Main Areas of Focus

My interests are wide-ranging, primarily in how human beings affect and are affected by the natural world of which we are part, and the related theology and psychology of connectedness.

Artist

Creating beautiful and thought-provoking art as a means of supporting care for planet and people, nurturing a sense of place, and building community

Writer

Articles and blogs on economics, environment, nature, attentiveness, applied theology, arts, and anything that interests me

Consultant

» Website development and training
» Energy efficiency and renewable energy consultancy
» Research and reporting

Latest News and Produce

What I’ve recently produced. What I’m working on. What’s in the pipeline.

News

Pitch Me!

I had this little idea of Paying It Forward during 2019. I'm offering up to 3 hours of my time to help you with something inspiring, worthwhile, bonkers, thought-provoking, or maybe even useful. So it's not wholly altruistic, as I want to have fun too!

Blog

The wisdom of foolishness

Reflections on walking and talking and bouncing a tennis ball in the streets of Exeter.

Article

"Looking slant" for Science and Belief blog

Ruth Bancewicz of the Faraday Institute asked me to write a piece for the blog "Science and Belief – A blog about the positive interactions between science and faith". I finally took the opportunity to write up my reflections about "Green|Blue" more fully.

Exhibition/Installation

"Elsewhere"

Not far from Land's End, there is a small south-facing bay comprising St Loy's Cove and Paynter's Cove. Not many years ago, storms washed up a large chunk of metal onto the top of the beach. Now, it has been resettled to the M5 Services at Junction 30.

Performance/Event

"This world is not conclusion"

It took several days to create a sand painting of the Compact Muon Solenoid at CERN, laboriously piling grains of sand one on another. Then soon after completion it was destroyed.

Recording

"...and the Greatest of these is Love"

In their second album, Antiphon presents world premiere recordings of three choral works by Michael Walsh: an unaccompanied Mass of the Holy Trinity; a full-scale Requiem Mass; and The Way of Love, a setting of five love poems by Rupert Brooke. We recorded it in July 2017 in the crossing and Lady Chapel in Exeter Cathedral.

Talk/Workshop

"The Art of Following Your Nose" at PechaKucha Dartmoor

In which I spoke for 6 minutes 40 seconds about how I fell into my art practice, and about how I have followed a number of threads, but mostly my own nose.

Academia

Tutoring in Medical Humanities

Random Work Generator

There are a number of threads running through all my work. Here’s a random sample from each.

Attentiveness

Christmas Day

Evening meal; lunchtime walk around the Exminster Marshes, and the Exe Canal and Estuary around the Turf Hotel and Topsham

Environment

On speed

On 29 September, Phil Hammond, the then Transport Secretary, proposed increasing the speed limit on motorways to 80mph. We may as well, mayn't we? After all, Department for Transport figures show that as many as 49% of drivers currently flout the current 70mph limit.

Making

"Particulart: Greenhouse Effect" at Low Carbon Oxford Week

The overall aim of Particulart is to engage people with environmental and social issues and challenge the status quo through the power of knitting, science, and public art. In addition, “Greenhouse Effect” aimed to promote public awareness and provoke reflection on climate change and the underlying science, through appealing to different ways of accessing information – words and numbers, sight and touch – and enabling playful interaction.

Place

Exeter City Twouncillors

I have been impressed in recent weeks at the usefulness of Twitter in engaging with councillors and other movers and shakers in and around Exeter City Council. Within limits, though, as you'll be able to see from my list arranged by political party.

Play

Story of "Free Art Friday Exeter"

Free Art Friday is a worldwide movement that has existed for many years. I started Free Art Friday Exeter in July 2015, and collaborate with other artists in leaving pieces in public places to be discovered and taken for free.

Public Engagement

"Songs in the Neighbourhood"

Along Broadfields Road in St Loyes, the roads are named after English composers and it’s always summer. A goodly number came and joined Sine Nomine in serenading the neighbourhood with the music of each composer on their eponymous street corner.

Science and Data

Hanging "Green|Blue" in the Chapter House

Today's the day when I got into the Chapter House to set up my new show. It's fair to say that I'm really happy how it's turned out.

Social Justice

Ethics on hold?

Clare Bryden. Ethics on hold? Third Way Magazine, November 2013.
Is the smartphone in your pocket fuelling violence on the other side of the world? Clare Bryden asks some uncomfortable questions about our complex relationship with gadgets – and investigates new ways to connect more ethically.