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A Life in Miniature
The book, 2027
To celebrate twenty years of Glass Cathedrals I wrote a twenty-part account for my newsletter subscribers, of how I got to this point. These letters became the starting point of my memoir, A Life in Miniature, to be published in 2027.
1The Short Origin StoryJune 28, 2024“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play-instinct, acting from inner necessity.
2The Long Origin StoryJuly 5, 2024When we gaze down from a plane at city lights at night, we feel like giants.
3A Treasure Trove of Small StoriesJuly 12, 2024Change to the planned schedule everyone!
4Africa in my BloodJuly 19, 2024Bringing to mind a dramatic mass-migratory politically-charged bundu-bashing Africa, rampaging with rhinos and cinematic sunsets… That was not the Africa of my childhood.
5Oppositting with RalphJuly 26, 2024Potato portraits of me and Ralph growing old together, made over several months in California in 2017 I was told about this guy, RALPH, perfect for me.
6Harold's Planet - The Original Joyful FailureAugust 2, 2024The very first evening I met Ralph at Khan’s Indian restaurant in London in 1998, he told me the story of Harold’s Planet.
7The Joy of Many Failures - Last LemonAugust 16, 2024In the Seychelles in 1998, we wrote a Harold’s Planet story called The Last Lemon.
8Starting the Art AdventureSept 13, 2024Ah, we’ve finally actually reached 20 years ago!
9A Teeny Tiny Me?! The Magical World of CustomisationSept 20, 2024As my collection of Glass Cathedral designs grew, it seemed people really identified with the little figures in the boxes, tiny but mighty!
10Weddings GaloreOctober 8, 2024After I started making custom portraits for people, it was only a matter of time before the wedding requests started rolling in.
11Our Life as ArtNovember 2, 2024The opening of our family exhibition MAKESHIFT at the North Wall Gallery in Oxford last week is a perfect lead-in to this week’s theme, how I, we, have expressed our life through our art.
12In The NowFebruary 2, 2025To the new subscribers, let me fill you in.
13The Traveling Bookbox ShowFebruary 2, 2025“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
14The Swerling Circus of SmallMarch 9, 2025Slapdash silliness combined with performances of death-defying precision.
15California Life & ArtMarch 23, 2025We moved to Marin, California in August 2010, our home for the next 12 years.
16CineramaApril 21, 2025One thing you’ll know by now, is that I do love a good theme.
17Frida y FloresJuly 09, 2025In 2013 I started to paint big flowers in Glass Cathedrals.
18Starstuff CollectionAugust 03, 2025I’m nearing the end of my 20-part series of newsletters describing how I got to be making Glass Cathedrals for the last 20 years (now, 21 years, please bear with me :)) !!
19The CallingOctober 10, 2025When I was at primary school a teacher went around the room asking each of us: “Do you want to be famous?”
20Too Small to FailDecember 31, 2025Especially when I have no intention of ending anything any time soon!
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