WAFTA – My Blog

ramped up creating vs a sense of loss

3 Oct

WEEK THIRTY EIGHT & THIRTY NINE (september 18 – october 1) This is the first time I’ve had a week off producing this self imposed and totally self-directed post (conversation) via this blog. I was relieved that on a long ... Read more »

chiseling away

21 Nov

Jan Mullen

WEEK FORTY-SIX (november 14-20) This was such a big week filled with little things that I was left in a gently exhausted blur by the end of it… The continuing VERY full family life with lots of ordinary/unmissable ‘contact’ time, ... Read more »

thank heaven for spring

6 Sep

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY-FIVE (august 29-september 4) I haven’t been that chirpy of late, laid low with the winter blues essentially, as we have just finished the coldest/wettest spell since my move to Perth close to thirty years ago. I have missed ... Read more »

reinventing the flow of my days

27 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-FIVE (june 20-26) It was a gentle start to the week after the pressure and concentration that was a large part of last week. Time to catch up on neglected and postponed tasks and to reinvent the flow of ... Read more »

teamwork is often simply a buzzword….

21 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-FOUR (june 13-19) The week starts with vim and vigour. I am off early for a swim then gather myself and my bits to head off to Spectrum Project Space, ECU, Mt Lawley. Finally it is setup week and ... Read more »

a big week of doing/ a big week of thinking

11 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK FOURTEEN (april 4-10) About three weeks ago I purchased an App that I had investigated multiple times. I am often slow in committing with Apps and new ways of working. Will it do what I want it to? Will ... Read more »

start of the week/end of the week

20 Sep

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN – (sept. 14-20) THE START OF THE WEEK It’s been mostly another week of sitting on my bottom-friendly stool. Another week of tap, tap, tapping….of searching for the correct words….of trawling through and trying to make sense of, ... Read more »

monday, tuesday, wednesday….

10 Aug

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY- ONE – (august 3 – 9) monday – feathering the nest #2 is finished. tuesday – photo day for feathering #1 & #2. wednesday – a quick visit to NEW INDIAN TEXTILES @ Fremantle Arts Centre, organisation for ... Read more »

visiting haunts whilst my team launched

22 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-FOUR – (june 15-21) The week started in Melbourne and finished up back home in Perth. I did miss a big event whilst away – the launch of a WAFTA (Western Austalian Fibre & Textile Association) project that my ... Read more »

the wonder of weldon’s

25 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY– (may 18-24) Decision made….sort of. At the start of the week I decided upon two new art works to enter in exhibitions in a few months. By the end of the week a few lovely impositions on my ... Read more »