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this creative life

Many years have passed since I last visited here. Much has changed, but one thing has remained constant and unwavering:…

Banished – the making of a story 

Because I never start a new work knowing what it is I want to do or say, I was curious…

Domestic

  I have neglected this blog for far too long. It used to serve as my thinking space, where I…

Dietrich and the skill of folding sullied flesh with frank words

A wonderfully written essay on Keith Dietrich’s Fragile Histories, Fugitive Lives, exhibition. I can’t wait to see it again.

turbine art fair

present tense Today and tomorrow are the last two days to see my work @ The Turbine Art Fair (Turbine…

hitting the ground crawling

The sun beats down; beats her behind her neck, the small of her back, the back of her knees. Finally…

goodbye aloe

present tense I associate blooming aloes with Nelson Mandela, who was born in the winter month of July in Mvezo, a…

new work and process

present tense a quick post to share new stitching/textile work in progress – happy creating!

elsewhere

Let’s drive somewhere we’ve never been before, Sarah says. I leave our familiar circular route and take one of the…

new stitchings

present tense A few snaps of my latest work – painting, mixed media and fabric + thread. Happy creating!

claws and mud

 via Sculptural Bowhouse Lula notices that the honey pot is shaped like an elegant long-nosed dog – a pointer maybe…

meaning and madness

AllPosters.com. The art lecturer’s current special interest is human epidermal layers and how to render its tender cellular structure in…