So I am not going to begin to explain why this blog update
has taken so long and I am not going to bore with you excuses either. What I am
going to do is detail what I have been up to, what I am doing now and what I hope
to achieve this year.
So the last update detailed that I was going to try and do
some smaller projects while the commissions slowed down and try to promote my
work and also see if I can get it displayed in more local shops. This as always
is an ongoing/slow process. Currently my work is taking up a lot of space in my
workshop and I am still searching out shops and galleries that potentially could
show my work, but I feel that it will take time to get noticed. So all I can do
is continue working away doing small designs from my mountain of sketchbooks
that I have and see what comes of them.
So currently I am
making a variation of my popular multifunctional coat hook that is detailed in
previous posts on this blog. It involves using my trusted material wood and a
new material to me, metal. This means I needed to track down a local
blacksmith. Luckily I found one only a few minutes down the road from where I live!
so while I am on holiday from my day job this week, it gives me a perfect opportunity
to get this latest project moving and involve a local blacksmith to make a piece
of the design that I currently cannot. When the design is finished I will show
it on this very blog. I am very excited about it and hope it continues my ethos
so to speak of unique functional designs that play on how people live and
interact with their surroundings in this fast paced world.
Also I am going to make a few new mirror designs too. My
previous mirror designs –Scape for example- proved popular and I have so many
ideas for new designs. Not only that, I have a local supplier of mirror glass
and so much wood to use! (I seem to buy wood like women buy clothes at the
moment!) So I thought I would do something I have experience in and know I can
make well, so look out for these in the summer months. Summer months I hear you
say! I know we haven’t had the best weather this year so far but I’m hopeful.
As I mentioned above I am still hunting out commissions and
have had a few interested people requiring quite unique items to be made but its
not as easy as a few phone calls and a quick sketch. But I am learning all the time
how to approach people’s requirements when it comes to making something and I know
they will come thick and fast soon. Until then I continue to promote myself on
here and twitter to name but a few social platforms that have proved fruitful
in gaining recognition and interest in my work.
Also in my last post I mentioned I had setup a flickr
account which I have been slowly filling with photos and more will appear on
there soon. So keep on eye out. Also I have acquired an instagram account too,
so all I need to do is get a phone that can run the instagram app!!!! And then fill
it with daily inspiration, images of my journeys and design projects. Its annoying
and frustrating that I haven’t sorted this out yet but I will and I am looking forward
to sharing my design journey in a different way as I know it will benefit me long
term.
But the main thing I am going to do more of is keep this
blog regularly updated. I know I have said it before but I will make a bigger effort
to keep this going now as I have a jam packed summer ahead of me (fingers
crossed). So as always keep an eye on my twitter feed which will link to this
blog as new posts arrive. But the most pressing big thing I have to do this
week is be a best man at my brothers wedding!! Wish me luck! A post will appear
on here when my best man duties have been fulfilled!
