Here's a pic of my new home. I am really happy to have been given a residency by Islington Arts Factory. The IAF is an arts centre on a busy road in a North London. It feels like a cultural outpost in a no-man's land part of London. There's Holloway Prison on one side and petrol station on the other. Go inside, however, and the mood changes. There are noisy north London kids rehearsing a play, a troupe of young ballerinas tiptoeing across the hall, a loud din coming from the rehearsal rooms, a potter in the basement. It's a great space. How an art centre should be: diverse, well-used, a little rough around the edges. I'm extremely fortunate to have been given a studio tucked away in the loft of the building. My mind is already whirring away with ideas of what I'll do with the time and space. My work definitely has a ritualistic feel to it - the silks are a bit like religious artefacts for non-religious purposes - it should be fun to explore this in a former church. I'll be there from September this year to May next. Come down and say hello.
