So I've got this great little exhibition on at the moment. I have the opportunity to sit gallery hours for the duration of the show, which is great because it makes me feel like I'm running my own little shop. Which in essence I am - but it's temporary and not my own space. But none the less I'm loving every minute. What really rocks is that I am able to set up a make-shift studio when I'm there. And I've been busy as a bee creating new works and making new prints. Here's what I've been up to!
Sometimes an idea comes right out of the sky and hits you on the head like a big, black, iron frying pan. And that very thing happened to me one day when I was walking the dog. I was just walking along, enjoying the incredible view from the top of Folly Hill where - on a clear day - you can see the Uffington White Horse. Anyway, I was just walking along, minding my own business when a vision struck me with amazing clarity - a vision of colourful grenades! I made my first one at home in the studio just before I opened my show. I cut the shape of the grenade out of half inch thick MDF board and painted it up. I think it looks great if I do say so myself.
As an series addict, I couldn't resist making more miniature grenades in various colours. They're about the third of the size of the original and only a quarter of an inch thick but they're soooo cute!
After all of the fun of grenade painting, I decided it would be a good idea to make vintage-styled wall hangings from the War Girls series, of which I'd created a square format set. This came out of my desire to make greeting cards of the series and realizing that working with a rectangular format was going to be a lot of work (not to mention a heck of a lot more expensive) to make than square ones, I improvised. And I think they turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself! Today's job: printing the images onto wood. Yowza!
Tomorrow brings another pretty full day at the gallery and I haven't lined myself up with a project. I guess that means I'll work on boring stuff - like paperwork and organizing. Yuck! So if you're reading this and wondering what you might do with your hump day Wednesday, maybe you should come and visit me to distract me from my un-fun jobs! (I'll be there from 12-4.30 just in case you decide to come!)
Tomorrow brings another pretty full day at the gallery and I haven't lined myself up with a project. I guess that means I'll work on boring stuff - like paperwork and organizing. Yuck! So if you're reading this and wondering what you might do with your hump day Wednesday, maybe you should come and visit me to distract me from my un-fun jobs! (I'll be there from 12-4.30 just in case you decide to come!)
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