the reading pile – Page 4

a trumpet at mid morn

28 Apr

WEEK SIXTEEN – (april 20 – 27) When I set up this Black Swan project, and this blog, I did it like all the proper business plans I’ve written ….ooops that would be none! These formulaic plans, this way of ... Read more »

easter, eaters, art

7 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTEEN – (march 30 – april 5) I’ve feathered another set of samples this week – this time Formica – a small and rather ugly sample set of my fathers. They were slippery-shiny and the black pen has improved ... Read more »

wettex and doilies

30 Mar

Jan Mullen 1

WEEK TWELVE – (march 23-29) It is week twelve and my week has just lengthened. I started with ‘short’ dates to realistically represent the working time I had available – four days. Alas, as always, my days rarely work to ... Read more »

refining, feathering, reading

18 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK TEN – (march 9-12) I’m still refining the blog and adding pages each day.  I may need to get into the rhythm of keeping notes and taking progress snaps so the process becomes a bit more of the moment. ... Read more »

self made pressure

17 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK NINE – (march 2-5) You may have noticed the difference between POST dates and the headings of WEEK dates – they are coming together. Whilst the project started in January the posts only started in March. This week, week ... Read more »