A trip to London last week with the children to the Wellcome Collection and the Grant Museum of Zoology provided plenty of meaty inspiration for my latest project. I am looking into mutation, metamorphosis and change.
I am not sure if I am explaining this at all well at college as I tend to be more confused having spoken about my subject to the lecturers than I was before I opened my gob!
The specimens in jars at the Grant Museum were fascinating. I like how they were presented; groups of species crammed into cupboards with warm lighting revealing translucent tapeworms and unidentifiable creatures suspended in liquid. Apparently what is on display is only 5% of what UCA have in their entire collection.
I learnt yesterday that my Microscopic Slides of the Cellular Conversa series that I created last year are now hanging in the Neurology Unit at Kings College Hospital – right opposite the doors! Pretty good position for maximum exposure! I am quite happy with that.
Further experimenting with wax today has lead to some interesting results. Messing about with wire has created some rather organic shapes. Hopefully I am onto something here. I feel that I will have to keep to a small scale but maybe introduce some sort of magnifying glass…who knows.
Research has properly started on the dissertation. I am feeling less panicky about it now that I have started writing notes. It would help if we could get into our computer suite at college. Due to incompetent timetabling one lecturer seems to use the computer suite for his classes which is not helpful. We also have no printer at the moment which is enormously frustrating. At least I have one at home. Our brilliant student rep Sarah Rilot is on it and I am sure she will sort out our little problems.
I am going to make another trip to the Grant Museum for a drawing expedition. Watch this space…
