Here is the second instalment of In:Flux, an audio journal observing life in lockdown. It is made in collaboration with sound artist and composer, John Rea, and featured on Wales Arts Review. Wales Arts Review brings you part 2 of a series of observational journals during a time of national lockdown, from John Rea and Sarah Featherstone. Part two … Continue reading In:Flux – Audio Journal Series
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Digithon Festival
In collaboration with composer and sound artist, John Rea, I have submitted the first part of an observational audio journal piece that will be featured today as part of Digithon, an innovative online festival bringing people closer together in a time of social distancing. Delivered by Wales Arts Review, the festival is a rough and … Continue reading Digithon Festival
Into the Magical Forest: Creative Schools
Dod yn ôl at fynghoed: this is the title of the latest Creative Schools project I am working on in Tonypandy. In Welsh, it translates as "to return to my trees", or "to return to a balanced state of mind". The aim is to bring the children back into contact with nature through outings, stories, … Continue reading Into the Magical Forest: Creative Schools
An Otherworldly Journey
“Suddenly, for a time, the door is open, the magic is working; a channel exists between the page and the shadowy cave in the mind.” ~ Susan Cooper One very hot summer, I went on a journey to meet an artist I have long admired. The artist had put out a call for people to … Continue reading An Otherworldly Journey
Processions
The Women's Arts Association has collaborated with Oasis refugee centre, Women's Aid, and other groups to produce 31 squares for a banner to be carried through the streets of Cardiff on Sunday 10 June. PROCESSIONS celebrates the fight for suffrage and expresses what it means to be a woman today. I'm proud to be a … Continue reading Processions
Voices on the Wind
For the past five months, I've been a creative practitioner in a primary school, working with a storyteller to produce a record of the stories about the local area surrounding the school. We have covered a vast time period, from the Bronze age, right up to the mid-19th century. I have been using printmaking with … Continue reading Voices on the Wind
