No, the blog hasn't been forgotten or misplaced, but as for a change this year I have been a wee bit busy, going back to college, volunteering at the Sint Lucas library and all. But it's been great, so far! Lots of work: class, researching in the little specialist libraries all over the Blandijn next to that pretty Boekentoren (right >>). Now the deadlines for papers are coming up, and exams in January it has its share of the stressies, but... ooh it feels good to be back. So long I don't flunk, of course. Argh! See? Stress.
I will feel better after January's exams so I know if my study method works. The subjects aren't too hard, but I fear my brains being rusty. LOL. We'll see. Wish me luck!
That means I haven't been back at the studio, but I've done some little things here at home, in Ghent. Like the Sketchbook Project! An initiative by Art house coop in Brooklyn NY. The goal was to fill a moleskine sketchbook, working in a theme you could choose from a list. I'm quite self-conscious about my drawing and painting abilities, so I thought it would be good for me to participate and see what happened. Drawing didn't work out, so I painted. And cut. And then I drilled. And sawed, stamped, painted some more, sewed, and was done with it. I had such a great time! Nothing like drastically altering a once pristine sketchbook. ;-) It has become a little freak...
My theme was Night time stories and I used a quote by Breton, from his first Surrealist Manifesto, about the poet Saint-Pol-Roux leaving a placard outside his door whenever he went to sleep. The placard said: "the poet works".
torturing the poor thing:
:::: see the whole project on flickr.
The sketchbook is being sent back to Brooklyn where it will go on a tour in the US! The neat library system (each sketchbook has a barcode) will keep all artists up to date of how many times their sketchbook has been borrowed.
And in other news, I'm back on Etsy! You can find some of the creations of last summer:
"lunar essence"
"green goddess"
"a delicate balance" earrings
And the website & blog have received their yearly dusting. I even went as far as to add a webpage about me/my creations. It's not an artist statement really, but it's a start.
Hello! What an interesting blog you have! I'll need some time to "explore" it and I'll do it with curiosity and pleasure!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the exams! (Or maybe you've already passed them?) Good luck with the project, too! I suppose it was a challenge for you and maybe it brought some new kind of knowledge... I liked the quote.:)