Filed under: inspiration, research | Tags: Bank's Mill, building, display, open studios, space, work
After the stress of completing the assignment this week it was a real joy to go to the Bank’s Mill Open Studios. Seeing such variety and quality of work on display fed the soul.
It really is a brilliant building with great spaces – it makes me want to move into one! Will definitely bear it in mind for the future as I don’t know how long working from home will continue to be productive. Being in such a place brings more than just the benefit of the space to work in too, I could certainly see myself there: wools stacked, drawings on the wall, laptop and needles.
Filed under: reflection, session | Tags: , emotions, experiences, feelings, group, intrigue, presentation, support, themes, work
Today was….exhausting…..entertaining, nerve-wracking, fascinating, very tiring and a complete relief.
I wondered this morning how varied we were as a group. We are so different in our work that it is hard to make any links. Despite there being 2 jewellers, 2 textiles, many painters no two are alike in any obvious way. There are themes that join us and experiences that are similar but the work is very varied. It fills me with intrigue as to what our show will look like.
I am finding the group experience a lot more supportive than I had anticipated. Having worked by myself for so long it comes as a surprise and yet it shouldn’t be – we’re all in the same boat. I suppose I also have my last experience of structured education, my degree course to compare it to – that was a very competitive and less sharing environment, I don’t think I thrive very well in those sorts of scenarios.
The atmosphere when travelling home was as though we had suddenly leapt from meeting one another only a handful of times to feeling as though we’d been together as a group for a year. The day distilled our purpose and opened us up to one another on many levels. It feels as though something has been revived in me.
