Much of my time researching the hall has been spent walking around it, looking at themes, forms, and shapes - and trying to work out how these things can be interpreted in my style, or how they might exist (or co-exist) in the constant state.

NEEAA: Project Journal 02: Spirals
If you're familiar with my work, you'll know that stairs and steps are a recurring theme, so I was naturally attracted to the amazing staircases in Seaton Delaval Hall.

Sunny Blunts: Circles and Threads
Reflections on a thread that ran through 2024; Victor Pasmore's sunny blunts.

NEEAA: Project Journal 01: Research
I've started to research ideas and concepts for a design proposal I will show as part of the first phase of the North East Emerging Artist Award.

Raised on an Island
Wembley Stadium; London – originally known as Empire Stadium, opened to the public on 28th April 1923 as part of the ‘British Empire Exhibition’; a grand undertaking aimed to strengthen Britain’s image on the world stage amid the realities of an increasingly unstable empire.
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