The show must go on!

God, sooo tired!
Spent 2 days hammering tacks into a dodgy ceiling to put my thready sculpture up!
Forgot to take pictures of finished installation so must remember camera at show this Friday.  Very different experience creating for a show, rather than for yourself:

• pressure to have something "polished" rather than just a sample showing your "journey"
• pressure of comparing your work to everybody else's - and amazing things are pulled out the bag at the last minute
• practical problems - space not boarded; how to attach threads to ceiling; plug sockets; lighting; space too big or too small; aware of needs of others sharing the same room, their sound & lighting; physical exhaustion; film footage suddenly jumping and juddering; painting blistering on backing board...
• original artistic idea compromised or changed due to "feel" of the space

Re the last point, I originally wanted drama and movement, and was going to emphasise shadows and use the vigorous, boisterous "windy day" footage. But my sculpture just felt too serene, and perhaps using paper as a back-drop softened everything so I knew I wanted the slower footage with pipe music. Then the space seemed unbalanced so Clare suggested using my "Vortex" painting on one wall. So pleased to have some original art up instead of photographs. I suddenly realised how much using actual painting rather than print means to me. After all that cropping and photography, I've ended up with three pieces showing the whole object!

But the over-all mood is just right: serene, ethereal, tranquil. Really the most important feelings I get from the beach.
Come to my show!
http://www.hereford-art-col.ac.uk/events_details.php?event_id=275