Back in studio with a 5 week old baby
And I feel great, really energised. I’m probaly just living on adrenalin and not sure brain fully functional but enjoying myself. I think it might be getting out the house and doing things, as have spent a lot of days recently in my pyjamas just nursing and sleeping and the many baby and mum jobs round the home.
The drive in was fairly easy, only 50 mins from my 3 year old’s nursery with the sun shining, traffic mostly clear as its half term. Although still takes a while at 9am so dread to think how long it will take next week.
So, yesterday was my first day in the studio, and James my assistant came in too. We finished the jaket on the mould of my Embriect sculpture, and I’m going to start the cast today (cold cast bronze using jesmonite). We also finished the rubber on the boys portrait commission, and I did some chasing of the bronze cast 1/16 of Nature’s Portent.
I’ve been galvanised back here as I have another exhibition opening next week: Totem Body at the Crypt st Pancras.
However, this isn’t the first time I’ve worked, I also came up to Pangolin London 3 weeks ago when Tiny Marshall was 2 weeks old, but I did find that a bit exhausting.
Yes, so on Monday 8th May, I installed ‘Emergence of Chemistry’ in the Galllery for the Women Make Sculpture Group show. It was quite a marathon. I had to wake at 7am to breast feed Tiny Marshall, then get Small Marshall ready for nursery, drop him off at 9am, then pick up my mother (who was to look after Tiny whilst I worked) and drive up to the sudio. Got here about 11 and did another breast feed. Then from 12 – 3 (w small break for a sandwich) I worked on installing the 4 hanging platonic solids before another feed, and drove home at 4. Then I did it again the next day w my dad looking after Tiny whilst I drew and wrote on the wall to complete the installation.
Anyway, its now 11am, I’ve finished feeding (typing one handed whilst BF-ing), so now need to put Tiny down to sleep and get casting.
