Creative inclusions

18^th

I got the window drawings back to my studio and worked on the detail and the final design.

I contacted the V&A museum, the costume and textile department to discuss the donation of my Gunna dress (the chicken skin dress) for they collection. The dress was created at the Gloucester Cathedral last year and performed by Mitra Memarzia as part of my final exhibition Motectum.

16^th of June

Second day of drawing on site and again very long hours but with success I finished the drawing and now the walls are ready for the relief stucco modeling on Monday. It was very tricky to get the drawing on the windows done as this had to be very accurate. The drawings and the glass are being send to an etching company so if there is any mistakes this will show and it will be very costly.

15^th of June

9am I met the scaffolders in the induction room of the Skanska office and after a brief induction we were able to start on site. The scaffolding was up in 3 hours and I was able to start with my work. Firstly I covered and protected all the hand railings incase of damage and collected an overhead projector from the school.

I began with setting up the tree proportions and drawing onto the wall and ceilings. This wasn’t an easy task as the light in the staircase was to bright and you could hardly see the projected image, also the staircase space was not wide enough to achieve the required angle and the positioning of the projector. I decide it to wait until it got darker and tried to black out the windows using black sheeting found on site, which I believe is used for roofing protection… after hours of playing around with the perspective of positioning the image on the walls and ceiling I decide it to scrap the projector and continue by hand. I left site at 10.30pm that evening.

14^th of June

It was my first day on site and the beginning of my commission in the new building at St Bede’s Catholic college in Bristol. I met with the depute head Patrick McDermott and the ABC Scaffolding at the reception of the old school. The staircase of the new building was handed over to the school this morning, which meant that I could start with my work. We walk over to the staircase with the scaffolder Colin to finalise the scaffolding which was installed the following day.

12-13^th of June

I love the kung fu camp, happens once a year and it is very hard work but there is so much going on and so much to take in and learn that the days go very fast. In the evening we stay until early hours and play games and have fun, an incredible weekend of White Crane Martial Arts in Shoreham.