After the John Blakemore workshop I have been inspired to try to make a box John had one with him we didn’t try to make it as he said it to difficult to do on a weekend workshop, but I thought it would be a great accompaniment to my final photographs and can’t wait to […]

I have been looking at Matt Collishaw’s project “Last meal on death Row” and loved the quality of his work, while I was researching I came accross this article in the Independent online that I found very informative: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/reviews/mat-collishaw-last-meal-on-death-row-other-criteria-london-8167826.html Accessed 4/12/2015

After much deliberation and thought I have decided to photograph Janet’s belongings in the style of 17th century still life the main reason for this is I want to treat her belongings with reverence by taking them taking them out of her setting and into the studio. In preparation for this I have been researching […]

At out exhibition meeting this week, Greg mentioned trying to get sponsors he suggested friends and family if we could get £20 per person and all aim to get 10 sponsors we could raise £2000 relatively easily,  I posted on my face book and had 4 sponsors within an hour this drove me on to […]

It was great to see Colette today she gave a excellent lecture on the “Golden Thread” this is the thread that runs throughout your work and is the constant throughout your practice, she also said sometimes we don’t know what the thread is until later in our career. Colette made a “hash tag” goldenthreadlectures on […]

I have had a great weekend at Manchester Art Gallery attending the John Blakemore workshop I have learnt a lot about making different types of bookbinding and I have made a book of my own that I am rather proud of, we also spent an afternoon editing and sequencing Prints it was good to see […]

This Weekend we have been at Burnage Community Sports and Social Club, for the last four days the weather has been mixed sunshine and rain, we had lots of people on Friday and Sun but Sat and Monday were quite slow we did Face painting, card making, and a photo booth we raised nearly £200 […]

Today I visited Janet to record her thoughts, she told me more about her life, a lot of personal thoughts, at the end of her interview she had just been telling me about a man she had worked with on a mental health ward who had been to prison for murder,  when they were in […]

We can hopefully collect lots of money for our show!

I can’t wait to attend this next weekend.. Date:  Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 March Venue:  Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3JL, Tel: 0161 235 8888 Time:   Saturday:10:00 – 16:45 Sunday: 10:00 – 16:00 Event listing on Redeye’s website: https://www.redeye.org.uk/programme/events/editing-sequencing-and-handmade-books-photographers-john–blakemore Outline event plan: Day 1 Why make books? To make a book […]