Two weeks into the project now.
There is so much to do at once; I want to make sure i set up good practice from start and collect evidence as I go. Still have my Arts Council report head on and it seems to help me to insure the project’s good direction.
I have been working at the farm days of up 12 hours and feel almost drunk with fresh air.I also stink of bonfire each time I come home.However, i can see this becoming very addictive and the hours go by so quickly. So far I have scraped mud and sheep manure, moved and chopped pallets to burn, lit firs and kept them going all day and best of all, dipped up to my elbows in sheep fleece.
Anyway, I am having a great time as much as I am exausted.I am going for a training day in dyeing with natural plants at the week end. I can’t wait.
One downer is to start such a project at the beginning of Easter Holiday as I wish I had a day off to take my children out. They have come to the farm with me and had great times there but I are quite as keen as me. Still this old conflict of managing artist life and parenthood !
