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THEN TV / RADIO / HORTICULTURE
Broadcasting
stories
plants
people
places
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NOW CERAMICS / GARDEN / WRITING
Clay
gardening
writing
exploring
living well
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WORK PROJECTS / COLLABORATIONS
Things made
places explored
ideas in progress
collaborations
a mix of disciplines
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ABOUT THE PERSON BEHIND IT ALL
A bit about me
how it all fits together
Cape Town
inspirations
what's next
CURRENTLY ≫
Cape Town
this morning... ↗
Cape Townthis morning... ↗
- Garden projects in progress
- New ceramic pieces in the studio
- Ideas for the next chapter
- Exploring the Cape's wild places
- Writing (slowly, but surely)
A story is a door into another world.NOTES FROM THE LONG CONVERSATION
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PLANTS
PLACES
PEOPLE
IDEAS
STORIES
AND
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW.
PLANTS
PLACES
PEOPLE
IDEAS
STORIES
AND
A BRIGHTER TOMORROW.
THEN / BACK PAGES
ARCHIVE 01 — THE EARLIER YEARSARCHIVE · 01
RADIO
Presenting, live reports from the road, traffic news and a weekly programme about the environment.
ARCHIVE · 02
TELEVISION
Researching, producing and directing programmes through the 1990s, including work on Gardeners' World.
ARCHIVE · 03
HORTICULTURE
A long-running fascination with plants, growing things and the places and people connected to them.
NOW / IN PROGRESS
DISPATCH 02 — WORK IN MOTIONCURRENT · 01
CERAMICS
Clay, form, glaze and the surprises that emerge when things go into the kiln.
CURRENT · 02
THE GARDEN
A changing Cape Town garden, part experiment, part refuge, always something new to observe.
CURRENT · 03
STORYTELLING
Writing, collecting images and ideas, and finding unexpected connections between them.
WORK / SELECTED PROJECTS
CATALOGUE 03 — A MIX OF DISCIPLINESPROJECT FILE · 01
THINGS MADE
A home for projects, objects, films and visual experiments. Selected examples will appear here.
PROJECT FILE · 02
PLACES EXPLORED
Gardens, landscapes and the details worth stopping for — in Cape Town and beyond.
PROJECT FILE · 03
COLLABORATIONS
A space for ideas brought to life with other people, from broadcast work to new experiments.
ABOUT / A BIT ABOUT ME
FIELD NOTE 04 — ON CURIOSITYThere hasn't been one neat, straight route through all these interests. Radio led to television, horticulture kept growing, and making things has taken many forms.
These days, in Cape Town, ceramics, the garden, writing and an assortment of other curiosities are competing quite happily for attention. This site is where they'll meet.
WRITING / THE LONG CONVERSATION
STORY DEPARTMENT · 05A novel, and an ongoing conversation about memory, stories, responsibility and the things we pass on. More about the book will find its way onto these pages as the website develops.
“What is passed on survives.”THINGS MADE, IMAGINED & DISCOVERED
MORE FROM THE WRITING DESK SOON.
MORE FROM THE WRITING DESK SOON.
CONTACT / SAY HELLO
END NOTE · 06The contact details are still being set up. For now, please enjoy exploring the work in progress. A proper way to get in touch will be added before the full launch.