Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Glasgow Kiss


Fresh starts and new ideas are forming. Just made a book called Glasgow Kiss, a selection of writings from my diaries, mostly thoughts about Glasgow...Typed up on the typewriter this morning whilst listening to the radio.

Monday, 15 February 2010

Carrington (tobogganing)


Watched the film on an old 8mm projector last night.lovely and fragile.
"without losing anything of its ghostly attraction, the past will recover the light and movement of life and will become present"
Charles Baudelaire, The Painter Of Modern Life, 1863

Friday, 12 February 2010

New Book



This is my new book, Its called 'Undercroft (Goodbye Undercroft Building). It's in the press this weekend so I will take some better pictures of it when it comes out. Archive pictures of the Manchester School of Art with my own photographs of the Undercroft building at the school.In it's current crumbling state, hand bound.

Friday, 5 February 2010

other side






An exploration into the other side of the door. A return to the alchemy of the darkroom brings back memories of Blackpool and confessionals.

Friday, 29 January 2010

The End


These are the catalogues Sophie and I have designed for the exhibition.Still have 90 more to fold...

Monday, 25 January 2010

Letterpress Letters

Hand set type print with black ink - Carrington's letters and diary entries, for the end is Near exhibition...4 days to go till preview night!

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

South Shore



Cold beach days remind me of warm beach days. Abandoned Butlins, beach bike and fellow explorers.