There’s heap of washing to do, the Christmas tree and decs are dumped on the spare room bed still, the dogs have left a trail of mud through from the garden and my kitchen table is piled high with tools and bits of paper, after framing works for an exhibition.
But its OK…
Four more work days to go before taking 3 1/2 weeks off and then I catch up with everything.
Until then, I am prioritising… what has to be done now and what can be done later.
Blogging probably isn’t a priority, but it helps me get my thoughts in order.
This week, I went up to Glasgow to see the Turner Prize. A nine hour round trip was slightly crazy to do in one day, but it was worth it.
We had friends who had worked at the Granby st workshops to create prints for the Assemble installation, so it seemed only right to visit. I know I am slightly biased, but I really felt Assemble had no competition at all. Despite working at Tate for so long, I wasn’t familiar with the other artists, so couldn’t visualise the body of work they had created to enable them to be nominated. Instead, I saw vast, virtually empty rooms and felt the words ‘Where’s the Art?’ forming in my head (words that we hear so often in work from visitors)
Our time in Glasgow was short because of the epic journey, but we did get a walk through town and a good visit to GoMA. Loved, loved, LOVED everything about the place and NEED to go back there.
So in the evenings this week, I’ve been framing up work ready to install at the Unity Theatre next week. Despite not having the time to get my ceramic planes fired with the transfers on, I decided to show two anyway. It was difficult to think of a way to attach them to the frame, but I think they look OK.
Pricing was the difficult thing. There is a ceiling price for work here – anything over £100 is unlikely to sell, so I had mixed feelings about having them for sale. The ceramic pieces took quite a while to make, but what can you do ?
As if the framing and preparation of work wasn’t enough, I’m running a few workshops from the studio, so that is taking a fair bit of prep time.
Again, what to charge has been a difficult one. There’s no money here, so people won’t pay over £10 for a 2 hour workshop . I need quite a few to attend to make it worthwhile, but people seem slow on the uptake. Is it because I’m doing it at the studio and not in a gallery? Last workshops I did (at the Williamson gallery) were very well attended, but they charged me £40 to hire the room. I don’t really want to do that again – even though it was warm, clean and had loads of space :-(
I said I’d do 3 workshops, but I honestly haven’t had the time to plan the others. Well…they’re in my head, but I need to make the items, photograph them and then publicise …all takes time which I don’t have at the mo.
Anyway… just a week more of this chaos and I can get myself straight again (I hope!)
Unity Theatre exhibition : http://www.artinliverpool.com/events/unity-theatre-patterns-in-poetry/
My workshops : http://www.artinliverpool.com/events/alternator-studio-all-things-hearts-with-wendy-williams/
Assemble. Turner Prize
