It’s almost exactly seven years since we moved here. Slowly, slowly I am learning to belong in this place I was not born in but came to. I do what I can for this small patch of this small island in a small way. It’s not much, I know. But this is where I can touch the...
In last week’s blog, I shared with you a conversation I had with archaeologist Mark Edmonds, as together we pondered a flint handaxe that Mark had written about in his book and brought to my studio. It’s a perfect teardrop shape, but with a twist to it, so it fits the...
I recently shared a conversation with archaeologist, writer and artist Mark Edmonds. He came to my studio at the weekend to talk about his new book “Making a Handaxe”, bringing with him an object of contemplation and conversation: an exquisitely shaped...
Last week I spent a few days back in Edinburgh. I lived and worked there for more than thirty years. It’s the city I moved to at the tender age of seventeen to study at art school and one I still love very much. It’s where I grew into myself, made lifelong...
I’m delighted to have writer and podcaster Susan Mathews as guest for this week’s newsletter. Season 2 of Susan’s podcast The Subverse has been my ‘go-to’ listening recently, and her thoughtful conversations around water have helped to...
