Residencies
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130 Vicar Lane
Leeds, UK September to December 2017 A commission from East Street Arts, in collaboration with West Yorkshire Archaeological Services. 'The Action Of Water' installation is a response to their archaeological survey. 
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Top Shed
Norfolk, UK May to June 2018 This was a research-based residency considering responses to Bruno Munari's 'Design As Art' essays. The result was a set of 25 print-drawings using the instability of carbon copy paper. 
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Deuchar Mill
Yarrow, Scotland July 2017 A two and a half week residency in the remote Scottish Borders exploring responses to landscape around the mill. How can those responses be represented figuratively in print? |
Wells Book Arts Center
Wells College, Aurora, NY, USA April 2017 Visiting artist at Wells Book Arts Center in April 2017 to work on the 'exitblurring' print project. Participated in 'Towards a new ideology of print production' round-table curated by Oxblood Press. |
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Found In Blackburn
Blackburn, Lancashire, UK January to March 2017 A residency based on BBC Radio Lancashire's John Gillmore programme working with callers' memories. The resulting print series used oral history to create a memory-trace of the town. 
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Staithes Studios
Staithes, North Yorkshire, UK December 2016 Invited by Staithes Studios Gallery to be artist-in-residence alongside Gemma Lacey. The residency considered landscape by producing one print per day in response to an hour-long walk. 
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Starshaped Press
Chicago, Illinois, USA October & November 2016 A fortnight-long residency in a Chicago letterpress studio. Starshaped has a reputation for using metal type to create prints rich in pattern and imagery. The residency used the studio to make work in response to city geographies. 
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Huddersfield Art Gallery
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK May to August 2016 Part of the ROTOR collaborative series between Huddersfield Art Gallery, the University of Huddersfield's School of Art, Design & Architecture and East Street Arts. A four week residency that culminated in an exhibition. 
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Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA October 2015 A week-long residency in an open-access print studio in Silver Spring, Maryland. Inspired by the artists working in multiple printmaking disciplines, the residency looked at playing with a text reduction piece. |
UCLan
Preston, Lancashire October 2014 to July 2015 A residency at the Universiy of Central Lancashire's print studio via the Artists' Access to Art Colleges programme. The residency was spent generating a portfolio of larger-scale work using the studio's Stephenson Blake S1 proof press. |
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Hot Bed Press
Salford, UK July 2012 to February 2013 I was the inaugural letterpress artist-in-residence for just over six months. Among other work, the residency led to a collaboration with Elizabeth Willow who was Book Artist-in-Residence at the same time: 'Lead & ink' was the result. |
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