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intermediate post to give quick update

I have lots of new work emerging at quite a fast pace.  Lots of ideas which in turn lead to more ideas and in between all the college work I'm starting to make our new house look like our home.  However precedence is being (albeit reluctantly sometimes) to the work need to ensure my degree work stays on the appointed plan - not that its a very structured plan more fluid and allowing for creative juices to flow.

So this week I have painted the kitchen walls lime green - refashioned the units so they look a little more contemporary and put out my treasured collection of marmite jars and then also knuckled down to some serious design work towards my scarf collection.

I have also been trying to master the next technical issue - more Illustrator - harder than I had hoped but slowly getting there - its always a time issue for me, I just want to be able to do it straightaway and while it is a creative adobe programme just like Photo shop the similarity ends there and it so doesn't seem - for most of the time to have anything in common with PS at all!!!

I am working up a lot of designs and each day seem to be adding a new idea, my next and probably final collection is going to be based on these line drawings of the tallest buildings, (the blue back ground is a cyanotype exposure),  notably the world trade centre in Shanghai, ant in contrast as a very ancient building the beautiful St Marys Basilica in Krakow.  Both buildings I have climbed to the viewing point and enjoyed amazing views of there home cities... to be fair the Shanghai was up in a lift where as St Marys was a worthwhile slog up a large number of steps!!!


I'm posting this now as time is running away - more will follow as I attempt to get organised!

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