Summer’s end
Aaaargh - I’ve just done a whole post and didn’t save it before it closed…what an idiot. So, deep breath, start again: it’s the middle of August and I’m here in Wiltshire, looking after my mum and my sister’s dog. It’s very hot and thundery and we’re going on a road trip next week with Ted, my son’s dachund, in a motor home, so I’m hoping we will get a good night’s sleep. My grandson, who recently came to stay for a while, informed me that Ted sleeps on mummy and daddy’s bed….noooooooo
Because of family commitments I haven’t done much making this last couple of weeks but before I left Plymouth I did turn a lot of the cyanotypes I’ve been doing into concertina books and the like. I sewed pages together on my vintage Singer treadle machine; such fun, making cyanotypes (and books). I have turned some of the cyanotypes into cushions thanks to Adobe software and a digital textile printing bureau; if these look good when they arrive then I’ll take them to the Devon Open Studios event at Ocean Studios (where I’m now sharing a studio with Sue Lewry: F29) that I’ll be participating in, along with many other studio holders, which should be a lot of fun. Ocean Studios’ address is The Factory Cooperage, Royal William Yard, Plymouth PL1 3RP. The dates and opening times of the event are as follows (not everyone is opening on all of these, but this is when I’ll be there): Saturday September 7th from 11am to 3pm, Wednesday September 1th from 6pm-8pm (the Opening event), Saturday and Sunday 14th-15th Sept 11am-3pm (both days), and 21-22nd Sept from 11am-3pm (both days). Hope to see some of you there!
I’ve decided to use the OS studio space as a gallery to display my prints, 3D prints and booklets. If the digital textile prints on cushions are well received then this is something I’d like to take further, as I think the digital print-on-demand model is an environmentally sound one, and shouldn’t produce any waste. I enjoy mixing digital and hand-made processes and I’m also looking forward to collaborating with Matt Holmes, who makes digital fabrications at Ocean Studios. I think it’s going to be a very good move and I’m looking forward to getting down there more, once we return from the road trip…
