Knit Project

I had an exciting post day yesterday. My 2nd year Knit project arrived. As I sipped my tea, I read the brief.

"A sense of time/a sense of place"

Either
A personal/emotional/interior environment e.g. your bed/a shelf/a room/a table/a wardrobe/your bedroom floor etc.

Or
A physical exterior environment e.g. a landscape/street corner/road/wood/plaza etc.

From different view points (e.g. out a window,through a crack of a door/above/below etc.) draw, photograph, collage and even build your observations of your environment in a broad range of media and techniques. Record changes e.g.

Night/day
Dawn/dusk
Atmosphere
Creased/folded
Bright/shadowed etc.


My head is full of ideas which is at the same time paralysing. I'm really interested in the notion of an internal landscape but don't want it to become an exercise in navel-gazing. I'd be able to use Anthony Gormley in some of my research. However I like the use of a road. The idea of the length but also the minutia. I'd be able to research the Boyle Family. I'd like to explore structure, form and architecture.

The first thing I need to do is some brain storming. Then I can get it straight in my head.

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Stuff

I know. It's been a while.

I don't have any decent excuses I'm afraid. Shall we just say life and leave it at that?

Ok a little expansion. Life has been interesting. I finished Uni and the sense of relief was overshadowed by one of fear as various other things decided now was the time for their voices to be heard. At which point I had to do some very hard and grown-up things. Never really my forte but there we are. The result of these grown-up things left me feeling tired and low. It was also not a fun thing to blog about. Unfortunately it was the *only* thing in my life which meant that blogging took a back seat.

As a person who finds it hard to discuss the more frightening contents of my head, (no really), I didn't mind losing various methods of communication. I didn't have to talk to anyone. Now I'm past the crap, I'm feeling more communicative.

I'm also thinking about this blog and what I want it to be. The direction I'd like to go in. This all feels a little like navel gazing.

Recently I've been trying to develope some good habits. Now may be the time to take them further and really make some changes.

I'll let you know.

Gandalf Goes to the World Cup

When worlds collide.

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Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag - now on DVD

Not wanting to offend anyone but this is very funny.

Prints part 2

These are the Prints I couldn't photograph last night due to poor light,







I'm happy enough with them but am so pleased it's nearly over.

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My prints

I thought you may want to see some of my pieces from my Print rotation.

There are 2 more but the light is crap so those will have to wait until tomorrow.







I'm reasonably happy with them. My tutors think they're unfinished but I'm too tired to do anymore. I'm just hoping they'll be enough for Thursday.

The end of the year review

I can't believe that I'm so close to finishing my 1st year.

It's gone so fast and has been utterly amazing. A lot of hard work and some days have been exhausting.

I've learned some great techniques and have decided (as if it were ever in doubt) that I'm a knitter.

I've also met quite the most incredibly "speshul" people. The other week was a doozy. Whilst dying fabric in lime green dye, one girl asked what colour the fabric would go. When I responded with "purple" she looked surprised and asked with genuine intrigue "Really?!"

I've had a really tough rotation this time with Print. Such fun. However, I wouldn't change it. I've still learned stuff that I can use in my specialism and it's also been a useful exercise in clarifying what I want to do.

I've got my final crit on Thursday and as of Friday I'm officially on holiday. (Perfect timing as far as I'm concerned ;) ). I'm frantically job hunting but at the moment it's still quiet.

I'm utterly broke and right now I could sleep for about a week but I can't wait for it to be September so I can start the next chapter.

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