In the spirit of risk taking, monoprint is another new skill that I have been experimenting with. Firstly, I used monoprint to capture the lines and traces that I find on my walks. I have also been experimenting with using monoprint to capture the spirit or feel of the...
Capturing the Spirit of Shipley
Experiments with frottage and texturology. In my endeavour to capture the spirit of a place, I have been inspired by Jean Dubuffet, who said: ‘I have been concerned to represent, not the objective world, but what it becomes in our thoughts’ (Accessed at: Exhibition guide: Jean Dubuffet – Brutal...
Story Maps and Symbols
Some walks can be done by giving in totally to wherever whim takes you (as in Debord’s derive), some require a map to help you find a way and some you retrace steps from memory or from what someone has told you of their memory. When I was a...
Stitching Steps Through Shipley
I have been musing a lot recently about palimpsests and the idea of working on top of original text. I have also become quite fascinated by the idea of drawing and stitching on top of OS maps. Tim Ingold comments in his book ‘Lines,’ that to ‘retrace in ink...
Shipley on the Spring Equinox
I stroll out when the veil between this and that is thin. A bridge from darkness to light. I follow paths carved by those before in the grass that is both verdant and bronze thatch. Watching my feet rhythmically trace earth flattened by footsteps long gone, mesmerised by the...
Following a Golden String
I give you the end of a golden string;Only wind it into a ball:It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate,Built in Jerusalem’s wall. ‘Jerusalem’ – William Blake The work and thoughts here are part of my MA in Artist Teacher Practice at Oxford Brookes. I am currently pursuing...