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After Krasner (2025)
So this Krasner-inspired ‘mosaic’ is about the size of a dinner plate and was made for The Kick-About No. 134 by bashing a bunch of chunky wax crayons with a rolling pin and then setting… Read more
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The Kick-About #134 ‘Lee Krasner’
The last edition of The Kick-About was inspired by James Turrell’s immersive light installations. Lee Krasner, like Turrell, invites us to inhabit her work—but hers is no ethereal space. Instead, it’s a restless terrain of… Read more
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After Turrell (2025)
These Turrell-inspired images, produced for The Kick-About No.133, were deceptively simple to make; the forms are 2D shapes imported, ‘clip-art style’, from boring old Powerpoint (Yawn!). The shapes themselves were given an internal ‘shadow’ effect… Read more
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The Kick-About #133 ‘James Turrell’
Last time, The Kick-About was inspired by Semper Augustus—a tulip prized for its beauty and mystery. This week, we turn to another master of allure: James Turrell, who works not with petals but with perception… Read more
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Semper Augustus (2025)
These tulip-inspired photographs for The Kick-About No. 132 were produced by first applying thick acrylic paint mixed with PVA to sheets of acetate—which, appropriately enough, were then left in the greenhouse to dry. I drooled… Read more
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The Kick-About #132 ‘Semper Augustus’
Our previous Kick-About was inspired by the alluring and lonely illuminations of lighthouses—beacons set against the vast and unpredictable sea. This time, we trade maritime mystery for botanical obsession, turning our gaze to Semper Augustus,… Read more
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Short story: Merion (2025)
There is something supremely narrative about the idea of a lighthouse and my interest in writing this story as my response to The Kick-About No.131 began with thinking about the role of the lighthouse keeper,… Read more
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The Kick-About #131 ‘Lighthouse’
Our last Kick-About was a celebratory compendium of five years of ‘kicking it about’—and speaking personally, I do look forward to these fortnightly opportunities to ‘think a thing, do a thing and share a thing’… Read more
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The Kick-About / 5 Years Later
This week’s 130th edition of The Kick-About marks the fifth anniversary of an activity first started back during the strange, listless days of the COVID lock-downs. The short version is that, every two weeks, a… Read more
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The Kick-About #130 ‘260.893’
The last edition of the Kick-About was prompted by the idea of a ‘treasure trove’—a phrase that could just as easily apply to this week’s anniversary edition. The big number is the total number of… Read more
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