Must remember to blog.

Note to self. Blog misses you. Get Writing.


I will get back to blog writing asap.

New Blog.For Degree show work!

Hello Hello.

It's not quite in perfect condition yet...... but but but here is the link to my  'other' blog. The one in which I will will only  put degree show thoughts.

Come Look.


http://thediaryofayoungtraveller.blogspot.com/ 

New Blog for DJCAD Degree Show.

I am in the midst of creating a blog that I will record work solely based for/towards or on, degree show work.

Keep a look out. I'll get on it soon. I promise.

It will be called,

........................... *drumroll*..............................

'The Diary of a Young Traveller.'

(a narrative project)

Blog One of 2011. Happy New Year.

Hello Cows.

  Hello, first blog of 2011.

  So I have come to the conclusion, writing a blog is addictive. I used to think writing a blog seemed quite vain,risking talking on and on, and on and on all about yourself (you don't have too, but you can) but I think I'm now addicted. My mind is always thinking in Photographs and Blogs.
   For those of you who know me, will know I used to be one to slightly resent technology...I wanted to do things old school like write a letter rather than send an email, use film photogrpahy rather than digital.I claimed NEVER to want a smart phone (a phone is not a cameraaaaa!) and yet here I am failing to use the 'qwerty' touch screen keypad on my overly smart phone *gasp*. Oh how times have changed since this time last year,haha.

 Now that I know that my blog is one of the blogs to be featured on Dundee University  'What they say' page...

 http://www.dundee.ac.uk/admissions/tada/what_they_say.htm

...I suddenly feel all this extra pressure to be more exciting or even use correct grammar  in my blogs (both of which are not my forte as since art school I can wholly admit my once acceptable english skills, have fallen by the wayside)
  
   However this blog is the first blog of 2011 and what better thing is there to discuss than the adventures I had celebrating NYE 2011.

    NYE adventures this year-an exciting adventure up north to the wintery depths of Ullapool and Leckmelm Wood. There, a few of us stayed in a beautiful log cabin (thankyou Merlin) drinking wine and whisky by the warm stove, sitting by the warm bonfire and venturing out in the woods to see the delights the North had brought us. We also ventured out on the 1st of January, were we went to listen to some beautiful Scottish Music,with friends.Perfect.

New Years Day, adventure through the wood.

Happy New Year one and all.



Ice by the Harbour.

Yesterday I walked past the Harbour to find it fully frozen over, unfortunately I didn't have camera at hand.Today I went back to the mysterious frozen waters of Tayport Harbour.

It was extremely cold standing, taking photos, but there is something quite eerie and intriguing about the ice surrounding those stranded boats.

'Our Famous Christmas Sale.'

  

Boxed and awaiting a sale.

     So the Jewellery sale has been and gone. We tried our best to raffle, to sell and to make on demand all week, but now we wait to find out the final total.

    But what a week it has been, we found great insight in watching what people are drawn to-the price range  and who are customers were buying for. This sale was a great opportunity to people watch,we need to observe things like this as soon we will be graduates left to fend for ourselves. How do we sell?

   Some students made pieces which may hold some similarity to their degree show work,which was exciting to see and makes me wonder what progression their work will take.However, I did not, I strangely went for Kitsch. Think tea for two and cup cakes, yes that was me. Making pieces with a lighthearted nature was both enjoyable and lead me to become slightly more playful with my work.Anyone for a ring with a tiny silver teacup perched on top? I think I am a bit of a romantic...oh wait it is apparent after this sale that I am.

  I hope the sale went well for all the jewellers and for any pieces not sold (of mine) I am planning on keeping them all.A present  to myself for working so hard. haha.

Hello Tiny Teacup.

    I have recently been told I should try and bring flamingos back into fashion?

'It's the way they stand?'

   So maybe our pink friends could be my next  'keeping it kitsch' venture. .

Merry Christmas Everyone,

(and a mulled wine fuelled New Year).

SLR in the snow.

Backgarden in the Snow

Icicles

DJCAD

Dundee

Plastic Squirrel.

Lets go in search of some bird seed.