news: New project with a huge theme – UN Convention on the rights of the Child

When the theme comes as big as this, then my habit is to try and find a working title that's as small and compact enough to give me something to grip hold of. The 'child friendly' version of the wording of such an important document runs to 43 Articles, and in many ways offers endless possibilities. But sometimes more is in truth less and finding a path on which to approach the subject in a manner both engaging for 10 year olds, understandable and encompassing of the nature of such a charter and of course creative, leaves your head spinning. Perhaps it was partly inspired by this analogy, partly realizing that this charter although focusing on the individual can only exist in the context of the greater all, society as a whole, viewed and embraced from all sides. It's from this that I've given this years schools project in east London the working title – '360.'

So just as last year, I'd like to post progress reports of how the project develops, from the very first notes to the final installation/ exhibition of the work. Hopefully I'll succeed in posting more often than I managed last year and those involved directly or afar will find of interest the  manner and method the project progresses. For now then the first sketchbook pages.