The induction sessions have come to a close for this week, and we seem to be in the same situation as before the summer break. All ten of us have returned to top up our HNDs into BAs, although one of our number hasn’t decided whether she’s in it for the long haul due to financial considerations.
We’re a small, fairly close knit group. We’ve come to know each other’s work quite well, and that should work to our advantage this year. It does mean that the same potential personality clashes, as well as allegiances, sometimes begrudging, exist amongst us.
Our studio spaces have been pre-assigned and naturally, some students are happier than others. Mine has grown on me. Not as private as I might have liked, but I’d say it’s more sociable. It could be worse. I’ve decided to kit mine out with shelving in a potentially futile effort to try to avoid the inevitable spread that surrounds my work. Hopefully my attempt to create a professional looking space will have a positive effect on this year – not that working in a mess has actually hampered me before. In fact, I don’t know any other way; might I actually be sabotaging myself?
The screen print table I made last term has been unearthed and reclaimed, but it might have to do double duty for sculpture. I haven’t decided what I want to concentrate on in the studio just yet. I’ll take my remaining ink down there and line it up nicely on my shelves, just in case. Anyway, it’ll make me happy.
