The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Next week I'm installing some of my work at Westbury Farm Studios, Milton Keynes, why not come along and say hi to me at the PV on Friday night? The show runs from 4th- 31st July and there's more details here: http://www.westburystudios.co.uk/.

I'm working on a few different things at the moment, the main thing being a jewellery project. More about that later though, here's some random images from last month.

Some of the glaze work for GCSE I've been doing at the school. Considering I managed to ruin a load of ceramic pieces I made during the final week of my BA by mistaking white glaze for clear I think I've come a long way. It's been really good to learn a new craft media.

Ivory inlay on a cabinet at Bramall Hall, Stockport.

Signets! Dunham Massey, Cheshire.

Crypt Installation

Backstreet Dentist all finished and as is traditional, I have come down with the lurgy. I was always in and out of the doctors with ear ache as a child so this afternoon is a bit of a trip down memory lane for me. I even came home from school early, I feel about 10 years old today.

Tales of the Electric Forest

An excellent review of the show up on a-n here. We're actually on until Sunday 31st now, there's rumours that there will be tea and cake available..

I'm in London until Wednesday. I saw the last day of Annette Messager at the Hayward this morning and my girl crush is great. Casino made my jaw drop, it took me 15 minutes to pick it up.



Tomorrow I am going to be at the Science Museum's Dana Centre taking part in Nobelini, if you're interested in public humiliation you might want to book at seat for the public event where I try and win you all over to vote for me in a 80's TV Blind Date stylee so me and a scientist can give each other the cold shoulder on the Costa del Sol.
Actually, it's about collaborating with a scientist to create an object which communicates science. I chose synthetic biology and I guess I will be spending the evening figuring out what that actually means.

Tales from the Electric Forest : The Backstreet Dentist and Other Stories

Tales from the Electric Forest

22nd – 30th May

St Pancras Crypt, Duke Road, London, NW1 2BA.

P.V. 21st May 6-9pm.

Exhibition Website.

I will be showcasing new series of urban myth inspired body sculptures and dental devices at Tales from the Electric Forest this month. The Backstreet Dentist and Other Stories was inspired by Victorian ghost stories and modern, supposed esoteric, hoaxes. It will be showcased alongside the exciting new work of 14 other artists.

This work sees the introduction of ceramic multiples to my work. Posing with the authority of the found object these elements explore the sinister connotations of the crafted object and our anxieties regarding the outsider.


The work is accompanied by a limited 20 page colour publication which is available in the Navigation bar to the right, under 'Buy'.

More information on the Exhibition page.




A massive thank you to Aidan Williamson, Alan Burgess, Catherine Dorrity and Anna Harvey for their skills and support with the photoshoot. They are wonderful people! Almost finished the project now, I'll be re-editing this post with detailed images of the actual pieces later on but here's some of the photos from last week's photoshoot.

I can see the light!

Cor, I've been a bit busy. Very soon I'll upload new work and exhibition blurb but recent things of note have been both kilns breaking down (hopefully to be mended tomorrow or I'm turning my own personal terror level up to amber), dashing around Manchester with a mystery piece of pig anatomy superglued to my face with my fantastic and incredibly supportive friends, scaving around in fields for bits of broken pottery, going on a super Ghost Tour of York, a naff Ghost Train (I love those things) and a glamourous 5mph boat trip of the River Ouse.

I visited Aberystwyth and the Arts Centre where I'll be doing a 3 month residency later this year which is very exciting indeed! I'm basing the project on our desire for mythology and legend, it'll be conclusive to the urban myth and hopefully some rural legend work I want to do before then. I also gave an artist talk to the very polite foundation jewellery students at Manchester City College too which was a great experience. For a fee I can spare you teaching students for an hour whilst I whitter about museums, found objects and the uncanny, there's pictures and everything!

Here's a nice photo of my recent porcelain pieces stuck in limbo in the store cupboard. The lighting reminds me of Pitt Rivers..

Urban Myth

Some of the inspiration behind my current project.

Like drawing teeth