The trials and tribulations of pre-degree show life.
The catalogues that we had so carefully designed and then had printed were wrong – we had missed one person out- couldn't be much more disasterous.
Know we had everyone in at first draft but when printed some pages came out blurred so we had to re-do about 20 pages and re-save in high resolution, it took a full day and the pressure was on as they were due to start printing the next day. I have no idea how it happened but poor Phil got left out of the final draft. The worst part is that I didn't notice!!Many tears shed over this.
Fortunately there was an empty page at the back (for obvious reasons now) so the printers have taken them all back, will re-print the whole front/back page and restaple the books together.
No idea on costs yet but I have been assured they will be ready on time – they are 90% sure :(
Then there was the gallery, my work takes up a huge amount of space, more than originally planned but the storage room we built was further away from the wall than I had planned and the curator of the gallery needs 4.5ft between each plinth for some health and safety reason to get the ceiling lights positioned, so it's all kinda extended and looks enormous, very scary to see the amount of space I now have to fill but I think it would look odd with someone else's work placed at the end of mine anyway so it's a good thing.
We are so lucky with the Gallery, it's a fantastic space and we're not all crammed together as in some places but there have been tears from other people over allocated spaces, rightly so in many cases. I think they may all be resolved now, by resoved I don't mean that people are necessarily happy but it all seems to flow well right now so we have to see if it's still the same with the work actually up. Friday's opening night….soooo close now…eeeek
Feeling SO much better last 2 days. Worked so hard all week and had so many people helping out that the 10 books in tubes are now all FINALLY……FINISHED!!!!
YAY
There is however a massive amount of work to do with the actual piano and my whole journal as I haven't been able to look at computers or write for long but …hey-ho!Will try to do a bit each night until Friday.
Degree Show catalogues were being delivered today and so I had to stay home, 3 of us worked on cutting and glue-ing paper blood cells for my friend who has helped me so much, we actually got loads achieved and will be doing the same over the weekend to help out. I feel we are a really great group in college, we all work so well together.
Anyway, catalogues look good – very exciting to see them. Also, very scary as it all seems too near now.Can't wait to show the other students, really hope they like them.
My husband is offically a star – he took this week off work to look after me, drive me around , make and paint all my plinths and Julie's cloud 'frame' and to just hug me on cue when needed (A LOT)
1 more busy busy week to go……
SO nearly there, 1 week to go until we are at the gallery and setting up. STRESSSSS
I still have concussion – 10 days since the accident and today is the first day I have started to feel even a bit better, it's mad. I keep getting dizzy spells and stumbling sideways so can't drive yet – concussion is a very strange thing.
Today though this only happened a couple of times and so I must be on the mend at last – my helpers have been busy, I owe so many people favours now. Thank goodness for them all though as I am now nearly half way there..very nearly.
Still having trouble typing, this blog alone is taking forever to correct things, not helped by the fact my K key on the keyboard keeps getting stuck, amazing how often the K key is needed…..7 in that sentence alone!!
I am so touched by the generosity of fellow students coming to my help. I actually think there may be a chance of finishing now and can't thank them enough.
Head banging, elbows throbbing, back aching….spirits lifted :)
Dissertation handed in did leave me with a sense of huge relief I have to say, I have taken leave from work, Biennial have been really good about it, 3 weeks off to concentrate on college work.
It is my 40th Birthday today, I am lying in bed with an egg on the back of my head and 2 very bruised elbows from falling over backwards onto cobblestones…lovely night in A+E. The thing I have been most worried about is getting all my work finished in time. There is so much left for me to do and lifting my arms hurts, looking up is impossible and my work is nearly 8ft high. EEK, seriously worried now.
The girls from college have been fantastic and said they will rally around to help me but they will all be so busy with their own work I don't know if I can ask that of them.
Anyway, too sore to worry today, will worry tomorrow.
