Wirral Metropolitan College

I have now had time to land after the turbulence of the last few weeks. It has been great spending time with my family without the constant thought of having to be doing something else! I even managed a night out with the girls, clubbing, which was great fun!

I am very happy with my result, a 2.1 and I was so lucky as to get a fellowship as well, so I will be going back after the holidays. I have decided to use my year writing a proposal for a MA in research. Even though I am going back I feel slightly confused and not completly sure about what I want to do in the future. I probably just need some time off, I certainly feel the need to be getting on with some non-art things.

Yesterday I took my piece from the degree show to my sons primary school, I wanted them to have it for their art week. The children loved it and it was great fun to have them help me to put it up. I have arranged with the teachers that they will get the children to write about their experience interacting with the piece, and I am looking forward to reading about it. May be I can use it in my further studies.

I had to go and see the the external assessor yesterday, I must admit that I was a bit worried. But it turned out to be ok and actually quite a nice experience. We had a chat about my installation and the thoughts behind it, she was really nice and seemed interested in my work. I was happy when she said that she liked it, great!!! Now I ‘just’ have to wait for tomorrow to arrive so I can get my results.

This week has been awful, I thought that it was going to be relaxing after last weeks hard work in the gallery. But the pressure is getting to me now, the pressure I am putting on my self. I can’t wait for tomorrow to come so I can get back to having a normal life.

I have done it, after a very hard week with no sleep and not enough time, the tunnel and tent is up and working in the gallery. It certainly does not get much more exiting than that. Even though it was very hard work I enjoyed every minute of it.

The opening of the degree show was last night and I am still on a high. It was so great to see how it all came together in the end. Just as this time is exiting it is also a time for reflecting. I am happy and sad at the same time, happy about my installation and sad because of the fact that I won’t be seing people again. We have had a great ‘class’ and hopefully we will stay in touch.

Went to college yesterday to collect all my stuff, so I have it all ready for the gallery on Monday. It was really quiet like still before a storm, which I suppose it is! I want to transport my things to the gallery myself, I don't want anything to break or get lost, I have spent to much time making it so I want to protect it. The work has become one of my children!

I spent some time adding final touches to the tent. And I finally finished the knitted breeze block covers, they look great. I just cant wait to see it all up. The whole show will be fantastic, everybody has worked so hard and it will be great to see it all come together in the exhibition. I am feeling both exited and sad, we have had a great 'class' and three fantastic years, I really hope that we will stay in touch!

Only one week to go!

I have been awake half the night thinking about all the things I need to do before Monday. I still get ideas and I have decided to see if I can manage to incorporate them before entering the gallery. This always happens, I seem to get a boost of ideas last minute but I usually manage to include them. I have brought the 'tent' home so that I can add the finishing touches.

I want to stitch some of my Grandmothers crochet onto the tent. I want her to be represented, she was the great matriarc of the family and she was the one who taught me to knit and crochet. Including her somehow link the present to the past. The materials I have used have all been donated by family and friends and by including knitting and crochet symbolizes how we all are linked/knitted to eachother in both the present and the past.