It’s been a pretty good week. I have been selected for the open show at the Surface Gallery in Nottingham which was a nice suprise, I only found out on Tuesday so it was a bit of a rush to get my 2 pieces up there. The private view is this Thursday, so I’ll get to sample a bit Nottingham for the first time in my life which is nice. The show runs until the 7th of August. I’m interested to see the other work that was also selected, I’m not really sure what to expect. I’m happy that I got into the show though, and there may have been some dancing in the studio when I found out.
Other than that, I’ve just been trying to get my work done. I’ve continued to work on cellophane and now also polyethene sheets too. They are just big floating sheets at the moment on my wall, but it’s a nice surface to work on and I feel that I’m getting a lot out of working in this way. I seem to have somehow began working with acrylics rather than oils recently, and I’ve been using cracking medium, which is a cracking thing to play with (sorry :)) It really works well, but I’ll probably discover soon that it is just an effect and that I’m using it for the novelty value. I’ve also been experimenting with egg tempera, and that cracks too, it’s nice and easy to make.
I’m doing the summer school at school this week, which will involve me running workshops, and one of them is based around using and making egg tempera, so that will be a fun/interesting experience.
