Embroidery course and revision

This week I have started a machine embroidery course with the textile artist Rachel Reynolds. We will be learning about different techniques and materials. At the end of the course, we will each be able to exhibit a project at the Harbour Lights Cinema in Southampton. This is so exciting and fun and I am already looking forward to next weeks session. I really hope I can produce a piece to exhibit.

Two more weeks before my PhD is completed, very scary. The last hurdle is a viva, which is an oral examination. I have just started revising some theory and I am rather nervous about it now. I am definetly not looking forward to it, but what needs to be done needs to be done.

6 March 2008

This drawing is a schematic diagram of a photon. Originally I intended to draw without stopping, but I just couldn't complete it one go. Oh well, it was rather ambitious. I shall have another go on another envelope.

Posted: 06.03.08 at 9.30 pm

Returned: 08.03.08

5 March 2008

A drawing that I am rather pleased with for a change. Drawn with ink using a pencil brush. The dots on the top of the envelope were added using a glitter pen. I have had them for years and never really used them. Not sure how well they work here, but it was good to experiment with one of them.

Posted: 05.03.08 at 10.00 pm
Returned: 07.03.08

4 March 2008

This drawing was inspired by a vase I have, which I now use to keep my pencil brushes. I am so pleased I am using it for something now as previously I wasn't quite sure what to use it for as it wasn't really quite right for flowers.

Posted: 04.03.08 at 11.30 pm (I only had a first class stamp, ups)

Returned: 06.03.08

3 March 2008

This drawing was rather uninspired. I quite like it now though.

Posted: 03.03.08 at 11.00 pm
Returned: 06.03.08

2 March 2008

Ink doodling. I started of with a blob of ink and then moved the ink out to create the black swirly bits. This made it rather dark and I then decided to try out some old ink cartridges in the drawer and decided to draw some flowers and add the coloured ink. I am quite pleased how the flowers turned out. I am not to keen on the swirly bits anymore.

Posted: 02.03.08 at 11.20 pm

Returned: 05.03.08

1 March 2008

I am not sure what I feel about this drawing. Some days I find it rather sweet and other days, I find it dark.

Posted: 1.03.08 at 9.30 pm

Returned: 5.03.08

I just looked at the front of the envelope and the postal processing is very different to all my other ones so far. Apparently this has been manualy processed, while the other ones have been automatically processed.

This is the other (main) postal processing: