Speaking at ‘Jewellery Futures Symposium’ – Globalisation, Mobility and Migration

At the end of last week, I was invited by the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University to speak … More

‘Natural Food Market’ Interior by Nanyang Design, Tianjin

At the end of last year, whilst researching and writing about the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong (AKA the Umbrella … More

Design: The Way We Dress ‘Simone Rocha: Hong Kong Dress’

In part, I see this blog as providing insight into my worlds, the worlds I research, negotiate, see, feel, hear, … More

‘Zhen Xian Bao/Chinese Thread Book’ Workshop with Lori Sauer

One of my many professional hats is a being a practicing book artist, and facilitating paper and book arts workshops … More

Exhibition: ‘Unmanned Nature’ by Cai Guo-Qiang at The Whitworth

A couple of weekends ago, manaXi and I managed to catch ‘Unmanned Nature’ by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang on its final day … More

China in Print: OFFPRINT London 2015 at Tate Modern

This weekend, after a very birthday-celebratory filled week for many people including myself (apparently I’m 32 now), I was in … More

Chromatic Typewriter

Feeding my on-going love affair with typewriters (read more blog posts here) is the ‘Chromatic Typewriter’. Washington-based painter Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 … More

New china from China: Contemporary Chinese Ceramics and Glass Symposium

Last week was whirlwind. Five days spent working in five cities across the UK, where I only just managed to … More

Exhibition: ‘Ahead of the Curve’ at Potteries Museum and Art Gallery

For over a year, it may even be longer than that, I have been in conversation with curator Claire Blakey … More

Protect your head with ‘Pneumatic Knit’ – New bike headwear

After spending a few hours in a local bike shop tonight, um-ing and ar-ing over what type of road touring … More