I got back from France a few days ago and have just about started to catch my breath. Looking at Emily Speed’s blog it seems that there is a recurring theme with return journeys. We had a 400+ mile drive through France without a clutch!
I don’t have much to add on ‘Colin’, except to say that I am now getting feedback from as far afield as the USA and Australia, so the ‘viral’ aspect of the experiment has proved a success.
I hope that those of you that have followed Colin of Alaska will continue to do so. ‘Colin’ is still making regular entries, and I will add news about any developments here as and when they arise. The process of writing about Colin has helped me to break whatever it was that was stopping me writing about my work, so I have decided to start a new a-n blog where I hope to talk about my other projects…..
I checked Colin’s Facebook group the other day and membership seems to have levelled out. Although the numbers aren’t spectacular they seem to be good compared to other new groups, so I’ll see what happens. The temptation to promote the blog is almost overwhelming but I will have to resist. Interestingly one of the blog followers is a professor from Romania. How he found the blog at all is a complete mystery, but I’m pleased all the same.
Working with limited available materials and resources has proved to be a real source of inspiration for me. Since my last entry I have created a few new pieces (including one based on the bones I found) using only whatever materials I have to hand. Although I will be finalising some of the work when I get back to England for practical reasons, I have resolved to limit the finishing of the works, more or less, to assembly: in other words I won’t be adding anything that I don’t already have here. I’m excited about these pieces. I wonder if they will look the same when I get back to the studio?
