\nHa!
\nI did make a start but despite having materials and ideas and thought-lines and sketches ready, when I got stuck in<\/em> I was frustrated by having to invent everything anew…the aesthetic, the material choices, the techniques and functionality for these proposed sculptural pieces were all beyond me.
\nBasically I realised I did not have the head space, the centred, inspired brain that I need to get started on something completely new. It was not going to happen right now.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
This frustration is a direct corollary to the technical frustrations of the week – lack of connectivity and the slow train in getting it fixed. In the end the tech fix was simple – someone at Telstra simply needed to plug us back in – perhaps the bloke that inadvertently unplugged us? Midweek I did work on Can You Keep A Secret #8 as a downstairs warm up and ended up adding some handstitch to the finished CYKAS #7.\u00a0 Even though these are little insignificant pieces they are helping me to refine my thoughts, my aesthetic, and are a fresh way of working. I did have a little breakthrough – I realised that underlining the dominant sentence would make #7 gel. In the end I prefer #7 to #8 but I still do want to try for a perfect match for my vision. WEEK FORTY-EIGHT (nov 30- dec 6) This was to be the week, the start of December, where I planned, yet again, to spend more time downstairs than up. I still had a bit of the keyboard tap-tap dance to do but it was not to be a daunting load. A report for the WAFTA general […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","spay_email":""},"categories":[24,21],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt took a week, a long week, and it was extremely frustrating.
\n<\/span><\/em>My daily routine was made totally awry as was my mental mindset.<\/p>\n
\nDone. And done quickly and efficiently mind you.<\/p>\n![\"new](\"http:\/\/janmullen.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/week-48-4.jpg\")
<\/a>I then continued with this process on the nearly finished #8.
\nDone, beaut, walk away, turn the lights off….
\nand then<\/em>
\nI noticed a bumpy shadow of seams from the backing protruding through to the front that was indiscernible when the room was fully lit….disappointment city!!!!<\/em>
\nIf you look at the photo below you too may discern the disconcerting bump\/shadow.<\/p>\n<\/a>I will undo the backing and try to re-flatten the front as soon as possible.
\nThis piece had no batting, as I was trying to achieve a really flat result….mmmm – I did feel that it was a little too flat –\u00a0 it now seems that I was correct.<\/p>\n
\nI may try another light fill such as a woolen fabric next time.<\/p>\n<\/a>If I look back to the start of the week I am reminded that summer is now official in Perth.
\nThe Somerville Auditorium<\/a> outdoor movie session has started!
\nWe sat tucked up and cuddling close under the quilts trying to keep warm whilst watching A Perfect Day<\/strong> on a very cold Monday night.
\nIt was a good film but unfortunately it didn’t help me in The Perfect Week<\/strong> stakes:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"