A fitting tribute to the humble silk worm and its interrupted life cycle at La Filature artist residency.
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Paper
My favourite shuttered window (La Fenêtre)
Les Fenêtres
A tribute to the shuttered windows of Lasalle and its colourful streetscape.
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Silk industry posters - detail of first page of woven papers in artist book
Le Travail
The work we do. I’ve been thinking of that today as I wove strips of photocopied posters advertising the silk industry which dominated the Cévennes up until fifty or so years ago.
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Flags of paper bags hanging in the windows of la filiature.
Viva la Domestics!
Today was a day for tidying up in the studio. Tomorrow I will be joined by a choreographer from Portugal who I hope will bring another way of thinking through movement to this artist space.
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The warped grid of the concertina artist book installed on the floor in the afternoon light.
Fail better
in Sound, Artist Residencies, Paper
Today I thought about failure and about the process you go through as you creatively work through your ideas.
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Where to begin? The floor of la filature.
Warp and Weft
How to actually start a new project from scratch? When I walked into the studio space this morning, I was again struck by the idea of making a space for me
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One of the circular graines de vers à soie boxes. You can see the pin hole marks up close.
Hunting and Collecting
in Sound, Artist Residencies, Paper
The first part of any new project is reconnaissance ~ that's a French word meaning preliminary surveying or research from the verb reconnaître,
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Detail of angels on the outside wall of the church at Rila Monastery, Bulgaria
Of Angels
in Storytelling, Paper
I've been thinking about angels. The ones in fluffy cumulous clouds, just out of sight.
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