Easter Sunday

HAPPY EASTER

Look at  these wonderful eggs that I brought in the Cheese Box in Harbour Street.

The last day of college before the Easter break was pretty hectic. We have uncertain access to the workshops before our studio hand in date, so I decided to construct a reusable stretcher so that I could mount and demount my canvas's when necessary. The latest blue painting I feel needs to be stretched onto a frame and once done would certainly not fit into my car.
There was a problem. The wood workshop was out of the 2 x 2 lengths of wood needed to do this. Luck would have it that at the early hour of 9.00am (that is early for student life!) I got chatting to a third year who on hearing of my predicament said that he had a couple of lengths in his studio that he was not using. I already had one up on my studio wall so triumphantly I went with the wood to the machine shop. I just needed to go to buy one length which I did and was able to return to college on foot with it. Simon showed me how to measure up a lap joint and kindly used a complex piece of machinery to complete the task. I now have a portable stretcher which I can take to Crate incase the blue canvas fits in better with the installation. I just have to sand down the edges so that they do not mark the canvas's.

So I have some practical tasks to do before our exhibition..... but not today its is a holiday!!

Yesterday I went to Margate. I had three things to do. 

1. To go to Scotts to find a large key for part of an installation. Might be for Crate. This depends on the others. I found one that would do just fine and while I was there picked up an inspiring object that gave me another idea....again it depends on the others if it will fit into our central space.
2. I then went to Turner Contemporary to drop of a DVD of our Cragg film showing at college for Margherita  who had kindly said that she would like to see them. (work by Issy,Nadja,Sonja and myself Jennie).
3. And finally I wanted to see Tom and Barbie's show at Limbo. It was the last day of the show and I was glad that I made it. I liked Tom's idea of taking the studio to the gallery. More mess was needed if it had been mine!!

Well the plan is to do the painting of the plinth and rails for the canvas's. Also do the sanding of the stretcher and find the right screws etc. Then I must focus on research and reading. This part of the course has been sadly neglected recently. 

Ah yes, and then there are local issues like single yellow lines, parking in my street, and refuse collection that are creating a storm. I have been rather blinkered by college work this term and need to wake up to what is going on around me!!

Enjoy the celebrations!

Jennie

PS. I looked up those two web sites Nadja. I liked the web designs; both were so different. Very interesting  approaches and I could see why you chose them.