The Screenprinted Artist's Book Course Begins TONIGHT


COME and learn how to Screenprint your own wondrous and delicious artist's book over 6 lovely evenings with me and Mandy Tolley at HOT BED PRESS. We begin on Tuesday 19th (next week!) from 6.30 - 9pm. It promises to feed your creativity, push your printmaking and hone your bookmaking craft skills. It will, in short, be magical! 
For Bookings go here x


Let the Screen printing & Book making begin! 
Hot Bed Press  tonight...




Sunographs at School





Oh the sun came out as if I'd nudged, nipped and tugged it from its homely clouds today. It meant we could make camer-less photographs in the school playground as part of a bigger project known as 'New Ghosts'. Ooooooooh.

May Day (Late)



There is little time of late for communication to the world outside my nest. But I am reassured that time will come when I stop, still, take a moment, hear my breath, and reflect. Until that day, I must remember what this time has been full of. Best to recall in pictures, I think.







An Endless April







Birthdays/Coastlines/Workshops/Migraines/Bookfairs/Trains/Unpacking/Kissing/Moods/Lectures/Panicking/Worrying/NotMaking/SomeCrying/Apologising/Attempting/Workshops/Planning/Racing/Cooking/Hangovers/Editing/Confessing/Workshops/Being grateful for good friends that endure all of the above.

Lately Lately



It's been an oddly busy few months since returning. The weeks have whooshed by in a flurry of work/flux/imbalance/impermanence. Days of restorative sewing of paper and typesetting are a blurred memory as are the many hours of planning and delivering workshops weekinweekout. Boxes of dearest possessions still lay untouched since September, now shrouded in a thick layer of dust from studio rest. Only now in these days of rest and finally some reflection can I see the way to move towards the next few months. I hope Easter provided a Spring clean of the mind too.

Brooklyn LIGHT





I remember this soft, magical early evening light, but not from last spring here, but from those cold, bright brooding Brooklyn nights. It's light fantastic and each day I still miss it. Getting a fix of there here.

Presentation Boxes






PRESENTATION BOXES

Weekend Course

Starting: Saturday 3rd March 2012
Ending: Sunday 4th March 2012
From: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Tutor: Lucy May Schofield
About the course:
On day one, learn how to make a beautiful portfolio box, perfect for the presentation of prints, drawings and photographs. Day two will teach you the principles of constructing a slip case to house an existing book. These archival-style portfolio structures will add a unique dimension of professionalism and mobility to your prints, providing you with the confidence to create bespoke portfolio boxes to house any size prints, documents or photos in the future. Come.

To work with you




Back in the Letterpress saddle. I meditatively typeset 10 pt Baskerville, all 59 lines of it. My eyes ache in impatience for the new piece to show itself. Paper/ink/size choices to be decided. For now I select each letter with utmost love for the process.

Hello March





The sea may still be cold but
Hey sunshine
It's been a while sky
Hello toes
Nice to see you snowdrops
Bicycle greetings
I've missed you green

Publish your own Photography Book at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow




Publish Your Own Photography Book: Weekend
10th / 11th March
Sat: 10.30am - 5pm / Sun: 12noon - 5pm

A publication is an ideal platform to showcase your work to galleries and at portfolio reviews. This course will show you the stages of producing your own limited edition photography books from the creation of mock up structures and will cover the basic principals of book making. On the second day you will be taught to use InDesign to insert images and work up layouts ready for print.

Held at the wonderful facilities at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow.
Visit their website for bookings and enquiries.

Love your Valentine





**My Funny VALENTINE Pop-up WoRkShOp**

This Sunday 12th February from 2 - 4pm spend 2 decadent hours thinking of your LoVed one, be it human or animal, while crafting them the Valentine's of a lifetime. Come to 4 Needham Avenue, Chorlton, where for just 5 British pounds you will receive all materials and inspiration to create the most swell, secret, pop-up, collage delight your loved one could only ever dream of receiving come Tuesday. You can sip tea everlasting and there promises to be an envelop to fit any card you make. Go on. Let the love in.

Going Underground



A resolution I intend on sticking to is to spend the year being a curious tourist, to look with new eyes at what I see every day, to ask questions and wander without aim, to treat Manchester as I treated New York, with the same awe and wonderment. So as the snow settled on Saturday evening my love led me to the steps of the Midland to embark on a tour of the underground tunnels of the city. We huddled together with a few other hearty souls and embarked on our historic education of Manchester's underground world. Torchlit intrepid footsteps led us to spine-chilling bomb shelters. Darkness + unsettling + snow-cold. romantic.