window exhibition

I put a show/display up in the window of right angle picture framing in Corsham yesterday. It's a really cool idea - they decided to get different local artists in each week to display work in the window, when I was speaking to them yesterday they said they are full this year and most of next! So definatly a good place to stop by if your looking for some local art! My stuff is up 29th June-July 6th. The weather was lovely yesterday, although so warm it felt like I was melting hanging the work in the window - hanging it was a little challenging as it's set if with hanging bits for paintings/framed pictures but I think it worked out okay!

more pictures on flickr

weekly wednesdays

I've decided wednesday is the day to blog. So my new aim is weekly wednesday updates! Very exciting stuff. Why is there a picture of kool-aid? Because this week has been quite a bit about dying! and I heard you could dye yarn with this stuff so I had a go the colours were pretty bright - probably too much so for me, but it was interesting to see that this stuff can dye yarn, I hate to think what it would do to your insides? hmmm.

I've been dying at uni aswell, with dyrect and acid dyes - much softer colours which is a bit more of what I'm aiming for! although they look like an odd combination of colours photographed like this...

Also I got my marks back for my last two modules yesterday, I passed! With pretty good marks too so I was pleased. I can't believe I've only got three months left (in fact slightly less possibly)

I really like some of the images on posted over at the ohhellofriend blog

what is that aeroplane?

I normally use etsy, but I'm experiementing a little and I've opened a store on big cartel! here I've got some badge sets, emroideries and planes for sale! Please check it out!
http://claireplatt.bigcartel.com/
I spent most of today scouring charity shops for new materials for another lot of recycled items. I found an amazing aran knit jumper for £3 and was very pleased! Also I've been working on some new stuff (not just aeroplanes!) to kind of mix it up/give myself something new to work on... will post more details soon!

busy bee

So it's nearly a month since I updated. It's half laziness, half mega stress, high workload for my masters. I had a deadline last week so after the Calm Air All Ice show I pretty much went into hibernation! There are lots of pictures of the show here on my flickr. The picture above a necklace, I made a couple before my work was handed in cause it's something I wanted to try + I was excited that I learnt how to crochet!

Last week after my work was handed in I decided to actually take the few days off that we had and not do any work! I drove back to London, painted my bedroom, saw family who were visiting from Ireland, slept, knitted (okay I couldn't do nothing, it's a gift for Matts niece though!) I came back to bath for the weekend and went for a 32 mile bike ride with matt to see some canal locks
which was fun, albeit slightly painful towards the end! I felt slightly refreshed and got up this morning ready to start my final semester! The library at uni is shut over the summer (yeah! its lame) so I've got to be super organised research wise, which is probably good actually. Woodwork is moving (there's loads of building work at the campus hence everything closing!) and so the router machine I've been using to cut wood has been unplugged! no warning! so I can't use it so I've spent half of today trying to find somewhere else to get it done *fingers crossed*

I really want to go and see the Kate Jenkins exhibition that's on this month! it looks awesome. I should of gone when I was in London but there was a tube strike so I decided to leave my parents house as little as possible as a subsequence of this.

coming soon: I will update my blog at least twice a week! I've missed it.

calm air all ice!

We hung the show yesterday! and now it's open from today till saturday! The weather was absolutly awful yesterday, which made many of my pictures very dull looking so I shall re-photograph when I'm there on wednesday! I've got to go and hang another show today "domestic fantastic" I will take some pictures once it's up!

knitknitknit

I've been busy knitting alot. These are some of the almost finished ones in my studio on monday! I've been knuckling down (and still am) so there should be quite a few more ready for the show!

calm air all ice

Look at our wonderful flyer made by the lovely chipfork!
We're having a closing party on Saturday 23rd please come down and say hi if you can! More details about the show are here - now time to knuckle down and get my work ready for it!