60 seconds (or there abouts)

I often film things to capture movement and moments in time that photography can't do justice to. But I hesitate over how long to leave the camera rolling for. Some people have said my ususal 10-15 secs isn't long enough so I've decided to set a time of 60 seconds (or thereabouts). Here's some recent footage.

12 days of Christmas: Days 1-3

The '12 days' project was instigated by artist, Linda King. The idea is simple, artists are invited to create an artwork every day on each of the 12 days of Christmas, starting 25th December. I decided to write messages on blank chalkboards that I found in public places.

For more info about the project please visit the 12 days facebook page.

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Day 1

Collaboration with Area Rugs

Anyone who knows me well knows that Antarctica has captured my heart and soul and is one of my deepest passions. After an invitation to collaborate with artist Andrew Warburton, of Area Rugs, to design and make a rug for my home I chose Vinson Massif, the largest mountain in Antarctica, as the inspiration behind the design.

More HOST Preparations

Wild flowers and grasses collected during Art Hike 10: Dearne Valley - Clayton West & West Bretton.

HOST 2010

Just a few images of things I'm collecting and preparing ready to make into artworks for HOST

Seed Cathedral

Yesterday, Andrew Waburton, showed me some video footage of Thomas Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral: the British Council's entry for the UK pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. The building is made up of over 60,000 acrylic rods that each have a different seed from Kew Gardens' seed bank encapsulated in the end. During the day the rods act like fibre-optics drawing the natural light into the building and illuminating the individual seeds.

Watch a You Tube video of Seed Cathedral

HOST 2010

I've done it! I've taken the plunge and signed up for this year's HOST open studios programme. I'll be opening up my little house and studio in Clayton West for the first time ever to welcome people in to see some of the things I do and make.

I'll be opening the studio for three days over both weekends of HOST:

Saturday 18th / Sunday 19th September
&
Sunday 26th September

For more information see the HOST website: www.hoststudios.co.uk