Went for a walk around Edinburgh Botanical Gardens a few winters back and was caught by how many plants were trying to press through the glass of the hothouses, I don’t think I’ve really noticed that before. It was cold and wet out, yet these hothouse plants didn’t want to be confined and wanted to …
Cyanotype
I’ve been thinking about this process for a while as it seemed more straightforward than silver-based development at home and possibly I would be able to use the loft as an area to process the chemicals and the paper as it doesn’t need the absolutes of darkness that silver-based photography requires. The other factor is …
Art / Photography
These pages will be where I talk about and explore art and art history, mine and others. Any articles or such I write will be going on this blog as well. I’ve been collecting art manifesto as part of an assignment I did with the Open University for my Art History degree and will be …
Bookbinding with Angela James
Today was the day of the book binding course with Angela James at the Joe Cornish Gallery in Northallerton. I had been looking forward to this for a while now and really hoping that it would go ahead as the other one I had booked on in Newcastle was cancelled as I was the only …
Starting Out in Zines
It’s taken me years playing about with formats and styles and still I’ve never really come to a decision on how I wanted to show my work, but lockdown has given me a chance to join in with a few workshops and groups and one of them was called The Lockdown Zine Collective where a …
Palace Hub Gallery in Redcar
After a lot of thought I finally decided to submit some of my photographic work to the Palace Hub Gallery in Redcar to see if I could get some exhibited. The series was photographs of Redcar beach on a wintery dawn, which gave a really lovely blue cast to the sky. I’ve had three accepted …
Skinningrove
I was in Skinningrove for a course quite a while back and took the opportunity to take some photographs as it was quite misty making the area look quite sinister and I just don’t get to Skinningrove that often as it’s off the beaten track (unless of course you’re on the Cleveland Way). There is …