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My quest for blades continues | Understanding your tools

Aug 23 • 

Gimara

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July 2025

Book Hunter in Japan

Kyoto & Tokyo | Experience ‘Despite being unable to read Japanese, we thought perhaps I could find a beautiful art book where words weren’t necessary to…

Jul 19

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May 2025

Forged Not Stamped

My quest for new blades | Blades forged using samurai sword techniques to produce a tool worthy of inheritance.

May 24 • 

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A portrait of a studio, in the time of Covid-19

Commissioned by Axis Arts and the Social Art Library, as part of their ‘Storytelling for Artists’ series. Creative non-fiction.

May 10 • 

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Paper Guardians

What happens to those temperature-controlled sanctuaries when their shelves empty?  A short thought piece

May 4

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April 2025

Wrapped: Second skin

‘Isn’t it fascinating how the act of covering human flesh with cloth can change our perceptions of the wearer?’

Apr 20

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The Power of Purple

‘… coal-gas lamps lit up the streets while the cities turned black‘. A creative non-fiction narrative of the symbolic and scientific journey of the…

Apr 13

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March 2025

Too Long

'Occasionally, I was charmed away from my notebook by the soft padding of paws from uninvited furry felines.'

Mar 4 • 

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February 2025

Brown Paper Values

‘Artists like Schiele knew I was more than just wrapping’. ‘Brown Paper values’ is an objective-narrative.

Feb 25 • 

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