Wednesday 2 July 2014

Wednesday 2nd July 2014

Tired but excited about things:

My growing 2014 visual diary started as a response to Sir John Witterwronge's weather diaries made 300 years ago (Threads of Time: HALS), evolved through a residency at Dot to Dot and an exhibition, The Longest Day, at Fenners, and is currently on show at the Cafe Gallery at Letchworth Arts Centre.  There are six completed diaries, each of which opens out so that all the pages can be seen at the same time and a print for each of the months showing all of the pictures together.

On Saturday 26th July Lizzy Lane (who also has a show at the Arts Centre) and I will be at the Cafe Gallery  between 10.00 and 3.00 to answer questions about our work and help people to make a bit of art work of their own.



Also excited because I have finished my June diary of midsummer evening dresses and have started on July's diary.  Here is a picture of all of the June dresses, taken from photographs of the night sky taken at 9.00 in the evening.



I am going to have a sleep in a minute but just wanted to say how much I enjoyed visiting the new, shiny, clean Foyles yesterday evening for Laydeez Do Comics.  Very inspiring and I am so pleased that I am going to be making graphic stories in September, with the help of the Prince's Drawing School - I have been fumbling towards this for some time and a couple of chance discussions with people made me sign up for the course.

Last night, as well as being inspired by some very talented and funny women at Foyles, I bought and read a wonderful book, "Billy, Me and You" by Nicola Streeten - I highly recommend this very moving and humorous account of coming to terms with the loss of a child.  (I read it last night in bed, trying to giggle and weep silently so as not to wake my husband.)

The other imminent thing is our family holiday in France which begins tomorrow.