2005 International Artist in Residence, Montclair State University, New Jersey, USA
While I was visiting MSU, I printed some small intaglio prints which brought together inkjet prints on Japanese paper with photopolymer plates. While I was in the USA, I attended a Southern Graphics Council Conference in Washington DC, visited museums and galleries in NYC, as well as discovering the joy of the cup cake cafe!
On leaving the USA I visited Japan, where I my stay was hosted by Brian Willaims, an expat artist from the USA. Brian organised for me to give a lecture to the Printmaking students at the Kyoto Seika University. The students and lectures at the university were extremely friendly and attentive. I spent a few days staying with Brian and Hidemi, in their traditional Japanese farmhouse eating wonderful Japanese food prepared by Hidemi.
My short visit to Tokyo allowed me to visit the beautiful garden in Shinjuku, purchase papers at Paper Nao, see exhibitions in Tokyo, and do some art material shopping at Tokyu Hands in Shibuya.

During the residency I began work on Threads drawn from the past, toward a digital future..., a website and related artist book which celebrates the reflective space created by the repetitive nature of needlework (sewing, mending, embroidery, tapestry, knitting, crochet, tatting).

As we move into an age of information technologies and media excesses, we spend very little time alone or working quietly. In developed countries we do almost no mending or making. Consumerism has supplanted construction. An increasing amount of time is spent on a computer. A lot of this time involves data transfer or information acquisition or the playing of games. The ability to contextualize information and experiences effects the way in which an individual makes sense of the world.

The boxed set of family memorabilia - postcards with stories, family 'treasures', and miscellaneous oddities will be created as a small edition. The postcards will incorporate photopolymer and digital printing, and the small objects will be cast in metal. The printing of postcard images with text narratives on the back will involve reflective time and the repetition of printing small editions.

The website explores family memories (as opposed to family history) and places the random memories on a chequerboard of choices where clicks of the mouse take the viewer on a non-linear tragectory through pictures and stories.

1998 Artist Book Residency, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA
Sensory Memorandum, an artist book which a explores our senses and new technologies. The imagery is a combination of personal recollections and found elements, with text woven into the digital fabric of the images.

During the 6 week residency I created the digital files for the book. There was not enought time to print the edition at the VSW, so I took the file home on a CD-ROM. After making final edits I printed the book in my studio on an Epson Color Stylus 800 and a LaserWriter Pro. The book was bound in Adelaide, and I sent copies back for the VSW collection. It was a terrific experience working in a new and different environment. Joan Lyons coordinator of the VSW and other staff were wonderfully helpful and the VSW has an extensive archive and library with a focus on artist books.