Follow the materials
The more time I spend here, it is the materials of this Priory that impress themselves upon me, through touch, texture and through the act of recycling. Let me explain: […]
Frog does the crawl
It is a delight to come across a museum that is a simple collection of objects related by their proximity and little else. Free from being told what to think, […]
Burning books
You can see the pointed imprint of the cloister roof on the side of the house, and from its height it is possible to say that the cloisters would have […]
Observing time
Part of my work at Woodspring is to research into the place for artwork ideas. There are many different ways of observing, and I am particularly interested in the different […]
Impromptu studio
Home from home for the weekend! This is my impromptu studio at Woodspring, away from the main rooms so as not to clutter them with all my kit. Here I […]
Connected by trow
Woodspring Priory is often described as ‘isolated’, partly because it is right at the edge of the land on the coast of the Severn Estuary. But that hasn’t always been […]
Magnetic shadows
Searching for traces of disturbance in the soil, that is what the gradiometer is used for (apart from looking like you are carrying a Star Wars Tie Fighter in your […]
Nano-residency at Woodspring Priory
It is all about time at the moment! My residency on Portland last year lasted some ten months, time to really develop a new body of work. Then recently the […]
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