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my favorite piece...
part of my AA2A aim was to explore the materials used my my Mum and experiment with fusing her practice (from memories) and my own. I feel this piece fulfills that aim. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the AA2A placement and my practice has been enriched by it. I have a new body of work to show. There...  show more
photo inserts...
well I've spent half an hour opening a flickr account and trying to get photos into the blog.... not suceeded! will have another look one day soon but for now I want to go and make stuff... if you would like to see the new images I have put them in a new photo album on my home page :-)  show more
another sculpture starts
I have spent weeks on my first sculpture, building it up and sanding/rasping/chiseling its surface and now that it is taking shape I have started a second.  The second form was more flimsy than the first so I anticipated problems with weight of plaster on such a fragile framework.    I used herculite and some cheesecloth my gran gave me...  show more
my first sculpture starts to take form....
The purpose of my AA2A residency is to expand on and underpin my previous work and this involves fusing the sculptural materials, techniques and ideas of form which my Mum used to use (in her own work) with my own sculptural forms which express the loss of her from my life. Although filtered through memory I feel this exploration of...  show more