IV was nice – we watched a movie and ate sweets. Lots of sweets. We watched The Salt of the Earth, a documentary about Sebastiao Salgado. Well worth a watch. I love the work of Salgado – it is actually … Continue reading
Fantastic day at the studio yesterday. Lots of coffee and wet collodion adventures with incredibly talented people. I’m working on a wee project with luthier Ricky Claffey who popped in with one of his hand made guitars and I made … Continue reading
This year, for the first time, I’m taking part in the WASPS studio open days. Essentially the studios are open for you to wander around and those artists participating leave their doors open so you can pop in for a … Continue reading
I’m very excited to announce that I’m teaching a three day workshop on the wet collodion process at the National Gallery in Edinburgh at the end of January 2016. The course will include a very unique and rare opportunity to … Continue reading
It’s been an emotional week. After a good few years of grumbling about it I made the decision to get rid of the big green van (BGV). Ultimately this is a very happy liberating decision – but lets face it … Continue reading
Lovely morning at the studio today to make a portrait of Paul Vallot – biology teacher by day and bee keeper extraordinaire at other times. We met a few weeks ago in chef Andrew Fairlie’s secret, and somewhat magical, garden. … Continue reading
