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Update August 2019
Some of you may be aware that due to the restructure at the University for the Creative Arts there are no longer Course Leader positions. I will be finishing as Course Leader of the postgraduate programmes (MA Ceramics, MA Glass, MA Jewellery, MA Metalwork, MA Product Design and MA Textiles) in the…
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A Quiet Month - Not So Quiet Month
A fairly quiet month, May... towards the end of the submission period for the students, followed by the assessments, then graduate shows. "Talking Practice" at the School of Jewellery with alumnus, Peter Taylor of the…
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The Disaster of Disaster Capitalism
Watching the hapless and not-very-bright Theresa May implode through the very density of her commitment to her beliefs would be a pleasure if I didn't know that she has the potential to take us all down with her. Almost three years ago, I wrote a…
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Cute Apocalypse
Bathed in pink, Jacob Epstein's Lucifer looks disdainfully down on the crowd at this week's "Carnival of Cute" at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. There is no version of hell…
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All About the Waste
The last two weeks have been a bit of a whirl, what with the opening my collaborative exhibition "…
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Not Out Of The Woods
I've been avidly devouring a very strange and marvellous book indeed. "Out of the Woods" by one of the founders and contributors to my favourite music website, "…
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Kingdom Come
I've been a huge fan of JG Ballard ever since I read "High Rise" when I was about 16. I rapidly explored "Crash" and "Atrocity Exhibition" -…
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Celtic Connections
Kicked off from the end of the last post by jumping on a train to Glasgow to go and hear the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform three symphonies by Gloria Coates. I've been…
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Over A Month
It has been over a month since I last posted and this is just not good enough! However, I am working on some very interesting projects about which more will be revealed in the coming months. Here's a whistle-stop tour of what I've been up to for the last few weeks.…
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Triple Parade
The Triple Parade October 2018.The Triple Parade event, opened on the 19th October 2018, organised and run by Sun Jie and the TRIPLE PARADE Biennale Organising Committee, HOW Art Museum-Design Center, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, ShanghaiThis is the fourth edition of Triple…
