heavy rain pit pat sleeping house

the final show was last night and went really well. i am exhausted today and feel like i could sleep for an eternity! it's strange though how you finish and your mind becomes a blank canvas and then you start to fill up your head with new ideas for new images.

i look at my work up on the wall and i wonder why i ended up on this really different road and it feels good, but so different to what i thought i would have done. i want to get back to paper again and oil paint (when i get back to australia).

i think my next project will be a series of prints and collages based on my experiences here. these little windows made from the hand-dyed silks will be the basis for the project. the colours and shapes. i want to do some lovely fine hard ground etchings and incorporate lots of details and moments. i also want to work on the cycling cloud book. i am going to sit down with a sketchbook next week and just play.

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blake helped me hang my work this morning for the final show. it is looking good. after a few hitches i think we got it to look pretty nice.

antonia (who is over from home at the moment) and i did some eco-printing and dyeing last night. we used onion skins that i had collected and leaves from a red leaved tree. (i can't remember the name), rose leaves, some yellow flowers etc. the finished results are amazing. deep golden oranges and purple with subtle yellows and greens. i think i will use them to make some new embroidery work, but now i can feel myself getting precious about them and i don't want to cut them up. i can always make more though!

now i will update my website... at least try to!