Whoa! where did that week go? I just checked when I last posted and it was a whole week ago. Since then I’ve edited the footage of the New Mills work with my friend and editor Gareth where we worked out how I can make my video mosaic piece and how to edit together the performance footage from Sophie and I working together.
I’ve met the designer at the local authority (who I incidently went to foundation course with) and she has been working on the design of the publication that will go with the exhibition. I’ve had to gather my thoughts onto paper along with all the other information and images for that, so that has taken me away from the making for periods during the week.
I’ve been to the one of the wonderful Fablabs that are around the country – centres for people to turn up and make and fabricate exciting projects. I went to the one at Ellesmere Port over the other side of the Mersey, they’ve been open since October and have facilities for laser cutting, 3D printing, electronics and a huge CNC machine. That’s the machine I needed to cut out huge semi circles from 18mm MDF to create the base for the work ‘Displaced Persons’ I’ve got to get them joined together to make circles and then covered on one surface in cartridge paper before I can create the stamped drawing on top of it.
And today I’ve had my technician who helped me to install me work at the Bluecoat last year working here in the Widnes space. He’s building me plinths that will have a monitor screen recessed into the top where the video mosaic will play. They’re looking pretty smart.
But there’s still loads to get done and I’m at the stage of ‘oh **** there’s not going to be enough hours in the day’.
But there will. There has to be.
