The Kiln Story 2
Spring is here and along with everything else bursting and unfolding with renewed lifeforce i am cultivating summer activities as one does. finding more time, quite a lot really with only 2 weeks to go to the end of my third yr in sligo I.T. fine art dept.
Its been a long yr with Several tragic losses in the autumn of 09 which catapulted me into emotionally engaging on a much deeper level with my work in painting,drawing,ceramics and history.
The beginning of the year was very shaky and the work reflected it, but after mid term i returned to work and pulled together enough to achieve respectable results for the end of first term.
During the Christmas holidays we had the hardest winter we’ve had in a long time, Snow which melted and refroze for weeks so there were lots of fires and eating as much as one could muster, which was easy in the center of town…In January the 50mile drive to sligo through the mountains and valleys got lighter as the sun came up earlier and i frenzied myself with enumerable small paintings and drawings as i was prone to put too much into each piece, making lots of small works allowed me the freedom to explore many options while keeping the work uncluttered.
Still haven’t gotten around to properly photographing my work yet. there is just too much gardening and getting ready for barbeque season to be doing with…however
lots of this work poured out of me and it was a truly healing experience in that somehow a door had opened and i literally flung myself wholeheartedly out there into expressing with renued vigor and a completely new sense of freedom.
spring finally began to appear as the last term approached and the easter holidays brought time to reflect… the final term was short and the weather was good so far. Works got bigger and i played my way through the term with relative ease, concentrating on particulars and narrowing my focus.
Im happy with all my work so far and delighted with a lot of it so its pretty great in my shoes right now.
Just remembered the kiln story.the kiln is still sitting in the she waiting to be wired up…a whole other story which will hopefully be resolved this summer….in the meantime i am thoroughly pleased with my ceramics for the year, not as much work as before but reflects more concentrated focus.
What can i say Aint life grand!
