Comic

Been working on a tiny graphic novel called Turns which I started at The Prince's Drawing School in Emily Haworth-Booth's class (which is a great way to learn the basics of making comics/graphic novels).  Here are pictures of all the pages - there are no words and it's a based on a hand painted book 'Flute Girl' I made a few years ago.  Enjoying the process of 'translating' it into another medium.

turn the page, artists' book fair, Norwich

Very pleased I'll be at turn the page artist's book fair in Norwich again this year - on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May at the Forum.

I'll be showing the twelve pictorial diaries that I made last year and inviting people to create their own  diaries.

Can't wait to see all the other artists and their work - was great last year - very busy and with a great range of artists and books.

I spent this weekend finishing the diaries and I have been playing with them, deciding how best to display them. Each of the books opens out so that all the pages can be seen at the same time - I'd like to find a way of showing them so that people can touch them.  I have the perfect box for transporting them - an Easter egg box - I like the way they fit snugly.
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David Batchelor

Went to the Whitechapel gallery the other day as I was nearby and was hoping to catch 'Adventures of the Black Square' again but it had finished.  So looked at David Batchelor's photographs of rectangles found in cities instead.  I liked the documented real slides on a large rectangular light box, particularly the way they were arranged in a symmetrical pattern, presumably because there weren't quite enough to fill the rectangle completely.  Found myself counting them and couldn't help noticing that there was a mistake in the way they were laid out - was tempted to surreptitiously slide two into what I think would have been a better order but luckily I stopped myself as I enjoy going there and I'd like not to be banned.

Here is David Batchelor talking about the show:

Wednesday 1st April 2015

Home and Faces

I have left my beautiful studio (and all my friends) at Fenners in order to move to a studio that I can cycle to (still with the Digswell Arts Trust but much closer to home).  Feels very strange to have left Fenners but also good to have a few weeks working from home.  Sitting surrounded by boxes and drawers full of all my stuff - planning to have a big sort out before a studio becomes available at the Forge which will probably be in autumn.

Meanwhile I am a print member at the Forge and spending a day each week using the wonderful facilities and meeting the inspiring artists working there.

I feel very grateful to have had the opportunity to meet and work with so many excellent artists at Fenners, and to work with other organisations in Letchworth.  Hope to continue to be part of occasional projects in Letchworth, although I will no longer be based there.

Been sorting through some of my work from the past few years - here are all the face pictures from 2013 - one for each day of the year: