Monday, July 14, 2008

Weaving together shredded parts

Well, it's been a while since my last post, and I just wanted to catch up and see what everyone is doing. Watched The Notorious Bettie Page before, had to turn it off and find a better movie to watch. In between I've been trying to attack my fringe with a pair of kitchen scissors in an attempt to fix a horrible, horrible haircut.

I went to an artist talk on Sunday at the Ararat Art Gallery, about conserving medieval tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Very interesting, Tina Kane was talking about the techniques in conserving these tapestries which often come to them in pieces; the process is something that takes a great amount of expertise in a traditional craft, which I respect a great deal. It's made me realise that to get where I want to be and to have that expertise I have a long way to go.

Have to go - Malcolm, or Paris, Texas?