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FRIEDA
During the first lockdown, I noticed a beautiful web spanning the corner of my bijou greenhouse. A tiny shy spider hung stock still. I was transfixed and kept watch from a distance. Over the coming weeks, Fred grew larger and larger. I soon found out that Fred was actually Frieda and what an amazing creature she was. Frieda, my pet Orb Weaver Spider project was born. This has evolved into a mobile, transported by bicycle and mechanically hand operated zoetropic installation.      1. The installation has two zoetropes. 2. The two zoetropes sit on top of the carriage 3. and are manually operated by a handle on each end of the carriage. 4. One person at each end independently turns the handle 5. and as the zoetrope spins 6. you look through the slots 7. and the animations come to life. 8. The smaller of the two has six one second animation depicting the building of a web 9. the larger of the two has seven depicting the body parts. 10. You have to adjust your distance and speed of the spin to cater for differing eyesights 11. The two zoetropes are stored inside the body and transported by bicycle. How can we help? Our gardens are a vital resource for wildlife, providing corridors of green space between open countryside, allowing species to move about. UK's gardens provide more space for nature than all the National nature reserves put together. Spiders are very beneficial because they will catch and eat a lot of pest-type insects. 
WE FELL IN LOVE
'We Fell In Love’
a video installation     But 'Our Escape from the Mudway' is an adventure yet to be told!  
BURN A JELUS THO'T
     A bit about jealousy: “The most destructive of passions—it is a leading cause of homicide— and the least studied, it is, like all emotions, born of necessity, with roots deep in our evolutionary past. Its purpose: to help maintain intimate relationships...” Psychology Today "The paradox of jealousy is that we all want some of it," says Stosny. It's a measure of commitment. "In small doses it's an expression of caring. It's like a way of testing whether it's safe to invest more emotion. It's safe when a person cares enough to be uncomfortable. Jealousy is a fear of losing something you perceive you have— the affection, the fidelity of another person. The threat of losing it tests how much you value it.” Jealousy can be as exciting as it can be debilitating. It is, however, not love; it’s the fear and anger of losing out or being abandoned. Its basic premise is fear and insecurity. Envy and Jealousy are often thought to be the same emotion. They are not, although they can go side by side. And what a mix that can be. Envy, however unpleasant, usually doesn’t contain a sense of betrayal and resultant outrage and Jealousy does not need to contain an acute sense of inferiority.
A MULTIFURIOUS JOURNEY
   'Obsession with Perfection' A humorous take on selfies through a zoetrope.   I own you, you owe me' Porcelain and wire wool sculpture   'What makes a Land Holy?'  
/>'Ode to my mother' Guache on canvas   'Bliss' |
