Getting There

Author’s Note: In March 2025 I took part in a creative non fiction workshop with Ilaria the Storyteller. This is the result. The piece was performed on 11 March at Broadly Speaking at Broad Street Social in Bury, Greater Manchester.   Getting There – A Holiday Memoir The horizon is a thin parallax fade. We […]

Wood Works

Wood works An abundant, sustainable and relatively easy material to work with endless applications. Working with wood is highly rewarding and with a little bit of patience anyone can learn can learn.  Get in touch The Driftwood Carving – The First Piece Ornamental Hand Carved Pipes A Bead Box Made for My Daughter’s Birthday Retail […]

The Bürden

The Bürden Beautiful and quite haunting Matt Shewbridge – Cheltenham, UK Amazing strides! Steve C – Rochdale, UK You chaps are a bit good. I love this video. The score is perfect. Ross Sullivan – Pulford, UK The ending sequence really got me. Nice work! Brad Wallace – California, US I got a lot of […]

Iron John

THE WOUNDED HERO “How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge.”  Hamlet Act 4 Scene 4 Is the crisis of men’s mental health a modern day plight, or have we simply failed to address the damaged male ego throughout history? How can men truly heal their “Fisher King wound” find their ‘magical’ self and still maintain their masculinity with purpose, compassion and […]

Seven Aesthetics

Seven Principles of Driftwood Studio  David Nixon  (21.02.2025) The name Driftwood is a translation of the Japanese word Ryuboku. Ryuboku or Driftwood is one of the five core features of the Kawa Model. Kawa, which means river, is used as a metaphor for understanding life flow. In 2014 I travelled to Yokohama and Tokyo with […]

Flowers & Chakras

Flowers & Chakras An image article  Get in touch Last year I found myself in between places to live. I stayed at my sister’s house for a few months and without a doubt the most wonderful thing about her house is the garden.  I am not a student of Ayurvedic wisdom, but having lived in […]

ENSō

ENSō This event is all about bringing you into the present. We use movement, breath work and meditation to prepare ourselves for the creation of the art work. The brush is an extension of you, the paper is life and the ink is the mark you leave. Your circle will never be perfect, but it […]