biomimicry in architecture

After years of extremely hard work, belief and passion, I am really excited that my partner, Michael Pawlyn, will be launching his book, Biomimicry in Architecture, at the RIBA tomorrow. 


Dedicated to our children, Umi and Sol, this is a book that describes how buildings could be built and conceived from 'cradle to cradle' to ensure that waste materials are reduced to a minimum and a more holistic and nurturing approach is adopted in the entire construction process.  


He is speaking at the RSA at 13:00 and you can listen to the event live from the RSA website.


I am very proud of him - and not afraid to say so x

amanda caines at origin

Amanda, the Jeweller

Amanda trawls the tidal beaches of the Thames for fragments Victorian plates, ceramic pipes and glass bottles. Her workshop is a trove of jars, bottles and drawers filled with exquisite junk that she then weaves into bracelets, broaches and necklaces.

The images I took of Amanda Caines hands, that are part of my ongoing collection of hand portraits, are featured on the Origin eshot promoting the work of handcraft artists from around the UK. 

for japan

I submitted to images to Architecture for Humanity's charity print auction of photographs that raised funds for the long term reconstruction of the tsunami devastated north east region of Japan.


My Father was posted to Japan in 1953, during his National Service with the Royal Fusiliers.  I found his photo album and rephotographed some of the pages. The curators of the exhibition selected an image he had taken from the USAF plane of Mount Fuji in the mist. The image is almost an unconscious nod to Hokusai's 'Thirty-Six Views'.


I also submitted a small version of Umi behind glass, 2006. Umi means ocean in Japanese and in some way recalls the Little Mermaid myth.


The Auction was held at the Hotshoe Gallery in Clerkenwell on August 5th.

corry bevington

Over the summer I enjoyed meeting and photographing the photographer, Corry Bevington (Bridget Bishop) at her home in South London, for the architect, Mark Power.


Bridget worked as a photographer in the 1950s and has a wonderful series of photographs of rural industries in Britain, some of which were pinned on the walls of the room that Mark redesigned for her. A room that had been her darkroom for many years.


Bridget was one of the founding members of the Photo Co-op, now Photofusion, where she remains a director.