Dreams
A small object which pleases me greatly. double concertina, little skewers, old parking ticket. main piece is an old work over which I’ve monoprinted.…
Andrew Hayes: Wood, Metal, Books
Andrew Hayes’ work delights me. Wood and Metal and Books and Such.
Books are my friend
This piece is essentially a snake book made from wood. Each slat has one of my favourite novels on each side of it (around 40 books). It was constructed to lead…
Sleeping Flags
Sleeping flags is a flag book structure. Made from wood. It is an outdoor installation for Replay (this film was taken on my balcony). Constructing it was an adventure.…
Aviation Pioneer: Postcard Project
This postcard project series has evolved very nicely over nearly 6 months now! This iteration takes its name from one of the stamps on a tiny house.
Little bits of fun
So as I work my way through the bits and bobs printed onto wallpaper and other kinds of paper at Sturt this year I get delicious offcuts. I have created a small…
More objects organised neatly
I have already linked before to Things Organized Neatly. Here’s another person, Adam Hillman doing similar things. Here’s what I like about this. it’s…
Postcard Project: houses from postcards
It may seem obvious to anyone who reads this (nobody’s reading this), but you can use postcards to make tiny houses, which are, of course, an obsession of…
Postcard Project: Multi-armed concertina
This piece is still growing. I made a few zine-like structures from postcards over the past few weeks in my maquettes. This week I made more “zines”…
Earrings part 1
Fimo Air is ultralight modelling clay that you can harden in the microwave. I tried this weekend to make some earrings with it. I have a favourite pair of earrings*,…
Postcard Project: snakes and boxes
The Postcard project continues to fascinate me. I’ve treated the backs of some cards with rubber stamps and ink. Doing them in batches, so each batch is different…
Postcard Project: Double split apple watch
My first thought for the Postcard project was to fill this apple watch box with double split concertina. Not done yet, but here it is so far. I have discovered that…
Postcard project: the backs
While I love the writing on the backs of my old postcards some of them have no writing and some of the writing is sparse, so it doesn’t look good. I have…
Postcard Project Mock ups
I have probably more than 100 postcards sent to me especially in the 80s when I lived in Paris (and in the aftermath, when my Paris friends were sending me cards…
Jigsaw Concertina
Years ago I picked up this jigsaw in the street near my house in Newtown on one of my morning walks. I attached pieces of an ink drawing to the front, but then got…
Tiny City gets grungy
My tiny city was looking a little prissy with its pinks and oranges and yellow. Last week’s adventure was to drip candle wax on it. This week I scraped back…