Over thirty-five collaborations with visual artists since 1990 have seen poems carved in wood and stone, cast in metal, etched on glass, painted on canvas, woven into embroidery and printed on enamel. One was written on the quilt of a big brass bed under Grey’s Monument in Newcastle. Another is now available if you’re walking in the Peak District via a QR code (with Alec Finlay – see www.whitepeak-darkpeak.co.uk). I am fascinated by what happens to words when they meet another medium, the effect of another artist’s practice on a poet’s and how the result might find its way in the wider world. Explore my latest projects in more detail »
- WELCOME TO THE PALINDROME with Bridget Jones, 2010
- AN ALPHABET OF BEAUTY AND CUNNING with Colin Wilbourn and Alec Peever, 2010
- FLYING, and BORDER SONG with Kim Lewis, 2010
- THE MOON & FLOWERS with Chris Watson, 2008
- WILDLING with Sue Dunne, 2006
- RENGA with Alec Finlay et al, 2003 - 2011, www.renga-platform.co.uk
- MOONDISCS with William Pym, 2005
- HAWTHORN WORDWORKS (Co. Durham) with William Pym, 2005
- MOWBRAY PARK (Sunderland) with Alec Peever & Craig Knowles, 2000
- STORYVILLE with Birtley Aris, 1997
- THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING (Manchester Central Library) with Tang Lin, 1997
- CITY LIBRARY & ARTS CENTRE (Sunderland) with Karl Fisher, 1994
- ROYAL QUAYS (North Shields) with Alec Peever, 1994