The meeting on Thursday went well. I am very interested in working with what is now being called 'St George's Art Space'. The building itself is atmospheric and wonderful and there is a huge amount of good will driving the project but that's not enough unfortunately.
Also on Thursday I went back to the Lightbox to visit the installation of my work. One of the pieces is still a little under-lit but I am really pleased with how it looks overall. Caroline Jackman, who has been organising this part of the project in collaboration with Michael Regan from the Lightbox, was there to discuss some final touches and we had a cuppa. It's good being the first of the artists involved in the project to have their work shown but it does mean being the dummy run for everyone else's installation!
Friday was spent preparing materials for the associated workshops at Guildford House Gallery. Running paper-making workshops always seems to involve hauling around unfeasible quantities of stuff; pulp, vats, moulds and deckles, materials of all kinds that might just come in handy, paper dryers, and even an iron and ironing board! Not to mention books, handouts and other paperwork. Saturday itself went really well. Both the children in the morning and the adults in the afternoon were a lovely lot who responded well to the activities and were a pleasure to spend time with. Jane Alexander, from the Guildford Recycling Department who was original instigator of the overall project was along to help and swiftly roped in various 'volunteers' to help with the morning session. Many thanks to everyone involved.
