More 'Heirloom'

I am feeling like my blog is being neglected during my summer role change so I thought I'd just add a couple more images from my solo show in July.

Won't be long now until I'm back on the ball though, the girls return to school next week and I have so much to catch up on!

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

We decided last week to have a quick overnight break in Newcastle. We were looking for somewhere to go that we'd never been before and I found the idea on another knitter's blog. Not that this trip had anything to do with knitting, although we wanted to call into Sheffield on the way back for the 'Get knitted' exhibition there wasn't time in the end.

I was incredibly disappointed with the photos when I got back as I realised I had the camera set on lo-res. which is really bad for my camera which isn't particularly high res. on the highest setting. Am looking into a new one but they send me into a confused state every time I look at them so it's still on my to-do list.

We went to the Baltic Centre, stayed over night in a cheap hotel overlooking the Tyne and went to Seven Stories childrens book centre the following day.

I was shocked by the size of the river and the bridges and the buildings although I couldn't put my finger on why seeing as they are the same size as in any other city!

I think it was to do with the road we went in on and the way one minute it's just some random road and then it turns a corner and wham - you're underneath the Tyne bridge and it's all just...huge!

I was impressed with the Baltic as a really accessible and interesting place to visit with plenty to do with the children and they were really interacting with the work and the environment in which it was shown. I also thought there was a really good mixture of 2d on the wall stuff and more unusual 3d type stuff, with a bit of film/installation/other things mixed in.

So aside from this, with my show long gone and the children still off school there is little progress being made on my own stuff. I have loads buzzing round my head and maybe a bit too much really to achieve any kind of focus right now. But there's plenty of time for work in September, I'll sort it all out then I think.