In July 2012 I was artist in residence at Leamington Spa Oxfam bookshop for one week. For every day that I was there I attempted to learn a new skill based on the books available in the shop.

Day one: ‘How to do Calligraphy’
Day two: ‘How to Make and Fly Paper Aircraft’
Day three: ‘How to Solve Cryptic Crosswords’
Day four: ‘How to make a Matchstick Model’
Day five: ‘How to Deal with Difficult People’

Defying Entropy Attempt #3 is a video piece I made on day four: