It felt a lot warmer today although the forecast was for snow. Got thirty grains done and enjoyed a good carving rhythm. There were five visitors: a guy who read about the project in the Telegraph and is staying at the Hilton Hotel came in first thing, then a couple of men who seemed very interested in the space, a young woman who Sue talked to about the project and another man. Sarah for a bit and then Sue were my assistants today.
I wonder if I should have somebody else carving which would enable me to sit in the space and talk to people. I do miss talking to the visitors and at the same time when I’m carving it absolutely would not feel the right thing to do. So yea, for projects like this I need to get other people to be the performative element while I’m in the space with them. The interaction with the people seem to matter a lot to me.
I’ve payed Very Creative for the lighting equipment today and asked David Lobo to invoice me for his work too. Tomorrow 200 more flyers are ready for pick up. There are only about ten left in the Grain Warehouse. Maia offered to give out the grains to visitors at the Finishing Event, which is great. Michelle Leahy from LUSH is coming up from Poole next Wednesday for the Finishing Event and stay for at least one workshop the next day. It’s amazing that she is making the effort to come up all that way.
Tomorrow I’ll start taking soap bricks from the third wall, the one behind me.
