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starting work in a new environment is never easy- well it’s not for me. I’m now sitting in my new “studio” –it’s a shed at the bottom of the garden. I’m surrounded by trees, and I’ve got Wimbledon on.
This new change in lifestyle has been a catalyst to start making work again. Really making work- not just toying with the idea! So sketchbook and writing pad to hand- together with a new fountain pen; I’m brainstorming. Taking all the ideas that have been floating around my head for the last two years and I’m laying them out.
What ideas I’ve had, some ok, some terribly and some- well I’m embarrassed to hold a MA. So with three projects that I think are goers I begin with the “making”. And I stumble on the first hurdle. Do I title the work now- or when it’s finished?
A tutor once said to me “compendium, why do you relentlessly title your work at the end, give it a name at the beginning and then see where it takes you”. Here is my stumbling block. Should we leave our minds blank of titles until the end- fearing they may influence the work , or introduce a title and let it be the steering rod?
