Making Meaning Digital Journal

Last week I launched Making Meaning Journal with a pre-sale offer before I sent it to print, and then pretty much immediately changed my mind! I have been really reluctant about sending it to print so I interrogated my discomfort and self-mentored to work out what I wanted to do about it. In the end I concluded that keeping as a digital product was a whole lot easier for me and generally better for the planet and the customer. Yes I love producing paper copies, I love reading on paper and enjoying images in print but it has a cost – environmentally, financially and time-wise. So I’ve decided that Making Meaning Journal will, for now, be digital only. It’s cheaper, just £9 instead of £11 plus postage – and international postage is quite eye-watering now for even a slim print publication. There’s a lot less resource involved if I don’t print and it will also save me the job of packing and posting. I hope it’s the right decision. It’s a collection of writing and images that I am really proud of and I want lots of people to enjoy it too.

Making Meaning Journal is my new place to share more about my work and projects. It’s 40 pages of images and writing about the meanings behind what I make. This first issue introduces my Cultures of Care project and has features on outdoor working, about my exhibition Material Evidence and an essay about research-led creative practice. I am so excited to create a new way of sharing my work, because sharing is what it’s all about – and I would love to hear your thoughts and reflections on this new project.

Find out more and buy a copy here