nature looking back!!

It's autumn and the animals are moving in. Tried to convince the mouse that life underneath the sofa was good but life out in the open was even better. Not sure I managed. He sat in his little box chewing on a piece of cheese while we cycled to the beach. I'm enjoying myself here on the coast, the wildlife is fantastic.

sketchbook, again

Now I'm in the middle of developing a proposal for one of the spaces here at ASP. A structure greeting you as you enter the building, translating the angles from piers and jetties on the coast into a maze of triangular shapes. Having been to Tipner, the colours left a strong impression. Started mixing a colour range that I'd like to try out - a very light faded blue, a rusty orange-brown, a greenish blue-grey. Might apply colours onto the walls as an extension of the actual threedimensional lines.

sketchbook

working on ideas, making sketches, models...testing different angles, slopes, what is revealed and what remains visible, a lightness to it, yet stability, off-centre, yet balanced.

Tipner

Yesterday another day of trying to cycle and and walk along the coastline, this time to the north of the city centre. So many areas are fenced off. Constant noise of the motorway in the background. Amazing colours and sharp sunlight.



ordnance survey. street az atlas portsmouth.2007.

It all started with Natalie giving me the Ordnance Survey map of Portsmouth on my first day here. I enjoy reading maps, and this one seemed quite exciting: So many areas were left blank and streets just ending into a white nothing. I want to see what has been left out on this map; e.g. areas such as Tipner and Thorney Island.

thorney island

access - no access....the first island I've ever visited where you have to ring a bell, identify yourself, leave your phone number, postcode, any bags or cameras? yes. ...and then you're allowed to walk around the island on a marked footpath. Arriving at the other end, the same procedure, name, phone number, post code....

patterns and materials

Portsmouth harbour

future plans

Good to be back in my studio. And finally, all my materials are here as well!
Now it's time to have a look at all those photos from the last months, and to make plans for my time here in Portsmouth. Will spend sometime travelling along the coastline, daytrips by bike or foot - I'm in a harbour city, after all...
Looking forward to the crit group meeting at Aspex tomorrow!

16 hours

What a busy week. But good. Managed to get on the coach from Portsmouth to London, then hire a van and drive my materials from Archway to Shoreditch, build a structure, and it was all ready, and the floor dusted within less than two days :)
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