Hoofscape

It is the unexpected beauty at the heart of technology’s ability to transform the everyday into the exceptional that keeps me going. Here, for example, is the horseshoe print I […]

Mushroom point cloud

This image of some mushrooms near to Stonyford Pond on the heath at Hilltop is made up of individual dots in 3Dspace, each one coloured. So once placed inside a […]

On another planet

Sometimes out on the heath it does feel as if you are on another planet, in this case with hoof prints embedded in the surface mud.

Waterlogged beauty

Speaking of beauty, I saw the dark bottom of one pond sprinkled with white seeds like a delicate patterned tablecloth; and then there were these plants, rising through the peat-tinted […]

In the land of Lilliput

Out on the heath the action happens well below you, at ground level. The close-cropped growth of grasses; the slow bonsai-like growth of the woody plants; the sinking of the […]

Horse tale

Yes, its a rather graining photo of the back end of a horse! But checkout the tail: it’s cut in a pattern that tells where that pony came from. Each […]

Fuzz bunker

I’ve named this place the Fuzz Bunker. It’s a clump of gorse in the middle of the heath tall enough to walk inside. The ponies and cattle use it to […]

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 […]