Sun 15 Dec 2024

colour tests
and clay heads

I have been creating more clay heads during the heavy rains that continue to fall each afternoon. The style is evolving and I have been experimenting with a more detailed level of human expression. The below left work is modelled on Lelem’s head. This is a gift to him and his father. They joke about me giving a head to head hunters.

Experiments continue with using dried clay pigments which I am very pleased with.






Fri 6 Dec 2024

Dorodango clay tests












Thurs 5 Dec 2024

Pink Clay



We are shown purple rocks in the river bed. When broken open they appear to act like oil pastels with a deep earthy, pink-purple hue. We use them to paint other rocks simply by rubbing them and the pigment comes off like wax.

On further inspection, I realise these are not stones, they are in fact rocks of clay. After crushing into a fine powder and adding water, the properties are unlike any I’ve experienced before and the colour is so incredible.







































Weds 4 Dec 2024

Clay types







Where we are staying there are three rivers meeting. Very excited to discover such a variety of colours of natural clay down by the riverbed.










Mon 2 Dec 2024

Journey to Kampong
Nyegol village







We drive down to the Dam to meet meet Moose who is then taking us by boat to Kampong Nyegol, an indigenous village of just ten families living here.

On the drive down the land quickly changes, becoming increasingly remote, overgrown and mountainous. The forest is dense. The Grab driver excitedly mentions ‘this is the village where my wife is from, there are a lot of crocodiles’. 
I notice a strong transitional feeling the closer we get towards the dam, a humbling of the senses, a cautiousness of spirit as we depart from the city and get closer to the jungle. The atmsphere becoming realer, of life itself, no cotton wool, no bubble, a reality of the planet we live without the distractions and illusions of the manmade environment. I feel a sharpening of the senses, a tuning of the mind and body.

We meet Moose and head to the village via the waters. The mountains, river and sky surround us. From the village we walk further to meet Lottie and Lelem at Ngapuh Lodge, here I’ll be staying for the next month.









Sun 1 Dec 2024

Travelling to Sarawak, Borneo.









Today I arrived in Kuching with Ben Khan. Tomorrow we travel by boat and hike into the jungle where we will stay for the next month alongside the Bidayuh indigenous community living there.

We plan to spend the next month continuing to work with the earth here whilst developing our practices alongside one other, documenting our journey through sound, film and sculpture, connecting with the culture and wisdom of the land and the community.