Cultivating Fungi
Workshops about the philosophy and practice of sustainable mushroom cultivation. Part of Shift Bristol’s Practical Sustainability and Urban Permaculture course. 2016 ongoing
>Fungusloci
Gloucestershire’s first urban mushroom micro farm operated March 2015 to June 2018. Fungusloci mushroom farm diverted tons of commercial waste from landfill, using the coffee grounds from local cafes as the growing medium for producing highly prized nutritious oyster mushrooms. … >
BioDomestic Workshops
A series of hands-on DIY workshops, demonstrations and talks lead by some of Strouds most cultured producers
>The Museum of Contemporary Cultures
Exhibition and events programme that explored the art of inter-species collaboration: humans and microbiology working together. 2016
>Garden & Horticulture writing
Series of articles and photography produced for Adhoc magazine of the Convent club, Woodchester. In early January I visit the garden again and although it’s early afternoon the sun is already dipping below the hills behind the Covent. Ragged clouds … >
Pressing Matters Collective
Initiated and organised community fruit press in order to utilise underused and excess fruit crops. 2014 -2022
>Brewery Mushroom Trials
In October 2013 I started a series of mushroom cultivation trials with Stroud Brewery. The trials were carried out in order to determine the viability of using waste products from the brewing process as growing substrates for oyster mushrooms. Spent … >
Terroir Chalford Wine Collective
2010 – 2012 This community venture pooled the produce, resources and skills of local grape growers – be they veterans, beginners, the knowledgeable or the clueless – with the aim of producing and sharing locally produced wine. October 2010 … >
Fruit tree planting project
Following a very successful Apple Day and in an effort to increase the productivity of locally grown produce, Chalford Food Chain oganised a fruit and nut tree-planting project. To encourage people to plant there own we put in a group … >
Chalford Apple Day
. The annual Apple Day event was initiated and organised by Dominic in 2009, along with the Chalford Donkey Project and the Community village shop. The big Ashmeads press and scratter – for crushing apples pre-press – was set and … >
Model Farm (after Pablo Neruda)
Lladres de Cossos – Metronom gallery, Barcelona, June 2005 Galleria Metrònom is situated in an old fruit and vegetable warehouse next to the 19th century market. The building’s historical role was as a temporary point of storage, a pause in … >
Home from Home
Site specific project developed for Curiouser and Curiouser at Bouton House, Gloucestershire, 2004 Home from Home – A History 1509 Jamaica, then called Santiago, settled by Spanish adventurer Juan de Esquivel. 1655 Jamaica is seized by the English from Spanish. … >
Preserving Place
A Year Of The Artist residency at Stroud Valleys Artspace in collaboration with the people of Stroud. Kitchen, fruit, sugar, jars, photos, texts, video & web site We carry the genes of the hunter-gatherer within us still. But today our … >