I spent the whole November preparing for the Advent Fairs I planned to attend, just be become very ill before the first one would have taken place. But not only that, also the weather crossed my plans and all the events got cancelled. Good thing is that this gave me time to recover without feeling too bad about my lost opportunity to exhibit my work. Oh well, that's life!
On the other side I had the great possibility to attend two courses with the local arts development team. The first course was 'Printed ceramics' and we had lots of techniques to try out. I loved it a lot. I made some work with clay which I have done in the past but I'm always surprised about the effect it has on me. I feel so calm and content while working with clay. Superb! The second course was a bookbinding course over a week end. I managed to do around 10 books altogether. I learned some different techniques of stab binding. And we properly bound a book, working with buckram and hand printed end papers from 1940's. This work is so addictive, unbelievable! So you see I had a fabulous time with these courses. I think part of the fun was that there was no pressure and I did it just because I love to learn new things and have my hands busy. Some of the other group members have been difficult to bear for me. There have been a few individuals who used the courses to exhibit themselves without really contributing to the course content itself. Me who mostly works alone or tries not to boast about her work because it's just silly. I found that very distracting during the course because it feels that these people waste precious time. But well, that's life again, I guess!
