I'm getting my hands dusty with clay and plaster this week. I forget how much I love the stuff! I've got a couple of projects that have been lining up so it has felt good to get them moving... and hopefully out the door to get on with the next!
Here's a shot of the mold of the lettering for a house sign. This is a mirror image as the clay will be pressed onto this plater carving. The lettering will be in relief, I think I will depress the pond shape straight into the clay and model the ducks. I may get excited and add on some trees and reeds...
The house sits on a large plot, so I'm making two plaques; one of the main driveway and one for the alternative gated entrance.
This sign is replacing a paining that the daughter made when she was at school, Penny has celebrated her 40th birthday recently I have hopes this sign stands to be well loved over its long life. Its great to put work into the environment that will become everyday in a beautiful little village to be enjoyed by its owners.
I've also been researching murals today as there's promise of a garden project I'm hoping to get involved with in the spring this year. The fabulous Lynn Pearson's book 'The Field Guide to Post War Murals' promises to be a good place to start. I'll let you know how this develops. I plan to make connecting three-dimensional tiles and sculptural elements for the wall, as well as collecting tiles and found objects to include, so I may catalogue them here over a period, for fun.
In that vein I'm submitting ideas for a couple of large wall pieces for developments in Brighton, get those creative juices flowing!...
In the meantime I'm building a new website to illustrate the Conservation projects I'm involved with. I'm drafting the copy at the moment. I'm finding this a useful exercise to reflect on projects over the last year and I look forward to launching the new site when it's finished... watch this space!
