On turning a corner in the corridors of building one at Unitec I found this. A beautiful orignal vent from the inital  breathing system of the building.

To me that is a moment of rare beauty. Looking for one thing and in the midst of it’ something unexpected and special is found.

Two images I found whilst in Sydney this weekend. Put together they sum up my studio dilemma, or maybe just form the material that informs my practice. The everyday use of things along with the forgotten use of ornamentation on homes that once was so important in their design and status. I see so much beauty in the unexpected daily utility and conversely admire the piece of added decoration on a front portico. How do the two come together as a body of work. Is this a case of thinking too hard?

What else  do you do on a sunny Sunday morning when the other half is at Wembley and I had children to entertain? So whilst the kids scootered within an inch of their life, I went snapping. The images are taken from quiet corners of Building 1. These are my inspirations. What’s inside? Behind? How does it come together? How has it fallen apart? Who saw it when it was first put there? Who walked past not seeing?

Join me in the discussion on Beauty. Does this evoke an emotion and feeling. To me I see elegance and beauty in form and shape along with various textures that evoke past memories of a different world. All of that equates Beauty to me am I wrong. Bring the debate on

Found in Matakana

A piece of rusty decoration from a plant nursery in Matakana. What do you see? Circles with segments, stylised flowers, diamonds with curved edges or something else?  This has found itself into my work book as a source of inspiration as I am looking further into grilles and layering of  surfaces

After 4 weeks of floundering around in my normal magpie manner I cautiously believe a point of light might be on the horizon.  An insightful tutorial from Richard Fahey has peeled back a few more layers and his erudite ability was able to tell me what I suspected for sometime. Basically, the duality of my practice. A crazy cluttered, kleptomaniac who wants some ‘pretty’ things that look old and abandoned

Daily I see this piece of urban jewellery. On this day the light was good and I had a camera and now it’s here as part of my inspiration library