Mon/Tues Week 2

Yes, I forgot last night.

Yesterday morning, I visited the career office to get advice on how to get a job in the arts in East Anglia. It was a good idea. I'll need tp put together at least two new CV's, one focusing on my publishing experience, and one on my art events experience. I also need to take classes in building a website and in Quark. A couple of new websites I haven't been following were suggested along with the UEA career center, which appears to have a sort of informal reciprocal relationship with NSAD's.

I also looked through the selection of yarns on hand, the ones that were a plant base wrapping a man-made, since it looks like my order may take a while to get here. I'm also thinking of crocheting some leaves with this material, using a wire armature support. Wonder if anyone has ever done a leaf with realistic veins about three feet across, with burn-our red-orange-golds?

I am continuing to read the book on marketing, a little bit at a time so it will sink in. My notes say I need to pay more attention to presentation. I'm thinking of some simple origami boxes made from a cheap, but classy, roll of wallpaper, and a classy card, which is really the first thing I need, and I should be carrying them around, NOW! But it's so hard to think up a card that really gives a good clue as to what kind of thing I am likely to do. I think it should include a photo of some work, but which? I should also be keeping a list of contacts to be notified of shows and such.

And today: I showed a friend around the school who wants to apply for the program next year. Through her I discovered that I can have screens made for me by simply leaving the screen design in the right place. Ah, the luxury.

I read more of the marketing book. Not much that struck me, though, except tieing an exhibit to a another event. I'm toying with the idea of an exhibit based on my idea of medals to be awarded for wounds in the war between the sexes. And then place the show at places that singles gather, even work with a singles organization of some sort for sponsorship and have the opening be a singles event. Maybe I did absorb something.

By the way, those crocheted leaves? I'll start by making small leaves and make a larger one if that works. Then the idea is to create a "fabric out of the leaves.

And last but best, but first worse, after repeatedly working with established weaves and not being happy with both before and after burn-out effects, I'm trying starting with a particular textured weave and then ADDING the second fiber in between, choosing it's path for the ability to obscure the weave that will appear when it is burnt out. After, waffle; before I don't have worked out yet.