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Donation Station is a sculptural installation proposal submitted to Dorset County Hospital. The intention of the Illustrate is to encourage organ donation and the chosen piece to be sited by the cardiology department in Dorchester.   Donation Station aims to locate a collection of concrete portable organ transplant refrigeration units within the cardiac courtyard. Each…

A Light for Above is a Flash fiction piece written by Alison Little, potentially to be used for the opening of a short story or Novella, the text is read by herself. All characters and events are fictitious and not based on real life.  Reading of text by Alison Little In the distance, she can…

The Hours Three Women, One day. Michael Cunningham’ novel, The Hours and the movie version, Directed by Stephen Daldry, gives a very accurate portrayal of Virginia Woolf beginning with her final act: suicide. The narrative intertwines the lives of three women: Virginia Woolf, Laura Brown an unhappy housewife in 1950’s Loss Angeles and Clarissa Vaughan…

Consequential is the final chapter of Casual Nexus, the novel being written by Alison Little, this is an extract from the chapter. The characters and events are not based on real people or occurrences. Bea Richards has also heard about the exhibition which Sal had got work into earlier in the week. Like Kate, she…

Sleet Feet in an extract from the fictional novel: Casual Nexus, currently being written by Alison Little. No characters or events depicted are based on real life.   Sal looks up towards the sky, daylight was only just beginning to make its way through the intensity of the waterlogged clouds. She looks up towards the…

In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral is a poem written by Erin Belieu which appears in her latest book Black Box. The textiles based machine embroidery was created by Alison Little as a response to the poem. Erin has kindly given her permission to use the poem as the subject matter for the artwork…

The latest exhibition: Speakers, created by Nicholas Party brought some much-needed colour to the December days. In entering the discretely fronted Oxford City centre Modern Art Gallery then making your way up to the first floor, then slipping into the Piper Gallery you encounter an array of colours. The walls are painted a yellow tone,…

A Quick look at the Prosal put forward by Alison Little for the Pendle Sculpture Trail. The Proposal Bat Hanger presents an installation where an Aitken wood tree is to be taken over by bat-like forms. The main structure of the tree to include around 100 hanging forms, similar in form to the way in…

These are the latest song lyrics being worked on from Alison Little Grown Up Rug Rat Saxon curls flow from my head Skin glows with innocent Beauty I sleep safely near the parental bead From birth, I have never been naughty   At twenty I have toddler style body actions Arms stretched up ahead of…

Delightfully hand embroidered pet portrait delivered in time for Christmas. An exciting new service offering hand embroideries renditions of your loving pet. Above we see the latest completed, a glorious long haired golden retriever, coating a joy to replicate, natural threads in golden glory. Canines, felines, of the feathered and scaled varieties and equestrian for…