Week’s end, tomorrow I will be sitting in my grandparent’s kitchen which hasn’t changed since ‘God knows’ (according to Mum). A strong reminder of being young whilst now ostensibly being a grown up, the bed I sleep in still has the same white and blue sheets (with ruffles). The metal slinky I used to play with on their stairs will still be on the shelf. I can’t wait.
This week.
Sam from Ethics Girls impressed me with her enthusiasm and breadth of ideas. Happy to take on my ideas and to develop classes and projects together with equal input, our chat threw up different avenues of directions. I will write a post solely on our work together soon, this week has felt more weighted towards my personal development. Perhaps it is something to do with it being Sunday.
Wednesday saw a return to Gala and the sun shone as I drove down the A7. It was only a few months ago that I did that same journey up and down five times a week, the drive became second nature and now it felt like it deja vu – which naturally gave me the creeps, like I was remembering someone else’s life.
Anne and Tony are saints. I am the proud owner of ten standard square screen frames, a wealth of information and a couple of phone numbers. The Whaleys man turned up so I had all my questions answered and a few special runs of fabrics noted down. Once I have rust proofed and painted the screens I will head back down to get the mesh stretched onto them and inevitably ask more questions.
My quest for a studio continued with lack of funds surfacing as the main issue, I haven’t found the right fit yet but I’ll look until I do. On the road to the mountain (the mountain being wherever and whatever it is you want to be or do) you hit pitfalls, they aren’t necessarily bad and can tell you more about what you want to do by showing you what you definitely don’t want to do.
By this point on Sunday I have another promising meeting for a studio space and a lot of designing, arranging and acquiring to do.
It’s all good. To come:
– another day with Joanna K-T this Friday
– a post with the ins and outs of studio acquisition
– a post about Jess Fisher and our new collaboration