my view through the window makes me smile today, bright, sunny whisping clouds tickling the tops of the trees accompanied by all the best of female composers on radio 3. a good day to be sipping tea and considering a blog post.
my week began with finishing off the re-iterteration of my practice website. i made it live on minday and have been tweaking performance settings since then. i think today i’m about done with the speed optimisation.
it’s something i’ve learnt about over time and i’ve seen how google especially has done a lot of work on providing analytical tools to help see where improvements can be made.
the website relaunch comes close on the heals of being featured by a-n on their instagram feed as a featured blogger. when i was putting the week together i managed four images reasonably easily as it told a storey. for the fifth i made an image specially for that day and i’m so pleased to see how that image has become the most liked of the week and is still receiving likes.
i’ve combined the week on instagram into a post on my site so it is with great pleasure for the first time to share both my week on instagram and my newly re-iterated website …
http://www.andrewmartynsugars.me/03/2017/featured-blogger/
with the site up and running and flying solo i can turn my attention to a new project. well i say new … it’s one i started last year and put to one side while making things for the silk mill. with the website complete and other projects still in the germinating stage i see the opportunity to reconnect with the idea.
its my idea of making a clock from the windows on one side of the ground floor of the silk mill museum. for now i’ll make a maquette.
this morning in going back to the idea i have realised that i need to be more considered about the object as i’ve learnt that the window shapes are very fragile when cut. when last working on the project i got as far as making a prototype of the idea for he construction of the clock.
as well as gazing out the window this morning listening to music i have actually been busy getting all the pieces of the project together. looking at the above image has reminded me of the sticking point i arrived at last year. i want to embed 5 leds per window bay and how to mount them remains unsolved.
this morning has also flagged a newly unsolved problem, that of how to make the clock so i can store it safely.
another sip of tea and a quick consideration of what else i need to write down today …
i’m good.
