Today is my Friday. Last day of five in, five days of breathing air conditioned dry air, making my nose even stuffier. Tomorrow I will be able to breathe again.
As I was feeling so sorry for myself in my last post, I forgot to mention that I was invited to exhibit in Searching: Unexpected Treasures at Bridewell Studios Gallery in Liverpool, which will run 12th – 21st September and I really wanted to make something new for it.
Fortunately, with my state of mind at the moment, I already had the beginnings of an idea in my head, so I was able to get on with it, without that usual panic of OMG what am I going to do?
The pile of stuff that ‘may come in useful’ one day was in fact able to be used as I thought about my daily life…the pair of old wellies that leaked too badly to be worn but I couldn’t throw them out… the box of keys that I had no idea what they belonged to…the images I liked in magazines, crumbled by momigami… tea bags – stacks of them bound for the garden, but not quite making it, drying on my window ledge to be stitched together….
I made a book.
I think I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been invited to exhibit (that is, not something I’ve applied for myself) Is there something about my work that puts people off? Do people think I’m too busy or wouldn’t be interested? …. Or do they simply just not like it?
Axisweb seem to like it anyway. I’ve been featured twice since I subscribed : http://www.axisweb.org/discover/ ( paper artists) and
http://www.axisweb.org/features/spotlight/five2watch-liverpool/
(though this hasn’t made anyone go – Ooooo – must have this person in my exhibition !!) :-(
