Home again. It was an easy drive back, though I was very glad not to be going the other way, which seemed to be endless queues of traffic. The weather is pretty poor here at the moment.
The summer went SO quickly this year, what with the course at West Dean and then visiting Norfolk. The pictures for that are on my Flickr photostream(link left) and I can't really be bothered writing it all up at the moment.
Over the last week, we've been gathering up fruit from an abandoned fruit-farm and I made jam and chutney!
How domestic.
Back to work on Monday.
Jewellery talk and more from Dauvit Alexander, The Justified Sinner.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
6 weeks later...
Wow! Remiss of me, I know. It is six weeks since my last post. So much has happened since then.
In Brighton for my usual sojourn with Dingo. After a couple of weeks I went to the lovely West Dean to take a course with Robert Ebendorf.
The college building itself was amazing: the country seat of the classic English eccentric, Edward James, friend of Salvador Dali and one of the leading lights of the British surrealists. The interior of the house has absolutely loads of artworks, from Chagall to Dali himself. Superb food as well! Working with Bob was incredible. It was so brilliant to be encouraged to properly think outside my comfort zone and then to be able to discuss it with peers:
Everyone on the course was SO supportive and lovely to work with.
Here are the pieces I produced in the five days:
With which I am very pleased. The bangle (far right) and the lens pendant (second from the left) are not too brilliant, but the rest are much more interesting as diversions from my usual work. What drove me forwards with these pieces was that they are entirely constructed without soldering.
As soon as that was over, I came back to Brighton to head off again for our holiday in Norfolk (avoiding the ghastly spectacle of "gay pride" in Brighton). More on that tomorrow.
In Brighton for my usual sojourn with Dingo. After a couple of weeks I went to the lovely West Dean to take a course with Robert Ebendorf.
The college building itself was amazing: the country seat of the classic English eccentric, Edward James, friend of Salvador Dali and one of the leading lights of the British surrealists. The interior of the house has absolutely loads of artworks, from Chagall to Dali himself. Superb food as well! Working with Bob was incredible. It was so brilliant to be encouraged to properly think outside my comfort zone and then to be able to discuss it with peers:
Everyone on the course was SO supportive and lovely to work with.
Here are the pieces I produced in the five days:
With which I am very pleased. The bangle (far right) and the lens pendant (second from the left) are not too brilliant, but the rest are much more interesting as diversions from my usual work. What drove me forwards with these pieces was that they are entirely constructed without soldering.
As soon as that was over, I came back to Brighton to head off again for our holiday in Norfolk (avoiding the ghastly spectacle of "gay pride" in Brighton). More on that tomorrow.
Friday, June 19, 2009
End-of-term...
I've not posted for SO long. It's been really, really busy at work, what with the students finishing off their work, the Trades House show for the students and generally getting everything ready to get off to a flying start at the beginning of the next academic year.
More to follow.
More to follow.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
happy days
It's been an exceptionally good day today. Not only was the weather really pleasant again, but it was the end-of-year show for my students. I didn't realise until about 2pm - the show opened at 6pm - how proud of them I am. They really have been exceptional this year and everyone who saw the show commented on the excellent quality of the work.
Two unrelated but lovely things also put me in a good mood: 1) a pair of old trousers which I wore to the opening yielded two well-washed £10 notes from one of the pockets, and; 2) There was home-made ginger beer in the fridge for me to drink with dinner.
Long may it continue!
Two unrelated but lovely things also put me in a good mood: 1) a pair of old trousers which I wore to the opening yielded two well-washed £10 notes from one of the pockets, and; 2) There was home-made ginger beer in the fridge for me to drink with dinner.
Long may it continue!
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