March 2015 – My Blog

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 »

caught up with the blog, held up by a spider

22 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK ELEVEN – (march 16-19) I have caught up to real time – that is real time plus a few days which helps to give the past week perspective. Instead of forging ahead downstairs I have been held up – ... 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 »

opening the Laminex box

16 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK EIGHT – (february 23-26) I’ve run out of paint chips – only a slight setback really, as they are easy enough to come by. A trip to the local hardware store is imminent. Alas, my studio genie has other ... Read more »

a play with porcelain

14 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK SEVEN – (february 16-17) The feathers are moving along slowly and my mind turns to clay. I am considering the part that the quill/shaft could play in making these paint chip feathers come together. For some works I see ... Read more »

paint chip repetition

13 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK SIX – (february 9-12) I’m still in the captivating flow of stitching paint chip feathers. I hurry back to the machine repeatedly – it is left on the ECO setting during the day so I can quickly push some ... Read more »

quietly, slowly

12 Mar

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WEEK FIVE – (february 2-5) In-between attending to other commitments I quietly and slowly whittle away my pile of paint chips – transforming them into feathers. I love this stage of a project when I am obsessed with wanting to ... Read more »

the decorator in me

11 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK FOUR – (january 27-29) I have a little container of paint chips – leftovers from choosing colours for the first two bedrooms ‘our little house’ – a weekender down south for our growing family to share. We have owned ... Read more »

myths & feathers

10 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK THREE – (january 19-22) I sort through my info on myths, legends and symbolism. Leda, shape shifters, the ugly duckling, and figureheads all contain leads for the future.  For now though, I need to get something happening in my ... Read more »