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Brains

Posted on February 20, 2017 by caerhendre

So today I started to explore the cut out drawings I made on my first visit to the brain bank in Salford. I set out with some idea of how I might approach printing images, using stencils and ghost prints. What … Continue reading →

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Working

Posted on February 3, 2017 by caerhendre

So as I assemble the days of my life, actually re-assemble might better describe the process, the actions stimulate thinking , discoveries. Perhaps it is obvious, but the more I stitch the ‘days’ together the more I learn about the … Continue reading →

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action

Posted on January 25, 2017 by caerhendre

So after years of drawing and looking I think I have forgotten that drawing and looking are like muscles, they need work/ action to keep them alive. Years ago I was working with another artist, Kirsty Claxton, with Bishop’s Castle … Continue reading →

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Drawing on windows, expressing the unique

Posted on January 11, 2017 by caerhendre

So it is fun, perhaps even ‘naughty’ to draw on a window. But if your mind has forgotten what naughty means and has instead given room for curiosity what can the drawing express? emotion personality intellect imagination curiosity and often something unique in … Continue reading →

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Exploring

Posted on January 9, 2017 by caerhendre

Making a piece of work loosely titled “Days of my life”. A durational experience as, to date there are over 22,000 of them. Each day made from a fragile piece of paper, coated with casein and coloured with inks that … Continue reading →

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Three trips to the Institute of Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Research group at Salford Hospital

Posted on January 4, 2017 by caerhendre

Photographs, scans and computer generated images have to have a source in the physical world. Paint, graphite and ink drawings made at the brain bank. A way to explore.  

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Paint, colour and movement

Posted on December 29, 2016 by caerhendre

Sadly I do not have an image of the two hour painting created this afternoon by a resident at Mountains Care Home. But what was affirming was the way in which this resident who, at the start of the afternoon … Continue reading →

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Improvisation

Posted on December 13, 2016 by caerhendre

Listening  to a story of a visit to a travel agent to make arrangements to go to visit children in Canada and how it turned into a ( less expensive) Caribbean cruise, I was struck how learning to live with … Continue reading →

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Days of my life

Posted on December 8, 2016 by caerhendre

I am making a piece of work that might be called days of my life. Over 22,000 of them and rising as each day passes! What I find interesting about this somewhat task led idea is what happens over time. … Continue reading →

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Drawing together

Posted on November 1, 2016 by caerhendre

So putting an arm around another and sharing a single drawing implement allows an exchange of energy, a glimpse of what someone else is seeing. Today we drew on a window together, exploring the world beyond, seeing things through two … Continue reading →

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