The exhibition opened last Thursday and it was a great party, loads of people and loads of chat. But do people ever actually look at the work at openings??
Also, this exhibition was about getting the work seen in order to generate new opportunities for all of us, and though the opening was very busy, it was young cafe scene rather than art scene people who came, and that doesn’t get us any further forward. Maybe that was a vain hope from the start. And maybe I am wrong. Maybe those young kids are where it is at in the Manchester art community. But if so, I have probably missed my moment, having celebrated my 46th birthday on Saturday!
But the exhibition looks amazing. I will get some photos to put on the blog, but I didn’t have time on Thursday and haven’t been in since. And I need to find a photographer to record my installation, which I am really pleased with. It does look fantastic!
Of course I haven’t had any time to work on my new project and today will be spent tidying up, and then the rest of the week I have to work in my paid job to make up the time from last week, and so another week goes by!
I have been thinking that I need to do more preparation and not rush into making. I thought i would use sheets to make the garments, but I’m not sure that the fabric is right, so probably need to source stuff from an antique textiles fair. And I looked in the MMU library for garment pattern books, but didn’t find anything appropriate, so I have been making my own, but I wonder if I should do some more research before I give up, because authentic patterns would be better.
Ok, back to the studio…
