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Understanding Creative Commons
For the last few years, I’ve been taking photographs of house numbers and I’ve just released these photos under a Creative Commons license. So if you have a need for some images of beautiful numbers,...
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Newsie McNewsfest
So I finally got round to updating my sadly neglected news page. I hadn’t updated it since July. Oh the shame of it, Internets, the shame. So, in an effort to be a little bit more on top of things,...
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The myth of competence
Woah, there goes another tumbleweed bowling past. photo credit: Claire L. Evans Yes, sorry about the dusty ghost town feel around here of late. There is a very simple reason. 365 Jars has been kicking...
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A few changes
Hi there, my lovelies. As regular readers know, I’m currently hugely busy over on 365 Jars and it’s basically eating my life. The project takes at least 2 or 3 hours most days and it’s often far more....
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Please make rubbish!
Today I read yet another ‘you should only work when inspired’ comment on a post about creativity. Wah, wah, wah. Cry me a river, newbie. This idea that you should only work when inspired otherwise you...
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I’m talking in Brighton
Hey there, this is just a quickie. I’m off to Brighton tomorrow because the lovely people at Fabrica Gallery kindly invited me to talk at this this event. The theme is artists who are using the...
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The Law Of Diminishing Returns
I’ve seen a lot of ‘rah, rah, just try harder’ cheerleading type posts on the internet lately. photo credit: † Jimmy MacDonald † Sometimes ‘just try harder’ is rocking advice: it’s just what you need...
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Hello again
A blog. Oh my god, I have a blog? Actually I have two and they’re both languishing in sad and dusty state. Poor blogs. Hey Kirsty, what the hell happened to you? Oh you know, nothing much? My world...
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Blooming burnout
Burnout. I have it. Burned Out Car by Niklas. Used under a Creative Commons license And at some point in your creative life, you’ve probably had it too. Creative people tend to go like the clappers...
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Art submissions please!
You know that thing where you’re so deeply involved in something that you completely miss the obvious? Well, I’ve been helping to organise an art exhibition in the shop windows of Hebden Bridge with...
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Pelt in progress
During the summer my occasional art assistant, The Wonderful Z, helped me get my studio up and running. I’d already carved out a studio area in my bedroom but because it hadn’t been organised...
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Scars And Oysters
I have a scar on my left knee. It has been there for more than 30 years. I was about 7 when I fell hard onto a Yorkshire pavement and grit worked its way deep into the graze. I raised such merry hell...
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Le Tour De Hebden (part one)
OK yes, I do know that the Tour De France is going to other places apart from Hebden Bridge but we shall not speak of it. You see, I have no interest in the actual cycling part but I have been hugely...
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Le Tour De Hebden (part two)
Only one day to go before the Tour comes whizzing through Hebden Bridge and excitement is rising. According to Twitter, the Co-Op has run out of food already. There is bunting everywhere, including on...
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Le Tour De Hebden (part three)
Eh bien, le Tour de France a été et disparu. We’ve waved and cheered the riders as they sped past and now it’s time to bid farewell to the colourful windows as Hebden gradually returns to what passes...
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Rebooting from empty
Today I’ve been reading a long interview with Johnna Flannagan from The Pale Rook, who makes beautiful, wistful dolls from antique fabric. I particularly liked what she had to say about creative...
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A sneaky way to overcome procrastination
I refer to myself as The Queen Of Procrastination. I know, I know, it’s not a very sensible self-fulfilling prophecy to land myself with. Pretty blooming accurate though! I’ve got a crown and...
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Tatterdemalion and Shoddy
Hello, I'm not dead! Not only am I not dead, but I'm making new work and I've finally started showing again. This is by far the longest gap I've had between shows since I graduated in 2002 but...
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Book review: Stranger Than We Can Imagine
I know it's only February but if Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century by John Higgs doesn't make my top ten books of the year, I'll be very surprised. It's an excellent...
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A rant about accessibility
Looking at art websites & wondering, not for the first time, what a residency for disabled artists would look like & how much support it would need? Of course a lot depends on the disability in...
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