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The ceiling was a nightmare. A wrongly measured, badly cut nightmare that took several students and several attempts to firstly, get it up on the structure to discover it was wrong, and secondly, try to twist it around due to […]
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So why haven’t I blogged recently? I’ve been too busy swamped in the making and the doing that always becomes so intensive at this time of year. Testing my (and my boyfriend’s) limits, I’ve been splattering myself in paint, inhaling […]
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I have not posted for a few days. This is not negligence, but is due to a busy working week that has involved extensive scrubbing with a wire brush and bleach as well as the ambitious positioning of the work […]
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With the rest of the flexi-ply prepared and ready to be put on the final structure, tomorrow I am all set with bleach and wire brushes to scrub clean the studio floor. This is because once the structure is up […]
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The flexi-ply has arrived and the skeleton of the final structure is ready to be put together. I have cleared enough space in my studio to start the construction of the piece, but with a floor to clean and several […]
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Success! My scale-model of the work is no longer an endeavour: it is a reality. Albeit a kind of half-baked reality, but for someone who doesn’t like to make copies of the work unless it is, actually, part of the […]
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This weekend I managed to finish the latest embroidery in my – now – series of eight. Of course this is still not enough for me to stop. I feel I should have at least ten to work with by […]
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After an intense day at work I have attempted to unwind by drawing intense lines. This is for a series of ‘maps’ I have been creating from the deep field photograph of the Hubble Telescope, intended to somehow be a […]
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Today was surprisingly productive. Not only did I manage to get through a substantial amount of construction work (with help and without injury, avoiding circular-shaped saws), but I also chopped my brass to size (it no longer warbles) and ‘self […]
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And now it is time for my second blogging attempt. I shall start with where I am at the moment. It just so happens that I am about to commence construction for my final piece, the great plan that will […]
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My starting point for last semester was somewhat confused. Firstly, I wasn’t sure what I was doing after the long summer break, and secondly, I found myself caught up in the symbolism of birds, a concept I struggled with in […]