All rest, and no work...gets me behind!

I was lucky enough to be able to go on a cheap week away with some friends last week but it seems to have been the busiest week going! I recently got a Blackberry and have become accustomed to the ease of reading emails, blogs and whatever I want whenever I want, but to save on roaming charges I had to turn all that jazz off. Which meant I came home refreshed but with a whopping 143 email to wade through and 411 blog posts to catch up on, the latter at least was enjoyable!

I've never been to Spain before but I wasn't surprised at how beautiful it was. Despite how freezing cold the sea was we still managed to get a few swims in and apparantly the shore is usually lined with sea urchins, I only found a couple of empty shells but that was preferable to getting spines in my feet as I walked on the beach!



We were in a great location, the sea one side, mountains the other.

The sun, sea and sand were a sight for sore eyes, but the graffiti seen from the train to the airport was an extra treat.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I haven't posted on here in, well, let's just say a while. In the meantime I have completed my degree at uni, displayed my work in not one, but two graduate exhibitions with a third national one looming on the horizon, oh and I managed to squeeze in a blissful week away in Spain. Phew!

So, I thought I'd have a quick catch up session and show you a few photos from my various escapades. Firstly here are a few shots from our lovely graduate exhibition, this was a first show for many people so I think we did pretty well and we got really good feedback.

Glass by Emma Whitton

Ceramics by Kelly Fisher

Paper by Natasha Reidie

Glass by Tanya Beasley

Porcelain Chandelier by Lauren Hirst, Silver Necklaces by me.

These are just a few of the makers who exhibited, you can see the full list here. Our year has had a great mix of materials and styles, I think these worked together well in the show. It was part of our course to organise our own exhibition, which we did, but as it was a few weeks before the rest of uni exhibitions our work was also put on display in the foyer of the Think Tank, the new building where are workshops are so it tied in with the other courses. And just recently we were told who would be exhibiting for the university at Week 1 of New Designers, so there has been a lot of planning and organising going on. I am very excited to be showing my work and perhaps some of you may see it if you are planning on visiting. If so, do say hi, a friendly face is always appreciated!