Getting going again.

It's now mid October, a while since I have visited here. Since my last blog I have had my work at The Ropewalk near Hull and brought it home again to go into storage for a while until I decide whether to sell it or keep it for myself as a reminder of where I started.

My MA in Design has begun and I must say I am enjoying the theoretical side more than I thought I would. It is quite in depth but the discussions are fantastic. We seem to be able to delve in to the subject then take it off at a tangent and back to it as though nothing had happened. The group seem to be getting along ok and though there are 4 crafts people there is a good mix of other practitioners as well. It is interesting to talk to the others and get an insight to their work, you never know it might rub off and i will have some thing to break my creative block!

I have been in the workshop conducting some experiments with my new materials and the results are not as I thought they might be though still useful. That said I am logging all the results and starting on other ideas of patination. All of the research and tests will be part of my thesis at the end of the MA so I will have to keep them under wraps at present as i can't find evidence of anyone else using the materials I am. As for the Major Project involved in this course, this is where my creative block comes in. I have no idea what I want to produce, my course leader would like me to carry on with the female form but i would prefer to embark on something different. I am interested in African and Aboriginal art so that is one direction, we shall have to wait and see.

Family commitments have slowed things down a bit over the past month or so as my daughter has been in hospital but thankfully she is on the mend, though more visits to outpatients to come.

I have had a commission to engrave some champagne flutes with names in Chinese (something I taught myself to do a few years ago). The clients, who I met on holiday in Turkey were happy with them and have recently ordered another couple. Things on the up in that department though not what I though I would be doing after Graduating.

As there is no funding for MA courses I am also looking for part time employment locally but after applying for several positions I still have nothing. Anyway I will update regular as this is also part of my course!! Unless I actually work out how to set up my own website and I will use that.