Anatomy Projects

Opening this Thursday 25th November at the Holden Gallery Manchester is the 'Anatomy of an Institution Project'. A stunning collection of photographic prints & stills portraiture of some of the people who make up the anatomy of the Manchester Metropolitan University. I have made a bespoke clamshell portfolio box to house a collection of the prints by Gavin Parry & Dave Penny.

www.anatomyinstitution.com

New Obsessions

Conducting spontaneous dogowner interviews

Knitting repetition controls wondering

Boxing Lyrical

Presentation Boxes

Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st November 11.00am – 5.00pm

Hot Bed Press, Salford.

Learn how to make a beautiful portfolio box, perfect for the presentation of prints, drawings and photographs on the first day and go on to make a slip case on day two, ideal for housing your books. These archival-style portfolio structures will add a unique dimension of professionalism and mobility to your prints, providing you with the confidence to create bespoke boxes to house any size prints, documents or photos. For more information or to book a place, email Andy at info@hotbedpress.org

Coptic Poetry

Last Saturday I made a collaborative Coptic sewn poem at the lovely Haworth Art Gallery in Lancashire. I invited visitors to mono-print a word on individual pages and then sew it to the previous contribution. 25 pages later we'd created a seasonal 'consequence poem'. It went like this,

Autumn Smile Sunshine Breeze Fluttering Leaves Whispering Scattering Wind Caught Between Love Mosaic Natural Noon Firework Life Smouldering Smoke Eyed Fox Passes Bracken Squinting Pleasure

The bones of you

shop

You can buy a few pieces online now, if you so desire.

Fort Two

£42.00

8.19 - 00.11

Three hours 52 minutes of sublimity

Brighton to Manchester

train - tube - train - cab - bed

never left my eyes

nothing else will do though

details

small things mean such a lot.

(Life is BEAUTIFUL).