Mapping on …

It really is ten months since I looked at this page properly.  I have written nothing whatsoever since May 2024.

I have just wrapped up (in all senses) a considerable body of work for “Printmakers Pushing the Boundaries” in preparation for our exhibition at Hay Castle next month i.e. next week.  I must tidy up the living room, where I’ve been working over the winter because the studio/shed is a) too cold, b) too dark and overshadowed by trees and c) too full of dead leaves and spiders’ webs to be habitable.  Once the living room is a bit tidier I can start on the studio, which needs mucking out with a shovel.

But in between bursts of housework I shall be back up to Bwlch y Ddeufaen because – fanfare – the project has finally found a home.  I have been asked to display work from it in Galeri Caernarfon, a major arts hub in Gwynedd (North Wales).  Quite a challenge, as it will hang from a gantry high above the meeting space “Ar y Ffram”.  So there are constructional details to consider as well as the appearance of the work.    Onwards and upwards.

I tell myself (and anyone who might listen) that I’m not a natural blogger and that I find writing about myself very difficult.  True.  However … social media have taken over the world and

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I hate to say how long it has taken me to finish this post. So I will just get on with the work and continue walking and mapping on my own and with friends. The “Printmakers Pushing the Boundaries” group are wandering around the Welsh/English borders, with the next exhibition (Bear Steps Gallery, Shrewsbury) just over a week away. I’m returning to Bwlch y Ddeufaen to gather visual information to revive the Big Project. Summer is on the way. Which wasn’t the case the last time I was up in the mountains in the sleet and snow.