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So what have I learned about pain?
It was a tough 10 days before it settled. My tooth / jaw pain is much better, not 100% resolved, still I get episodes, sadly triggered by...

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Jun 301 min read
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So now a break from zines and back to printing?
I have not been feeling like doing my blog in the last 6 weeks but I’ve recently come back to wanting to do it again. What put me off?...

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Jun 24, 20241 min read
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Everything in flux
I’ve not done a post for quite a while. Life gets busy and I have not had much time physically in my studio. I need to get on with my...

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Apr 29, 20241 min read
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Review of last year
I notice that some of the bloggers I follow had done recaps of last year and I thought it was a good idea. I have 3 rather different...

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Jan 7, 20242 min read
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Working but doing what?
Working in my sketch books. Not much to talk about this week. I’m working on more printing although at the moment I’m not happy with it....

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Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Music / Art
I am experiencing some similarities between my music and my art. When I first started going to adult education lessons I would find...

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Jul 8, 20232 min read
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Slow, slow, slow
This week I have been rejigging my studio around to start printing in it (I used to print in our basement before but the cats made it...

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Jun 10, 20232 min read
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Printing! I'm meant to be printing!
As always, life takes over what we think we should be doing. I meant to really embark on hand printing but instead got led down other...

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May 14, 20232 min read
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Working on Zine 5
I’m back at work at Zine 5 now. It is slow progress, slowly whittling away at the pages, putting things together and then fiddling around...

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Jan 29, 20232 min read
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Box Fit
The big clear out makes me think about getting rid of stuff in general. I like Marie Kondo’s ideas and in the past read a book on Swedish...

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Jan 20, 20232 min read
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Finally done
Today I’ve at last completed my studio turn out. 2 black bags of rubbish, a small collection of stuff which I am hoping will go to a...

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Jan 12, 20232 min read
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Clearing out the studio
Should have posted this in the old year but got distracted..... Not much to say other than the studio is in chaos. I needed to rearrange...

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Jan 2, 20231 min read
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Big Surprise!
Just got my degree result and I got a FIRST! Was not expecting that. Reading through the feedback I think it was my pecha kucha...

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Dec 16, 20221 min read
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Over and Out to the OCA
still of Action Man disrupting the presentation I can’t quite believe my time has ended as a student at the Open College of the Arts!...

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Sep 30, 20222 min read
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Endings and shiftings
I’ve not particularly wanted to write about the Queen’s death but it’s become almost the elephant in the room now, it seems crazy to...

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Sep 15, 20222 min read
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Trip to London
I got back last night from my course and today am catching up with myself and all my jobs, one of which is writing here. So did I learn...

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Jul 31, 20223 min read
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Hot! Hot! Hot!
Thank goodness the temperature has cooled again! What a couple of days! It was very hot here in Yorkshire, one of the hottest areas of...

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Jul 24, 20222 min read
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Events of last week (part2)
Third event: Attending the comic book fair in Macclesfield, MACC-POW. I had to do this as part of my course, putting my work out there,...

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Jul 14, 20223 min read
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Working in Zine 4
I’ve managed to get back to work again, (it’s just showing up in the studio, you end up working by default) and I’ve been grappling with...

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Jun 16, 20221 min read
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Head exploding time
After virtually a week off, I’m back in my studio after a busy social time, family visiting here and me visiting family. Now I’m trying...

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Jun 11, 20222 min read
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