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NEW AND HOPEFULLY REGULAR POSTS VERY SOON ONCE WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING! SHOULD BE UP AT THE START OF THE NEW YEAR!

New Fox

I have high hopes for the new fox pendant that I've had lasercut - I re-jigged him a bit and have made him a lot smoother, and hes also a bit bigger and will be available on a chain this time round. Hopefully everyone will like him.

He has just sneaked into the Viennahorses shop ...

Black Hole

Love. This. Hehe the hole is so ominous!

After The Dream The Eternity Chamber

Other things that I thought were pretty good whilst taking in the Walking In My Mind exhibition were the pieces by Charles Avery (whos work I had previously been meaning to see) which basically were artifacts and images from this imaginary island which he creates as part of this epic project where he documents and investigates the island and its inhabitants. I really like the idea, and I think it most comes to life in the biggest sculpture which is an Eternity Chamber - its a lot like the black revolving box I had in my exhibition at Brighton - apart from its much bigger and better! You can only see the inside through a a small opening - this is what the catalogue has to say about it: ' ...an Eternity Chamber belonging to the Island's Cult of the Gulls, whos insane leaders extreme longevity is attributed to his having once witnessed eternity. The kiosk's brilliantly patterned and mirrored interior presents a dazzling illusion of infinity, which we are only allowed a glance of through a crack in the padlocked doors.' The outside of the 'kiosk' is pretty special too.

The brilliance of the exhibition lay in the wildly imaginative landscapes that the visitor was able to experience by walking through them as the title suggests - there was a network of cardboard and packing tape catacombs, a red and white spotted inflatable and astroturfed wonderland, as well as Chiharu Shiota's soft yet disturbing web of wool called After the Dream. This was an incredible tunnel of interwoven threads which encased 5 long fairytale dresses in its woven thicket and gave the feeling of being inside a giant spiders lair where objects had been captured and forgotten, protected and ensnared.

Memorable things from London

I wanted to write some posts about the Walking In My Mind exhibition I went to the other week (almost 2 weeks ago aaaghhh how time flies) at the Hayward, and also a bit about the Telling Tales exhibit at the V&A, plus about the little bit of research I did in the jewellery section there. Welllll it was all FANTASTIC.

So ...Walking In My Mind - I Loved Yoshimoto Nara's Drawing Room - which was a shed-like wendy house housing a mini studio and bedroom with loads of drawings and little bits and pieces which were meant to recreate his student room. I want that kind of space - even though it did concern me that both the chair and the bed looked really uncomfortable - but the cluttered effect was perfect and reminded me of my room in halls in first year.

Bead Landscapes...

I am currently working expeditiously on my website which MUST repeat MUST be up and running by the end of the month - I've had long enough!!! The theme of the site is based on my bead collection which contains many graphic and interesting shapes which I'm planning on arranging in nice patterns to give a random feel to the website. I need a format which is not too clean cut and organised, because my projects inevitably are likewise. I plan to use the groups of beads as links to various pages - here are some pics to give an idea - they are a bit greyer and darker than the new photos I will take for the purpose, but still pretty.

New House

I have a new house. Unfortunately it wont be new for very long, or even mine for very long as I am here for a month until I find somewhere a bit more permanent. Its a shame I had to find a room and house so suited to me which is only mine for the month - perfect even down to the french windows to the garden which mean I can spraypaint bits of plastic outside to my hearts content.