During lockdown, whilst my current and upcoming projects are suspended, I've been devoting what spare time I have to research. Last year, I presented my work A History of Fate at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, the experience got me thinking about Christopher Marlowe for the first time since my GCSEs. This sparked a fascination … Continue reading OH HELL! (Research/Faustus/Rambling)
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A Generational Thing
The truth is that since graduating from an MA close to ten years ago now I've been using my degree in education more often than my own practice. So much so that I had burned out on doing educational stuff. Having this project as an opportunity to pour myself into my own work, thoughts and … Continue reading A Generational Thing
Sketchbook highlights February
Much of the sketchbook pages from this month came during my retreat - there's a lot of writing, of which I will spare you. I had thought of February as a dry and difficult month in the project as so much time was sucked up by preparing materials for the milk carton kayak. But looking … Continue reading Sketchbook highlights February
Sketchbook January highlights
In addition to the previous shots of my sketchbook from January I wanted to share these with you. Looking back through my sketchbook gives the best timeline of my thinking JANUARY These shots show an initial idea for a second cardboard boat, progress with the mammoth recycled plastic kayak, and my original idea to make … Continue reading Sketchbook January highlights
Early Plastic boat experiments (sketchbook pages)
On these pages (the middle pages dated January 11) you can see the plastic kayak idea moving from initial idea and through first tests. It also records the loss of one of my planned mentors and meeting with boat builder Glyn. In the drawings you can see how the influence of seafaring myths and pilgrimage … Continue reading Early Plastic boat experiments (sketchbook pages)
On naming (sketchbook pages)
As this project has been focussed on building a body of work rather than public facing outputs... there's stuff in my scketchbook (evidence of the work done in thought and prep) that had never made it to the blog. In order to make a record of some of that stuff I will be uploading highlights … Continue reading On naming (sketchbook pages)
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