So, the Whitstable Satellite event is over. I mainly had passers by and children making the boats – no-one seems to have read the booklet. I let the children keep their boats but did managed to get a few more for my fleet to accompany Dover’s Bronze Age Boat.
Philippe Bazin seems happy with the idea of his film being shown on a screen placed on top of the boat case. Phew! I wanted to use the little cinema in the museum and thought the curator was just being awkward. As it turns out, the technology is so old that messing with it creates complete mayhem – the lights come on when they shouldn’t and everything gets out of sync. Lesson learned – get hold of the tech guy much earlier and hear it from him; it is easier to understand things if you are told direct.
I have been panicking ever so slightly about the boat cloth but it is beginning to look a bit more convincing now. Not having worked with textiles much or at all, this project is a huge leap into the unknown and I am on a very steep learning curve. However, I am loving using the museum as my studio. It is quiet; I have the occasional conversation with visitors but the rest of the time I can think and make it up as I go along. Making the boat cloth is another way of drawing really.
