The weather seems to have dropped from the summer-like weather we had about two weeks ago to colder, windier and rainier. How cruel to jape us with the warmth on our skin then bite into it with the cold so soon after. Typical British weather! My hopes are pinned on less than three months from now when I shall be packing as much as I can fit into a suitcase whilst also leaving room for spending items, and heading to the U S of A to work in an American summer camp for two months, followed by a month of travelling. I am counting on the weather being a lot better than here!
On the plus side today, I had the best donut I have ever tasted, ever. It was a banoffee donut from Dum Dum Donut's and if you haven't tried one of their fabulous and innovative donuts yet, head to the Box Park in Shoreditch London and grab yourself a freshly made donut from an amazing selection of flavours! Here's a picture to tickle your fancy.
On the weekend I took a visit to the Tate Modern to see the Richard Hamilton exhibition which was great to see. His work is a right old mixture but it was interesting to see what inspired him and the movements he worked within the art world. I even got to see the exhibition for free because Jess who works at Jealous Print Studios ever so kindly lent me her Tate membership card, bonus! I then spent Sunday afternoon wandering down and around Brick Lane at the market. It is utter madness I tell you! There are stalls of all sorts and people of all sorts and a mixture of all sorts. Vintage, home made, prints and every sort of food you can think of, all set up within the lane and lanes of Brick Lane in Shoreditch, London. Was I tempted to buy something, of course I was! But I resisted and instead settled on a very tasty dish of gnocchi with blue cheese and tomato. It was cold though and I seem to be quite tired from the hour commute I do every day to and from working. To me, this is a long time because it takes me 10 minutes to walk from my house to university, and in Jersey where I am from, it took me no more than 15 minutes to get to work, so in comparison, and hour is long.
I'm into my second week of interning at Jealous Print Studios and it's going great! I've done some more gold leafing on another print edition and am getting into the swing of things. Although I still can't seem to cut the prints straight using a weighted ruler and scalpel. I'm bloody useless at it in fact! I have learnt a new technique to create a wonderful finish to prints called a deckle edge. This is where the edge of the paper is torn instead of neatly cut, to create a more natural and authentic look to when the paper will first have been made before sliced up and sold in the first place.
I shall also apologise now in advance for the use of Instagram pictures that I have used, and will be using in many of my posts. I am addicted. If you ever fancy following me, my username is hollclark and I am very much interested in visually documenting my life. That username also goes for twitter if you fancy following me there too. Oh and tumblr, where I try to put up my artwork as an online portfolio.
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