A quick debrief for you today of a natural dying project in a shibori style using avocados. I’d wanted to try an avocado dye for a while, and this was my second attempt on this particular piece of fabric. There will probably need to be a lot more attempts before I can manage to get…
The Gatehouse
A quick project, out of my regular style, for a lazy Sunday afternoon that took all week to finish.
Coimadai Vessel
Coimadai Vessel is a woven wool vessel constructed in early 2024. In this post I discuss the methos used in it’s construction and how I feel about the piece.
Building new thought processes.
This is going to be a weird one. I’ve tried to explain it to a few people, one profoundly misunderstood, and I’m not sure the others fully got it either. So I’m going to explain it to you and you can do with it as you will. if you didn’t read the last post: I…
All the old things
In 2013 I started on an art project I called Unravelled. My idea at the time was to produce ‘enough’ pieces to hire the gallery around the corner from my home and have a solo exhibition. I completed ten pieces in the series. A few more remain unfinished, but my situation changed, like they tend…
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Originally posted on bloodcellar.com August 23, 2011 Just south of Wakefield in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The day I visited there were a lot of school groups visiting. As I prefer taking photos without people in them this posed a challenge. Here are a bucket load of pics I did take! I’ve done my best to…
A New Website
There was a time when I started or rewrote a website every few months. But t’s been a few years. Why did I stop? I moved and entered a pretty difficult time of my life, then started a new job that came with a commute of up to two hours either way. Who had the…