Well I made it to the studio, and it was sunny. Unfortunately I had lent my camera to a degree student and although she had promised to drop it off at the studio she hadn't so I was left looking at twinkling but with no means of recording it. I did make some more tracings and had a nice chat with Bryony who is trying to get her work back on track and avoid becoming an "artist in the community" or at least the sort of "artist in the community" who is just required to entertain. I'm sure I wasn't much help but I did get a present of 3 slide viewers which I immediately converted into little stargazing sculptures.
Later I went to a private view at Peppermint Shed which is a small informal gallery just outside Ipswich. Richard Scott was showing his lovely understated paintings. I have been asked to show some video work there next spring and I was scouting out the space. Like many people I'm always having a good moan about the lack of spaces to show in East Anglia (too close to London blah blah blah) so I'm quite looking forward to showing my stuff in a sleepy village. I might find myself alone at the private view drinking all the wine.
