Looking for the lapwings

Met up with Andy Page today, Forestry England’s Head of Wildlife in the New Forest, and wandered the heath as well as a wide range of wildlife topics. Whilst we […]

Soft underfoot

It’s tipping it down outside but in here, the brand new residency studio of Spudworks, it’s all cosy. If you are interested in making work in/for the New Forest then […]

Terra anachronista

As soon as you step away from the road, which crosses the heath like a causeway across water, you enter a different time zone: the wood is old and twisted […]

Between picture-postcard & petroleum

On the left, the unreal picture-postcard world of Beaulieu, on the right the holding tanks of the Fawley oil refinery, and in the middle Hilltop, with its open heathland – […]

Tumulus that’s not a tumulus

A very full day in the New Forest, exploring Hilltop. This (the left hand one) was the highest point around, and not what it seemed. Time to head home now, […]

Across the cattle grid

It’s exciting to arrive in the New Forest at night to begin a new residency. Across a cattle grid and then you know you are on the Commoning Land, where […]

Curtain up on Uluru

Last night was the opening night of ‘When the Rain Stops Falling’, the play for which I have been commissioned to produce video projections. It’s been a steep learning curve […]

A fish fell from the sky…

Will need a fish for the play, so I made a quick scan at the fishmongers this morning to see what it might look like in 3D.  It was quite […]

Capturing a piece of driftwood

This is an initial ‘point cloud’, the first step in capturing the 3D shape of a piece of driftwood, needed for the play. I had it set up on a […]

Rehearsals begin

Here we go! It’s the first week of rehearsals for ‘When the Rain Stops Falling’. We will be opening in Oxford in three weeks! (Cheltenham the week after) So, I’m […]

@surface.tensions III

Surface Tensions continues on Instagram (@surface.tensions)

@surface.tensions II

You will find me on Instagram for this project.

@surface.tensions

For those of you subscribed to this blog, a quick update on Surface Tensions. From here on in I am going to be posting on Instagram, rather than via WordPress. […]

Artful Dodger Reboot

I started this blog with one of Halford’s flies – No.77, the Artful Dodger. So to end my most recent day in the VR Cave at the Corsham Institute I wanted […]

My frictionless fly

Watching videos of fly tying, I’m aware of how tight the feathers and string are tied around the hook. The fly tyer never lets the twine relax, always maintaining tension […]

Shank, gape and barb

In the catalogue this Dry Fly Supreme hook is described as having a “standard shank, round bend, wide gape, and a down-eye, all of which makes it “the ideal all […]