

Heavy Water Sleep (Poem)
I wouldn't really call this a poem, but poem is the best word I can think of to describe what

Fragment: GPS to Midi
I've been looking for a way of converting GPS data to midi as part of a project based on a

Goethean Observation: Compost Heap
The compost heap is some eight feet in circumference and about three feet high at its highest point. It comprises
Undermined
During Walk No.4 I discovered a sign entitled 'Undermined' about the coal industry in Newcastle. Given the importance of coal

My Residence
I arrived in Newcastle, NSW yesterday afternoon after a 3 hour train journey from Sydney. The journey itself was pleasant

Stephen Hedges (1811-1885)
I discovered Stephen Hedges about a year ago whilst researching my great-great-great-grandfather Richard Hedges (1808-1882). The two of them were

Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century
On the first day of this month, I travelled to Paris on Eurostar and met my girlfriend Monika at the

Leaf and Shard
Out of a small pile of earth, greyish-brown in colour, a piece of brightly glazed pottery appeared as I scraped

Day 9
I received the canvas today and so made a start on priming it.I also walked my new route and made

Convict Trail
Prior to my residency in Australia, I want to trace - as far as I can - the route my

Landscape DNA: The Simultaneity of Stories-So-Far
The Past is Time without a ticking clock. A place where paths and roads are measured in years. The Present

Tracings
When you're a father, separated from your children a few days each week, the things you do with your children

Shepherds Hill
Whilst on my walk today, I took some time to explore the concrete ruins of what I discovered was the

Mindful Walking I
One of the ways in which I have helped myself during recent low points has been the practice of mindful

Parisian Cemeteries
Whilst on a trip to Paris with Monika, we paid a visit to two cemeteries; one, the cemetery at Montmartre,

Reading Roads
IntroductionIn Wales in 2008 I walked a path along which my great grandfather had walked every day from his home

Highgate Cemetery
I'd known about Highgate cemetery, principally as the last resting place of Karl Marx, but this was the first time

John Gwynn’s Survey 1772
Remarkable evidence of those who lived in Oxford around the time the notice appeared in Jackson's Oxford Journal can be

Trees Triptych
A triptych comprising photographs taken at Shotover on Sunday.

The Voyage of The Marquis of Hastings
After my research in the National Archives, I took the document I'd discovered (the Surgeon's Journal from teh voyage of

‘Missded’ 4
I've finally finished stitching the fourth in the 'Missded' series of stitched works which I began some time ago. The

‘Missded’ 2 – Tokens
Having completed the stitching for ‘”Missded’ 2″, I’ve now cut it up to create the ‘tokens’ shown below.

Completed Map
Today, on a walk around Oxford, I completed my first text map which I began in Ampney Crucis about a

Proposing Moments of Pastoral
Through my research on World War I, I've accumulated a large amount of data - postcards, quotes, maps, texts, photographs,

Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 4 & 5
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Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 12 & 13
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