Time

I had always thought of time as a horizontal line, but now that I have observed the layers of  time, that nature has put, between the past and the present,  I also see it as vertical.
This last few weeks as I have been working on the book content- to get it to print and the sets for the animation which Adam Clarke is now filming in the barn, I feel  time has been  concertinad as I seek to get everything to a point of completion for the exhibition.

Book cover

A river runs through it - the book content has been selected  over the year from research, photographs old and new, images and old maps gathered from many sources and  with invited contributions from artists and writers. My overall selection I took down to Manchester where designer Alan Ward at Axis Graphics has made sense and order out of the content and seen it through to the printer in Antwerp. Today a heavy envelope thudded onto the step, the folded copy had arrived from the printer - it feels and looks good- so I am now looking forward to seeing it hard backed and that will be when it arrives by carrier in the next 2 weeks at Heron Corn Mill.

Developing characters

Sets for the animation have grown in number and detail over the weeks - it has been so enjoyable to get back to some hands on work without the camera. Using hand made paper and collage techniques with water colour -yes water colour and taking the tools in  Heron Corn mill as inspiration for there anthropomorphic qualities a story line has evolved and who knows where it will end ? Films to edit and collections to shelf - suddenly the year seems to have gone quickly and I have learnt so much, the River Bela and its tributaries has got under my skin I  will continue the journey.........