After the talk – the tortuous post-mortem. I keep thinking – I forgot to say this… I hope it didn’t sound like that… and I really meant something else. I do yhis every time. The trouble is you can’t edit it. I remember saying that I wasn’t looking to set up studios, which is true. We weren’t looking for buildings or to develop this project. It was by chance we saw a beautiful building with potential to create workspaces. So I think it gives hope to artists who are actively searching for buildings.
I also touched on the delicate issue of funding which is always a problem – raising the cash to get the project off the ground. We haven’t got huge resoures but we achieved this by putting the property into a Sipp or self invested pension plan. This creative solution was my partner’s idea, demonstrating you don’t have to be an artist to have lateral thought.
Met up with the electrician today to sort out the upgrade. The price of copper has gone up since he gave us a quote. It seems the thriving Chinese economy is not only impacting on the ozone layer, but is affecting the price of commoditities, which is filtering down to HMS. A little more complicated than that, but our appetite for ‘bargains’ at Primark has knock-on effects. In other words our bill for the electrics is higher. Or am I being naive thinking there would be no increase?
