Like a kid in a sweetshop

Having got my first brief I am now siting here with two more. Strangely, although they represent a lot more work they have also helped me to understand how my painting practice can fit in with drawing and theoretical studies - I think.   I just need to be sure I manage my work so I can get everything done and still have some time and energy left over to spend with Chris.

I want to continue with using photographs of me and my mother as the basis for my drawing practice - I am starting to think of drawing in thread. See works by Egyptian embroiderer Ghada Amer.  I am thinking of emulating the style rather than the content!!

http://www.cheimread.com/artists/ghada-amer/

Visited the college library again today.  Wow.  I was like a kid in a sweetshop.  So many interesting books and topics to discover.  I am currently enjoying Roszika Parker's The Subversive Stitch which looks at how embroidery has come to embody the ideal of the feminine.  As a former City and Guilds person this is a fascinating read.  I never used to be quite such a feminist until I started creating art works.