On a Tuesday in January, date yet to be confirmed, probably at my house/in Birmingham, as I’m the one in the middle-ish, also yet to be confirmed. It might seem a bit iffy to anyone reading, but to me, this seems like a definite thing. We have sorted it out. We are meeting.
I know from our talking so far, that we all have ourselves at different points in this process.
I think it would be useful for blog purposes to explain where each of us is and then maybe to say what we’d like to do when we meet.
So shall we post our thoughts and expectations up here?
Between now and January I’d like to have a focus so that I can collect stuff, write notes and think about things… otherwise I’m just going to be a bit wobbly and useless, (but with a variety of cake and beverages).
I’m not talking about a deadline, or anything of a stressful nature, just a bit of an idea what you two are thinking, so that my thinking can wander a bit in your directions. Does that make sense?
I have a F&J dedicated sketchbook – it’s a posh and special one a friend gave me. I haven’t got much in it. There are drawings of clothes – as always – but I think I have an idea that the thing we do together might not be like the work I usually do. I can do that on my own. Surely the point of working with others is that we can push the thinking and making a bit? There are also all those calculations I made about the geography – very scribbly, not good with numbers. I also have an old map of the midlands, and a pile of unspun wool that I thought would make lovely veins and arteries, or perhaps roads. anyway it’s lovely, and very purple. And I’ve got a box that I’ve had for ages, that I like, but haven’t thought of a way of using, but you two might I think.
In January I want to show you things. And I want you to show me things. Then I want us to talk till we are hoarse!
