Well, what an odd week. The snow was pretty bad in this neck of the woods and the school was obviously closed for some of the week, so I didn't get a chance to do much work. I did get the chance to head to Bristol the weekend before the snow to catch up with some friends from uni. They are very familiar with my work and how it has changed since the beginning of my degree, so it's great to get feedback from them. They were saying how my work has always seemed a little dark (although that's never really the intention) and that now my latest work has quite a bleak, cold feel to it, but in a good way. Maybe that's mainly due to the materials that I'm using, they do look quite ghostly and empty in a lot of areas. I'm in the process of finishing a few of these off at the moment so we will see how they look at the end of the week.
Working in a school during crazy weather is quite a strange experience. On the Thursday, only a few kids made it in, and a number of staff were snowed in so the school day was turned upside down. I decided to hang out in the art department and to see where the day would take me. It was quite fun actually, after break, one of the art teachers and I decided to do an impromtu drawing day with some year 10 girls. It was quite fun and introduced some pupils that I don't normally have contact with to my working methods. The work was a bit hit and miss, but for a 'made up as we went along' session, is was ok. After doing lots of one hour sessions with big groups, it was a breath of fresh air to work for a longer time and with a smaller group. Maybe we should have made snow sculptures though!
