Life has had its ups and downs as it always does, i noticed i had not placed writing here in 72 weeks so figured some form of update might be needed, i do hardly come on here anymore though.

since the last update"

was in Berlin for two months 2010. Stayed in a hostel for one month which was amazing, and met some really interesting people!! then lived in a flat for a month with an american i met at the hostel, and a german guy. had some great adventures, some interesting nights with random people from all over the world, saw some interesting sights, walked around the city a lot and took many photos...

got back home sept 2010 and got to work on the berlin map design... took about 10 months..

did the affordable art fair in London , and sold some diamond dust prints. which meant i could go on another trip...

in about april i did take a break from the berlin map design, and spent nearly a few weeks in Norway! another amazing place... stayed in Oslo and got to see some people i kind of knew from my university days in Falmouth... also got to meet two people i knew for a couple of days from the hostel in Berlin, that live in Norway!..
was finding the red trousers very interesting, which is part of their whole graduation tradition, and the business cards all the little kids ask the red trouser graduates for! as they collect them.

then i spent more time on the berlin map design, and once that was finished i just started doing some smaller artworks, and thinking and reading all the time... more thinking and reading then work was getting done... ended up watching way too many debates on youtube, and i think i had one month that was very unproductive... i snapped out of it though thanks to the gym.. i started going september 2010... then kept on going swimming and gym.. over did that a bit so calmed it down... but a few months later around jan time, i started running, and even managed to do my home town Half Marathon, and got a time of 1 hour 45 mins.. which i was rather pleased with...

have stepped up the running a lot more... and do nine mile runs on a sunday..then spend three nights in the gym a week.. made sense due to the fact of bad joints... i figure more muscle will mean less strain on the joints...

i did apply for the London Marathon ballot.. for 2012 but never made it.. and i cant see myself raising the £1800 minimum with the charity i like... Arthritis Research uk

Paris Map printing is Scheduled for the start of December, with the show in London at the end of Jan.. going to be showing the Paris map Print, and the London.. with some other shows of other works in some other places the rest of the year...

Also hopefully going to start carving my Berlin map in Feb.. but am thinking its going to be a 5-6 month job... which is massive.. but am looking forward to it..

just completed the 7 foundation series books in the space of a few weeks!! WOW!! what a series!!!

oh yea and ive been given a room to use as a studio at a local boarding school, so am using that for printing some small prints.. I HAVE A PRESS NOW!! WAHOOO

anyway i'll leave it at that... over a year is a lot to write about.