I love my work – listen to me talk about it!
Way back in February, when the world was a different place, I was interviewed by Deborah Parkes at Clayhill Arts for their podcast ’In the Studio’. She asked me about my curatorial and mentoring practice, the work I do with makers. We also discussed my (then) new Sustainability Audit and my interest in responsible/ethical making […]
How sustainable is your practice?
In these first few months of the year it feels like our focus is on what’s ahead – onwards and upwards! It’s a time of optimism and high hopes, of reaching up and dreaming big. It’s a time of setting goals, setting up expectations and trusting we can do it. These are not intrinsically bad […]
New Year, new very exciting review & plan guide!
January is the natural time to look ahead. Unlike the rest of the year, when it can be hard to carve out time to reflect once we are caught up in work and projects, this quiet month is perfect for slowing things right down. We can benefit from the end of another year, another decade, as the memories of all those experiences feed into the plans we will naturally be making.
This year I’d like you to consider doing things a little bit differently. This transition from one decade to another is an opportunity for some deep consideration of the journey you’ve been on over the past 10 years. You will be in such a different place now than you were then. You will have learnt so much about yourself – who you are, who you would like to be – and how your creative practice is tied up in this. Not taking some time to pause and really consider this feels like a shame.
So, this year, rather than just repeat my regular programme of new year reflecting – the Creative Practice MOT – I thought I’d expand on that to include all my newest ideas and thinking around the ideas of reflecting and planning. This year I have created a mega review and plan guide – the Holistic Creative Practice Review – which will hopefully be unlike any other guide you’ve used before.
Responsible Making
Finds excavated at Babylon between 1902 and 1914 in Berlin (British Museum) I have talked before, in this space and more widely, about how I am a maker who does not make things. For a number of years, it has been a sort of existential issue for me, especially since I spend my time surrounded […]