ssssoo, now what?

well, thats it, handed in my Hounours project today, it's a few weeks of waiting for the marks and then some longer term plans have to be made. In the meantime I have a competition to enter, some copy to write and a house to give a serious talking to, can't blame the house, its been neglected for the last year "cos I'm a student". I don't think I'll get away with that one anymore......

on the great roller coaster of degree hopes, stress and deadlines

if you read this say a little prayer for me, its 25 hours til I hand in my final years work and I think its going to be a long night of perserverance and jelly bean sugar injections. I know the 'Everpresent ' (aka Alan) will ensure I'm fed and watered, thank you Al. So I go on the last thundering descent of final work.......

not long to go

Honours Project deadline is hurtling towards me, I'm so submerged in work but still feeling positive and  this time next week I will probably be catching up on sleep or mooching around junk shops and boot sales, reading the paper, moving my website on, walking Beany, you know, generally having a life! Anyway always looking forward and to stay on my toes I've signed up for the Sketchbook Project 2012. Apart from ensuring the creative wheels keep turning I'm so excited to be part of such a huge tour. There are loads of themes to choose from but to stay as open as I can I've chosen, 'This is a Sketchbook', although I was very tempted by 'Writing on the Wall', Anyone can take part....http://www.arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject

getting closer...........

so pleased that I have finished my Business Module Report and Portfolio, now I'm this side of it I can honestly say I enjoyed it and it took my mind off of other not so good things.

anyway now I can crack on and immerse my self in art and design work, really where I want to be..........

ooops, slight miscalculation!

hello World,

had a bit of a horrid realization this am, it's not really 32 days to blast off now, its ONLY 25!!!
I hadn't allowed for the setting up of the show, prepping the area and oooh dear, it is certainly making me focus on what I have to do!

any way today's effort includes yet more wiring and then some fun artwork around chairs, but this time some minature ones I've managed to get, not sure why but extremes of scale has always fascinated me, like the giant knitting needles held by a couple of heavy machines like JCB's actually knitting with heavy gauge cables, saw it in Fibrearts a while ago, and now to the other end of the scale, tiny chairs, my embroidery scissors are in some of the pics to show just how tiny the chairs are.

36 days til I have my life back..........

yep, a whole life instead of one spent in a workroom, night and day, with only Elvis Beany for company, much as I love him, sometimes he just plain smells........... and not in a nice way.

well today is about the last business module session with the paper still to complete, and then some more mixed media embroidery AND more chairs........drawing, photoshopping, taking apart and on it goes but then perversely I feel so priviledged to be in this situation.

....and there is always the close peg on the nose approach for those special Elvis Beany moments

37 days to go............

37 days, really, is that all?
seems much less when I think of my scary 'to do' list!
today's first job will be working from my gingham source, I think I will 'create' a fabric out of three others ready for printing onto.

My business report is shaping up nicely thanks to the lovely people at the Beetroot Tree, thanks again peeps

and from my life other than degree work, my assistant ~ Elvis Beany urgently requires a haircut.....maybe he won't mind to much if I just give him pigtails instead......I think he's looking worried

I'm glad its raining

It's pouring down outside and I'm glad, if it was sunny I would be messing around outside instead of working on my degree show as I'm meant to be doing right now!

I did have a jolly over to Clitheroe on Saturday, buying up linen and cotton jackets to work, more research in two nice tea shops there~ Mollys and Tchaikovsky's and had a look at Northweaves work in the Platform Gallery. Some lovely pieces, my favourites being Alison Carthy  and Vasiliki Skepetari's work.
Well worth a visit and here is a link just in case you have to make a virtual one............

http://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk/platformgallery

its Friday before a Busy Bee weekend!!

Just ready to start writing my final degree paper, same old worries, have I picked the right subject, do I really understand the difference between a dissertation and a report, have I researched enough, what have I missed?

This degree is almost the same, (not quite, no gas and air available) as having a baby except the pregnancy has been of 3 years duration...............
This weekend is course work, writing and art work. I think I shall be using my embellisher machine to finely felt layers of fleece onto muslin which will then be embroidered, picture coming soon!

and IF there is any time left over also a bit of gardening and sitting in the sun hopefully, maybe with a little tipple or 2....or 3...?

and IF there is any time left over also a bit of gardening and sitting in the sun hopefully, maybe with a little tipple or 2....or 3...?

7 weeks to end of final year.....

I'm scared now, just 7 weeks to go before Degree work hand in, why won't my brain work?
why is making a cup of tea, patting the dog, putting a load of washing on more riveting then getting on with creating my designs?