My Memoirs

Progress is a slow process

2012-01-02T12:23:00.000-08:00

A bottle filled with liquid latex.

Dipped washing tablet net bags.

The liquid latex can drip dry on the clothes line.

Some egg shells I hope to grow herbs from.

Pot plant growing from an old saucepan.

My return to online visual diary enteries :D

2011-10-10T16:56:00.000-07:00

It has been way to long! I really want to give this another go . . . so here we are.

Project one:
Make a sculpture piece around the object chosen for the NCAD brief.

Project two:
Make a textile portfolio for January 2011

Project three: keep a visual notebook and 3 sketch books

Art Portfolio, gathered from 2003-2006

2011-01-20T14:07:00.001-08:00

Favourite song at this minute

2010-10-26T15:03:00.000-07:00

Brandon Flowers - Crossfire
"watching you dress as u turn down the light, i forget all about te storm outside"

Drawing of a photo I took in Nepal done in Pastels and charcoal

2010-10-12T15:18:00.000-07:00

I like Ice-cream

2010-10-12T15:16:00.000-07:00

Felt Peony Rose Broach

2010-09-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

Military broach

2010-08-27T15:48:00.000-07:00

Andy Goldsworthy inspired

2010-08-27T10:23:00.000-07:00

Observational drawing exercise 1

2010-08-22T14:06:00.000-07:00

Sweet tooth

2010-08-19T16:08:00.000-07:00

2010-08-19T15:38:00.000-07:00

Let’s start this week from where I left off last week. I went on an adventure to Glendalough with some friends, last Saturday. The drive alone is worth mentioning. The views change so quickly on Irish roads from city buzz to rustling leaves on trees to cork screw narrow roads all to you. I really enjoy driving alone with a great album or a new play list inflicting its emotion on me. My choice on this trip was perfect all about escaping. Turin Breaks Album “The Optimist”. It had been some time since I listened to it so I fell in love with all over again. Once I arrived, I immediately thought about taking the long way home. The photos uploaded last week are from this little hike. From this walk, I have decided to spend some time looking at trees. I hope to have a sketchbook of intensely studied exogenous trees.

For the duration of the week, I kept myself very busy as usual. I went to the theatre for a showing of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which was a lot of fun. The costumes were spectacular! My girlfriends called off for a night of pampering on Thursday. I found a new talent for hairdressing so if the Art world does not want me I at least can try that. For now, though I will continue to dream. I spray painted my new but second hand classic fold up bike, Red. I still have some coats to do but I am documenting the process for you. My dear friend and colleague Chiz is currently helping design my tattoo. It has been a work in process for more than two years at this stage. I really like her ideas and I soon am meeting a new tattoo artist to see what she can bring to this piece. For my day off this week, I went home. My family all live there. I do not live far away from them but now that my siblings have children even one week without a visit is monstrous amount of change in their children’s development. I reckon they’ll be mentioned quite a bit to you, so I will introduce them Conor is a curious and strong nine month old boy, Chloe is just coming up to seven months old and loves being cuddled as ,much as we all love to cuddle her. Then there is Sabha the first grandchild. She is now three years old and will not be four until October, meaning it is another year until she begins school. I have never met a child more ready for school it is such a shame she has to wait.
Friday night was an adventurous one. I had a few friends over and managed to convince them to come with me to the country side/ hilly sea side view location at midnight. The reason being was to star gaze. I had been told about the meteor showers during the month of august and Friday night being the best night (weather permitting) for spotting them. We went on our merry way with blankets, jumpers and booze in hand. Caught the last train out of the city and when we finally arrived at our destination, we enjoyed the children’s disserted playground.

I started this week’s blog on Saturday in a walled public garden in the middle of the city centre. It is a small oasis for the business people during the weekdays but at the weekend, for the residence, it is much more than that. It is where we get a respite and escape. Yet I am only finsihing this weeks entry now. I don't have much to show of this week but il post a few images on Saturday of what I have been up to.

Ciao For now *V*

2010-08-08T13:56:00.000-07:00

Nature Walk

2010-08-08T13:32:00.000-07:00

The Last Day Of July

2010-07-30T16:42:00.000-07:00

This is my very first entry and its pretty exhausting and scary. The entire screen is white and I'm seeing many similarities to a blank canvas. This was the main cause for this blog in the beginning. I need to get over my "block" and find a muse or motivation. After reading the "red leather diary" I decided that I too could do a five year diary. It does seem like a nice thing to have when your older self wishes to lament or celebrate.

This past year I have been keeping very busy. Working is almost like taking a break from reality for me. This year alone I have taken a Millinery course on how to make 'Felt Hats.' an introductory 10week course on Spanish and most recently an intensive Art Therapy workshop. This workshop completely changed my new found consistency in life. It jolted me. I needed it. I want and need to do art. I need therapy and someday I hope to become a very good therapist. In order to attain this goal, I firstly, need an art portfolio of a substantial level. Then I need a year or so work experience in the area. All of which just to get educated in order to become a Art Therapist.

Merging the idea of a diary to look back on and using it as an aid to get my work completed, creating a deadline from my first entry until a full year has come and gone, I must then have achieved the above and secured a place in some Masters level Art Therapy course.

So today is the end of July 2010. I am a Cancerian. I do love the month of July, for more reasons then its just my birthday (although once a year is not enough sometimes) but because Ireland is scummed to the strangest of weather and visits from many strangers. So we often flee the country or the city we live in to find some solitude. I just moved into the city centre, I'm dead centre of all the hustle and bustle. I couldn't be happier, however I am also a lover of solitude and the country air. So just this month I have ventured he to Cork and now Wexford. Every journey I take I meet new people and they often make the entire trip for me. This time last year I was inter railing in eastern Europe and met some great fellow travelers. The year before that I as in San Francisco and from this I have made friends for life.

All my events will be recorded from now. All my thoughts and inspirations too. My works of "art" my mistakes everything. So here goes nothing and everything.