Haven’t been in the studio for a while apart from the odd meeting for 2 main reasons. First I’ve been working on my first short film and have been doing that at a production studio in Dover and second my dog has been very ill and I’ve had to stay with him and watch for worsening symptoms of tetanus. Hopefully he is now on the mend.
Finally discovered that the studio is 17×14 metres, which is a good size. Joanna and I were interviewed by the local press in there today and the question of the size came up, which we couldn’t actually answer without measuring!
The first weekly booking has been made by a photographer for a shoot – very exciting. Everything is going in the right direction.
Had some time to spend in the studio today. It will take time until I feel I have really inhabited the space but a couple of hours concentrated work in there this afternoon has gone a long way towards making it feel like my place to work in.
DAD has an event coming up for Chinese New Year and as it’s the year of the rabbit I decided to make some small prints to give out at the event. I might make this a performance piece.
Interest in the studios is beginning to build, which is great. No new tenants yet, but there is definite interest from a couple of photographers who work in Dover.
It is useful to have a place to meet people. Joanna and I did an interview for Dover Community radio in the studio last Thursday and it came out quite well. You can listen to it here:
http://www.dovercommunityradio.co.uk/uploads/podca…
As always with these things, one’s own voice sounds strange while the voices of others sound perfectly normal! I suppose it is part of that whole process of othering that takes place when the subjective self goes out into the world.
Well, thanks to my husband who has helped me take my stuff over and set me up I should be able to do some work in the studio this week, other work commitments notwithstanding.
I have some people coming to view which is exciting; lovely though the potential of the large empty space is, I am looking forward to the studio becoming a working space.
I started back at CSM last Tuesday and it felt nice to be back.
I get the sense that it will be a good year as far as practice goes. Let’s hope so anyway.
I’m on the scrounge for some sinks. Joanna says she has a bath we could use.
