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vw substitch,
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Ive got a new embroidery machine which is causing me no end of trouble, or rather its a very steep learning curve which, for someone of little patience, is not good for me. However, I 'm not giving up! This output wasnt meant to look like this but it is kind of interesting I guess. I am trying to learn how to use the various software that I have spent a fortune on, hence my absence from here recently.

The Lake District exhibition I was hoping to exhibit in next May is no longer happening, due to funding problems, so from the new year I will be putting myself out there as an artist and not a student and trying to find somewhere to display my work. Any ideas that you may have, do please let me know! Thank you :)

November 11, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

check me out on blurb please!

my interview with blurb!

(more news to follow.....)

September 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

onwards...

well, the show is all over with now and Ive spent 3days feeling rough and full of man flu but Im on the mend now and thinking about doing a practical PhD and have written a preliminary research proposal - you can view it here

Ive got a lot to think about, especially to find "new knowledge" that hasnt been thought of before with regards to the invisible woman. But I still want to sew the project and need/want the knowledge and backing of something behind me in order to make some good works.

The exhibition went extremely well and I had loads of good feedback and some contacts made to go further. I would like to have another exhibition with more of my earlier relevant work and some new sewn pieces too and so dont want to get to carried out with research on the Phd and forget my sewing.

And its my birthday tomorow! hurrah I shall be very very old - well 57. Shit, thats weird to write but its the truth and its obviously all related to my MA and PhD. And of course I must resist the knife!

Thats my update for now. I am going back to tidying up my studio and sorting out the mess that is spreading over the house....

September 27, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

the exhibition

the private view has happened and it was all pretty tiring, well, exhausting really but I got some good feedback and am now waiting to hear my results. In the meantime, here is the final film

the invisible woman (and how she got there)

September 14, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

check out my books

If anyone can tell me how to put this as a link on the typelists to the right, please do!

September 10, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

2 days to go!!

and the exhibition has been hung - I spent the weekend at university, hanging all these pieces. With the help of lovely Ian, we got it all sorted and he was my moral support! Here is a not very good photo of the display cabinet which has almost all the sewn work in it. There is also a tv which will show the dvd of the film, plus some framed pieces hanging on the wall.

More photos will follow....

September 10, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (2)

tales of old love and desire

I have decided to print some old poetry that I wrote back in the 60's and 70's. I always liked what I had written and I think it still reads ok, so with the help of Blurb, I am getting some books printed! How brave is that. Its all typical teenage angst about love and sex and boyfriends I thought I loved and others I treated like shit.

Rather than typing all the poems out, I thought the book would look better if the original poetry was scanned in, showing the yellowed pages and old typewriter font. I kind of like it!

September 10, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)