The studio smells of hot glue and etching ink.The wall is covered with lists of on numbers on site. Returning to wood to card idea we’re trying for sponsorship for the card so I can get someone to construct more complicated boxes – and still keep within budget.
After three days on the construction site and time off site 150 miles away I am swamped with sketches, boxes of site rubbish and drawings of people on trains from the 6 hr round trips to Coventry. One of my worries was that because my proposal was so considered I would find it hard to move away from that. This week I needed to know how far away from my original idea the gallery are willing for me to move. My models have already changed from cardboard boxes with ‘peep holes’ to larger wooden walk in boxes. Monday saw our first development meeting, a run through of work and ideas so far and potential groups for the workshop activities. Dates,deadlines,publicity, events, research facilities, interviews site sketches and ideas. It struck me this week that everything about this project is numerical. From the train timetables to get me there to dates and the abundance of measurements and markings on site. I’m wondering about the idea of integrating some counting ‘game’ into the installation. Hopefully next week in Coventry might spark further directions to add to the inspiration of dim and dusty buildings, fresh pineapple and talk of grafetti in the builder’s canteen at lunchtime
Suddenly the world is littered with boxes.The image notebook of ideas and inspiration has a fair few additions this week.’The unusual box pile’ in the studio has two new additions. My hard hat and boots have arrived and the joyful job of choosing new sketchbooks complete. The anticipation of starting is overwhelming.
