Handspun Article - First! Handspun Skein - First! PLUS Best in Class (fancywork) for Kirishawl.

I am totally chuffed. Riscy took me out for dinner tonight to celebrate! The firsts in the handspun class were great, but I knew the competition wasn't too fierce, but the CHAMPION of the whole class had me dancing around the place today because it was against all knitting, sewing etc. YAY!!

My winning entries

These charcoal and pastel pieces remind me of reflections you can get on road surfaces at night when it is wet. I also scratched and errased the surface, taking the top layer of the paper off in some locations. I really like the effect. I have not recovered from my weekend. Today I was such a zombie at work I left a noon and slept most of the afternoon. I'm tired again now, so I think my body is in major protest about the shinanigans on the weekend. At least I'm in a better situation than Kate who flew back to the US on Sunday night and was back at work today. She's a ski instructor in Utah. I think she is gonna do it tough for a few days. The wedding was lovely. Chelsea's fella is a really nice bloke and I think they will have a great time together. The effort she put into planning the event really paid off and it was a terrific day. I was also pleased to spend some time with my sister Megan and her family, including my nephew Jacob :-) He has grown so much and is starting to say a few words, he is making eye contact much more now which is a credit to Megan and Brett and their patience and love.

Reflections 2

Reflections - charcoal and pastel on paper.

I've been up since 4am, but awake for way longer since my flight was at 6am ... you know, when you need to wake up really early and you are afraid you will sleep through the alarm so you wake up every 15mins all night long. I actually mistakenly booked the flight that early (on the net)and the lesson is now learned. So I'm not in any fit state to blog intelligently tonight. Except I want to say that I was exceptionally lucky today to get a tour of the State Library of Victoria from Greg, an old aquaintance from my time at Jane Franklin Hall at the University of Tasmania. He works in the manuscripts section... how cool is that. I really REALLY enjoyed the exhibition called Lost and Found. The work of two artists who undertook residencies at the Library. I'll do links and stuff tommorow.

I'm flying to Tasmania tonight. I'm not packed and oh so slightly panicked... so I'd better start list making. I have to go to work this morning but I think I'll leave earlier than planned so I can get organised. My fears were unfounded about being voted off 'Survivor Style' (although I've never watched even an episode of that show, so I don't know what I'm talking about). We were elected unopposed, there are 4 community rep spots on the committee and there were 3 candidates. I didn't have to make a speech, last year there were 6 candidates and I had to make a speech... I didn't know anyone, so it was quite easy. I didn't produce a single scrap of art yesterday. In the end I was too tired and flopped on the couch watching the second film in the Koyaanisqatsi Trilogy called Powaqqatsi directed by Godfrey Reggio and film scored by Philip Glass I'm catching the train to Melbourne today and I plan to do some sketching and thinking. Hopefully that work will get me over the line with my ClaArProMo committments.

Knife and Words. ClaArProMo No.22