Behind the Cutter news

This Sunday is Vintage Tea & Sale at Eat@ Cafe, Claremont, Hastings 10am- 4pm. I'm selling cards (see above) & books.

From next Saturday 22nd May is the Paper Arts See exhibition at Rye Art Gallery- I'm showing my original Bird Woman Book plus a limited edition of facsimile versions (to include porcelain bird skulls). Also original framed drawings, and a selections of small books and lino print cards. Further info: http://www.ryeartgallery.co.uk

Also exhibiting at Kaleid Editions, Shoreditch, EC1:

WHITE HEAT Artists’ Books, 2 - 27 June 2010
The penultimate show at KALEID project space, Redchurch Street, London E2; an exhibition of editioned artists’ books curated by Victoria Browne and Dr. Aylin Kunter.
“...in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or for outdated methods...” Harold Wilson in 1963 laying forth an ambitious agenda that called into question values of family, work, education, male-female relations, sexuality, urbanism, science, technology and progress.
Taking inspiration from this period, KALEID will be subject to, and an object of ‘white heat’ as a beacon of light to illuminate a brave new collection of artists’ books; in order to represent our mood, ideas and the spirit of our time.

My book 'The Pigeon in the Future', inspired by bird breeding manuals of the 1960s, will be considering the absurd, or unlikely possibility of the role of the pigeon in the development of society.

Nesting gulls on the Cutter roof

Feral pigeon, treecreeper and wryneck...

...Illustrations for the poetry anthology 'Bird Book' published by Sidekick Books later this year.

Mexican wedding guest book commission

Chocolate nest

Based on the hanging nest of the Montezuma Oropendola, I made this from cooking chocolate and Shredded Wheat for the exhibition 'Let Them Eat Cake' at Nomad Creative Space, Hastings.

It's our final show in this building (formerly Halifax) which we have occupied since October. The exhibition is on for about a week. More information at: http://www.nomadspace.co.uk/

My new companions:

Doll man and shark teeth beaks...

I'm dressing bird dolls in obsessively hand-made burial costumes for the Hastings Rarities Affair exhibition, at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, this September. The museum holds an archive of this ornithological scandal, and a number of local artists are producing work in response. We're being photographed with binoculars and guns out in the wilds of Winchelsea this coming weekend, by the Lambie Brothers. Not yet sure if I'll go for the full Bird Woman outfit, but Sombre the crow will definitely be making an appearance...

I've also recently been selected to produce illustrations for a poetry anthology Birdbook. My birds are: Feral Pigeon, Wryneck and Treecreeper, and the book should be published in the summer.

Potential forthcoming exhibitions include the Rye Art Gallery in May, and the latest TIG (The Illustration Group) show at Trinity Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, in August.

And Rachel Carvosso and I are still collaborating in a Japanese exchange exhibition. Provisionally themed 'Home', I'm selecting the work of fifteen UK artist/ illustrators to send over to a gallery in Tokyo, for September.