Artist & Purveyor Of Obsessive Projects
The Death Of Roses brings gifts, welcome and unwelcome. The Death Of Roses was an accident. In October 2016, I needed a last minute Halloween costume because I’d misplaced the make-up I needed to do a broken doll’s face. With only a few hours to come up with a new idea, I looked at the…Continue Reading “Introducing The Death Of Roses”
Looking at art websites & wondering, not for the first time, what a residency for disabled artists would look like & how much support it would need? Of course a lot depends on the disability in question, some may be much easier to accommodate than others. Personally, I’m almost entirely excluded from residencies because of…Continue Reading “A rant about accessibility”
I refer to myself as The Queen Of Procrastination. I know, I know, it’s not a very sensible self-fulfilling prophecy to land myself with. Pretty blooming accurate though! Over the years, I’ve learnt that procrastination can have many causes. I was reminded recently that fear can be a big one. In December, I swapped webhosts…Continue Reading “A sneaky way to overcome procrastination”
Eh bien, le Tour de France et disparu. We’ve waved and cheered the riders as they sped past and now it’s time to bid farewell to the colourful windows as Hebden gradually returns to what passes for normal around here. So here is the final part of my Tour De France essay. There’s been…Continue Reading “Le Tour De Hebden (part three)”
Only one day to go before the Tour comes whizzing through Hebden Bridge and excitement is rising. According to Twitter, the Co-Op has run out of food already. There is bunting everywhere, including on our street, and Le Grand Party! is taking place in the town centre this afternoon. So in surprisingly timely fashion, here…Continue Reading “Le Tour De Hebden (part two)”
OK yes, I do know that the Tour De France is going to other places apart from Hebden Bridge but we shall not speak of it. You see, I have no interest in the actual cycling part but I have been hugely enjoying all the creative responses to the Tour in the shop windows of…Continue Reading “Le Tour De Hebden (part one)”
I have a scar on my left knee. It has been there for more than 30 years. I was about 7 when I fell hard onto a Yorkshire pavement and grit worked its way deep into the graze. I raised such merry hell about having it cleaned, that my mother missed some of the dirt….Continue Reading “Scars And Oysters”
I’ve seen a lot of ‘rah, rah, just try harder’ cheerleading type posts on the internet lately. photo credit: †Jimmy MacDonald †Sometimes ‘just try harder’ is rocking advice: it’s just what you need to hear on the days when a boot up the arse is helpful. Now, I’m all for working hard and…Continue Reading “The Law Of Diminishing Returns”
Woah, there goes another tumbleweed bowling past. photo credit: Claire L. Evans Yes, sorry about the dusty ghost town feel around here of late. There is a very simple reason. 365 Jars has been kicking my ass. Hard. In my enthusiasm for starting a new project – ‘yay, new art project, yay’ – I forgot…Continue Reading “The myth of competence”
For the last few years, I’ve been taking photographs of house numbers and I’ve just released these photos under a Creative Commons license. So if you have a need for some images of beautiful numbers, please check them out. Kirsty Hall, No. 7, Jan 2011 Giesela Birgit over on my Facebook group asked me how…Continue Reading “Understanding Creative Commons”