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Head Piece 2 (2024)
Perhaps like many of us now, I have a collection of odd things left over from previous Kick-Abouts; for example, a latex mask of a rather stern-looking older man, last seen in these Harry Clarke-inspired… Read more
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The Kick-About #98 ‘Fernando Botero’
Our previous Kick-About, on a theme of vanitas, got us contemplating the effects of time on our minds and bodies. Meanwhile, the portly subjects of Fernando Botero’s paintings are in rude health, inspiring this latest collection… Read more
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Throwback Friday #165 “We Like Leaves” (June, 2023)
Back in early June 2023, we had the unusual experience of accommodating a BBC film crew in our very small Whitstable garden. The long-running BBC television show, Gardener’s World paid us a visit as part of… Read more
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Ding’s Learning Design Almanac (2024)
It’s not very often that I talk about my ‘proper job’ on Red’s Kingdom. Red’s Kingdom is a space for all those other dimensions of thinking, watching, making and doing. That said, I do have some… Read more
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Throwback Friday #164 ‘Monster Face 1994’
In truth, I don’t know what is more horrible; the ghoulish guy with the suppurating face or the cork-effect wallpaper and tasselled granny lampshape? These snaps date from October 1994, photographs from a Halloween party at… Read more
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Quince (2024)
Did you know … quinces hold diverse symbolic meanings across cultures; they are commonly associated with love and romance, symbolising the enduring sweetness of relationships. Additionally, quinces represent fertility and abundance, often bestowed as wishes… Read more
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The Kick-About #97 ‘Vanitas’
Our previous Kick-About, inspired as it was by the paper-layerings of artist Maud Vantours, prompted a number of us to consider the ephemera we collect about us and repurpose it. For this edition of our fortnightly… Read more
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Throwback Friday #163 ‘Arrivals II – Lawn’ (2016)
Another day, another inter-dimensional portal… Read more
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Strata #2 (2024)
A second collection of images produced for The Kick-About No.96, inspired by the layered, paper creations of artist Maud Vantours. Created using a flat-bed scanner and a stack of ordinance survey maps and guide books, I… Read more
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Strata #1 (2024)
The Kick-About No.96 is inspired by the colourful paper creations of Maud Vantours. With Vantours’ work putting me in mind of geography – contour maps and geological strata – I wondered how I could fold… Read more
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