“M(other)s Stories is a current research project that draws directly upon maternal experiences to create visual and text based narratives exposing the work of mothers.”
Projects
Themes:
animation artists live/ work space asylum baby body collaboration community creativity culture drawing dvd education emotions folklore history hospital human condition identity imagination Inebriated Women ink installation line literacy local m(other) madness maternal memory motherhood multimedia nurture observation painting performance place pregnancy primary puppetry research residency Scenes from the Asylum Wall sensitivity society space 
M(other)
“A workshop to coincide with “The Big Draw” exploring themes of the body and identity through creating a series of ink drawings. The workshop participants were from Level One BA Visual Arts Programme from the University of Salford.”
Clifton Country Park, Wet Earth Colliery-
“Collaborated with Maria Stukoff, the children of Clifton Primary School ( “Clifton Cidz Colliery Company”), Salford Ranger Team, Salford City Council and Atomic Design to re-interpretate the site through producing art work to be utilised in an interactive CD Rom.”
Monument
“A DVD featuring artists work from mini series.”
Aliens
“DVD made using digital animation produced in collaboration with Reception Class children at Shade Primary School, Todmorden. The children produced a series of imaginative drawings of aliens inspired by local folklore and sightings of alien landings in Todmorden, which were then transformed into paper puppets and animated using stop motion.”
Lancaster Moore Hospital
“In 1998 I completed a 5 month collaborative residency at the hospital with Michael Mayhew (performance artist), and Scott Abraham (film maker). Based on the Conniston Ward we worked together to produce an interdisciplinary installation and performance piece. |”
Brockhall Village
“Between 1995 and 1997, I lived and worked from a studio in the old nurses building at Brockhall Village on the site of a derelict Victorian Asylum together with 30 other artist, including the performance artist Michael Mayhew, who I collaborated with on a number of projects including Scenes from The Asylum Wall.”