Magic Monster Machine

I have spent the last 24 hours working on a wonderful project at Elsecar Heritage Centre with Fabric Lenny and James Brunt. We were commissioned to work with 20 children to design, construct and animate a life size machine that will appear as an installation at Elsecar Heritage Centre to celebrate the launch of the Newcomen Beam Engine Restoration Project. It was a real challenge to complete all this work in just one day, but the children from St Helen's Primary School were fantastic and produced some amazing work. We documented the making process through stills photography and timelapse animation and have just completed the edits of the film "Magic Monster Machine" and the 'Making Of'. Phew!! Well done everyone!!

154 Exhibition now open!

Over the last few weeks I have spent most of my time working on the installation of the 154 Exhibition at the Cooper Gallery in Barnsley with Fabric Lenny and Dan Mallaghan, along with the amazing support of lots of gallery staff, Jemma Conway and many many more!! The Launch event went amazingly well and it was wonderful to see so many people come to support us and engage in the exhibition. It was also fantastic to meet Jonathan Grauel (USA) and Benjamin Rabe (Germany) who delivered a workshop to kick start the Launch. The exhibition runs until the 1st September so feel free to visit....it will make you look up, get down on you knees, listen, watch and contribute to the exhibition through drawing and writing, if you wish. Below are some images I captured on the Launch Day, more can be found here, plus the latest 154 updates can be found here.

Art On Your Doorstep

The new Exhibition, Art on Your Doorstep at the The Red House Museum, Gomersal began together and runs until the 8th July 2012. I am delighted to be one of a small selection of artists chosen to exhibit work in this exhibition and have specially created Limited Edition Giclee Prints capturing intriguing views of the beautiful countryside landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales.

Scenic Puddle

In The Puddle

Mud Print

Mini King and Queen Canvasses for the 154 Exhibition

Whilst collating all the work I have created over the last four months for the upcoming 154 Exhibition I came across these lovely images from a recent workshop led by Fabric Lenny at Birdwell Primary School, Barnsley. These images are from of selection which I captured to document the children designing and creating their Canvas Kings and Queens which will be exhibited as part of the 154 Exhibition, launching on 2nd June at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley.

Creating Initial Designs

Water washing

Canvas King Design In Progress

Drawing on the iPad

Mini Queen canvass alongside the original design

Mini Queen Canvas alongside the original design

154 iPhoneography Prints for Exhibition

Since January this year I have been creating work as part of the 154 Collective and the launch of our Exhibition is now drawing near....2nd June at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley. My work has been developed through iPhoneography using still and moving image to celebrate the similarities between the communities of Barnsley and Newham, whose Town Halls are 154 miles apart as the crow flies. My exhibited work will comprise of a series of portraits of children from Barnsley and Newham, framed giclee prints capturing daily life within the two boroughs and a selection of short films. Here is a close up of one of the giclee prints presented as a montage of 35 images from Barnsley and Newham. Come along to the exhibition to see the full print and much more work created by the 154 Collective.

154 Exhibition Launch

It is less than two weeks until the Launch of the 154 Exhibition on the 2nd June and everything is starting to come together. It is all very exciting! The Exhibition is promising to be a visual delight full of work inspired by and created collaboratively with people from the boroughs of Barnsley and Newham. Alongside the Exhibition will be a series of workshops delivered by the 154 Collective artists, providing the opportunity for people to work with the artists and contribute their own artwork to the exhibition. The poster image is from German Artist Benjamin Rabe who will be attending the launch and running a workshop with local children. Feel free to come along....It would be great to see you there! Please visit the 154 Collective Blog for more information.

154 Portraits

I have just completed a series of portraits of children from Barnsley and Newham which will form part of the 154 Exhibition beginning on the 2nd June at the Cooper Gallery, Barnsley. Each portrait was captured on the iPhone and processed on the iPad. The children from both Boroughs were fantastic and I had great fun capturing these images. They are all printed and waiting to be exhibited in two weeks time. For more information and updates on the 154 Collective please visit the 154 blog.