Collector of Cool

I'm living at Poppy House at the moment. It's high up in a vine made of moon beams. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpLi3islf1l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4xuxpouopr35

What else don't I know? https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBcAHDFUYv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wqxzg5lgnmqu

From the Manchester Collection, now in the #caultoncollection for several years. Featured in the book Cone Ten Down. Old Instagram account image. #Castle (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0l2anFODN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13ke99uh7h0cs

Another give away by @jak_nola , so an opportunity to enjoy #jaknolaart and share. But also to subvert and modify. To see the original you'll need to invert the colours. I'm currently living on another planet so things can look different at a distance. #unreal #actionatadistance #spaceisreallyreallybig #rulesbroken (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo0kznDFJ9N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1o8r90mryn3yn

"We can offer no help or advice..." " Your son is on the verge of a major mental illness...." "It's going to take some of your capital..." "He's making it up..." "Play rugby..." "One of our nurse aids has done a $2 course on CBT...." (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BosgbgeFx3R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lkk9m3rojvrf

Primitive painting from 22 years ago. Life size god figures. Concepts that needed creation. The Goddess and Horned God. I'd been drawing abstractions of these two as simple symbols around 30 years ago in the corners of exercise books. On my school bag. Even my clothes. I was never trained, stumbling in the dark. Ideas, ideas, ideas. Acrylic on hessian. #early #beginning #creation (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bor4ufVFORv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wcun4fisx33l

From my old account - New Lynn (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Boqb2bjFbeD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=185g00ba3pyer

From my old account (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqbImnlMiq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g7u4vsohj2m2

From my old account - I use this every day. Manila rope fibre (Dried with magnetic induction) and ink (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqZ9Yal_cR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ogu682xqgbyx

From my old account - Parian ware with new haircut (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqZTe6l0Ep/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13uam3dtkh7yf

From my old account - Japonica berries (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqY76tlu-H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pe0k0o7fa54g

Power cut (at Avondale, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoodbQmFWxO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gcp9zn9hpa66

Book press for a small hand made book. Manila rope fibre, a creamy white soft paper stock. Uncoated, no fillers. #alanbrookepress #caultoncollection #wip #manila #philippines (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn-JvtlBp7D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=on0dt7ssjfsl

Bicep bruising. Arm vs china cabinet vs stairs. But we got it up. #contusion #trapped #bruteforce (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7y27QlLJk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2frleqtysuvf

Photonic crystals and the missing cabbage. (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn6BWfvh1Jb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12gfwnlj56k02

An old painting from 1997. I'm contemplating another walk out from Instagram. This whole social media experience feels like FB. I quit that some months ago. I've been watching my group implode with a barrage of bad ceramics and questions about who made them. It's like a broken record to me and a brick wall so high...and thick. (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4gIGmlS0p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fz8agkuxy2ny

Work in progress. Figuring out how best to display my Aaron Scythe porcelain. Well part of it anyway. The small square dishes can be hung as an installation. I plan to have sake cups on each dish. Or perhaps other things. Not sure just yet. But it's good to see them out. @godinc247 @fionapardington do you think cullet would look good? Or crystals, fossils, bones? Ideas??? #caultoncollection (at Auckland, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxUKw4BeBZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dxq53peqdlff