What can be done with scaffolding, acrow props and string....

Our first scaffolding loom (warped too)- and the loom builder extraordinaire!!

I'm Back!

As promised, a photo of thebigone in the front garden. I did make an attempt at removing the neighbour's roof in Photoshop, but it was taking too long and looking too weird so I reverted to the original. Northants Open Studio begins on Saturday, until 19th, and I am hoping for lots of visitors....

Sorry.....

...for not posting for a while. End of term events, the great pack-up and re-establishing myself at home have taken time. The first thing I did when I arrived was to place thebigone in my front garden, where she looks rather good - will post a photo after the weekend. I hope to start on a new piece in the next couple of weeks....

Watcher

The third outdoor piece. A felt torso, marked using iron filings and vinegar. She sways gently in the breeze, and keeps watch over Lith and Thebigone.

Paint Splattered and Exhausted

Well, the show is now set up, after a great deal of hard work from everyone (and GALLONS of paint on plinths, walls and floors). It all looks really good! The external examiners are coming in tomorrow to look at our back up work and to talk to us about our exhibits; then the Academic Board will meet to discuss our grades, which will be put on the notice board on Friday morning. Hopefully no wailing and gnashing of teeth...

Little lith is outside with thebigone, nestled in a wildflower patch. Pictures tomorrow....

Existential Crisis?

As the end of the year approaches I have been reflecting on all that has happened and pondering all that I have done. I know who I am here. I have changed, blossomed and grown so much; become LouLou as it were, and I do not know how it will be when I go back. I had not really had time to put down roots or settle in my new home before I moved here, and had not really made the time to establish my altered identity as 'unwife'. Another stage in the adventure I guess. Or, as I suppose I ought to say: 'all part of life's rich tapestry'!!

Plinthed Out

I have just finished making the last of ten (yes, ten) MDF plinths for the show. There are five pairs, all 40 cm square tops, and range in height from 55 cm to 80 cm. I will not post a picture of them because anyone with so much as a D&T O Level would have a conniption at how less-than-perfect they are! But I did them all myself (apart from cutting 50 x 50 cross section lengths of batten into 25 x 25 cross-section lengths of batten. KK did that for me because I am not allowed to use the table saw. Tomorrow I shall paint them white, which will cover a multitude of sins. Nearly there. One disinterrment and three small bits of weaving, and I am ready. Yee Haa!

An Avebury stone for you to admire.