This post is to mark publication of my book of stories inspired by old postcards

I’ve loved postcards for as long as I can remember. I’ve also collected them since I was a child. In 1974, I wrote in my diary, ‘I put some postcards in my album. I want them to be museum pieces some day.’ Well, at the age of twelve I wasn’t very realistic about the likely future interest of the world in my album of…

Bird collection print

If you’re familiar with my Instagram feed (@foundandchosen), you’ll know that it has collections at its very heart. Making new sets from the sea of kipple that threatens to overwhelm my studio room gives me so much pleasure: for a brief moment, order emerges from chaos and I record it for Instagram.

Cup collection print

Now I’ve started to create a series of ‘Collection’…