BREXIT CONFUSION

Today was the first time I had to send items abroad since the new changes to exporting goods from the UK (a result of BREXIT ) I have posted many times overseas including USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and all around Europe. Since 21st January all goods exported must now by law have a customs commodity code number, this sounds easy enough but I have had to spend most of today looking for the correct code to apply to one of my mono-printing kits, nothing really covers it, the only artist materials listed are paints and brushes. It is a confusing nightmare. I am so sorry if you are one of my overseas customers awaiting a delivery, I will try to get this resolved as soon as I can. I have contacted HMRC for assistance with this matter. PS : I didn't vote for BREXIT and would love to once again live in a country that was part of Europe.

I have now stopped all postal deliveries until this has been resolved, which I hope will not be too long.

Latest video

I have not filmed any new demo videos for a while due to suffering from a very painful elbow injury. This has shown signs of recovery so I hope to film a new video soon. Sorry for the delay and I hope that the viewers of my YouTube channel will understand. I have experimented with TikTok videos and I will post updates about this development soon.

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Compilation of photographs that have been added to the PLACE project. I am working on an idea that would incorporate all 100 of the paper houses, this will be changed and edited as I work on a few ideas but I hope it will create a finished artwork that could be displayed in a gallery. Please send your contribution as soon as possible so I can begin to fill the gaps. Thanks to all those who have submitted your photographs, I really appreciate your interest and commitment to this project.

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NEW MAP

After GOOGLE removed all of my project photographs (including FLEET from 2017) from the map for no reason I have found a suitable alternative. This interactive map will now contain many of the photographs that are submitted for the PLACE art project. I will try to update this as often as possible. This map has NO connection with GOOGLE.

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Thanks to everyone who added their names to the list of contributors, this is the full list of 100. I will send emails to confirm and make sure that I have the correct postal address. I'm sorry if you missed out but unfortunately I had to limit the number. The project really has reached around the world and I look forward to dispatching the houses beginning on the 1st of August. All the little houses are numbered and the number next to your name will be the house that is posted to you.

New Project

I'm working on a new collaborative art project for this summer. Following on from the FLEET project of 2017, the PLACE artwork will encourage people to take part and submit their own contributions. I will announce further information and details of how to take part as the project develops.

Your Work Gallery

Sorry for the delay in getting this back online but I am spending time making improvements and it is taking much longer to sort out. While I work on improvements to the format I am putting the old style gallery back. The new format sees smaller galleries displayed under the videos that inspired the work. This means work is now grouped together and will be easier to view.

YouTube channel is having a revamp

I’ve decided to have a look at the channel to see if things can be improved. The YouTube algorithm has changed recently and it has had a huge impact on the channel. I’m trying out new video thumbnails and experimenting with titles and format. I will try to make regular posts and respond as soon as I can to any comments or questions. Filming and editing the videos takes time but understanding the complexities of how YouTube works is another level.

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