Well, the potters must be working away like mad as they've kindly promised me that the mugs, jugs and even a couple of bowls for medieval munchies will be ready for May 2. That's fantastic, and really helps me to feel Festial moving towards reality.
At the same time, I've made a sobering – if fascinating – discovery. Back in the church for another poppyhead pattern-making sesh on Sunday afternoon it soon became apparent that these covers must be figure-hugging, so to speak, to have the impact I'm after – and that, in all honesty, no two of them are actually that closely alike! So it's back to the prospect of 51 individual 'fittings'.
This realisation effectively rules out the possibility of having the piece ready for slash07, given that we'll be away on the Isle of Eigg for over two weeks of that time and that I really need to prioritise the planning of my Rogationtide event at the end of May. Oh yes, and did I mention the need to continue to earn money? Trevor and I work in editing and publishing, and I teach A level art, albeit only once a week.
The plan now is to work on my poppyheads as an ongoing part of the project, and to get some work together in the wake of Rogationtide for slash07.
The fact that this plan gives me only just over a week to make enough work to fill my part of the exhibition space is something I'll put to the back of my mind for now…
