I am writing a blog. I am actually going to try and remember to write a blog and keep it updated... at least a few times a week! So here goes the start of it:
I'm going to tell you about the last few days, because they have been pretty exciting for me and I think it is something worth blogging about. I think.
On Saturday 15th March I went to London for the day. I had a free trip courtesy of the AUB short courses and UK Study Tours. Anyway, I asked my friend Rosie along and we had a lovely start to the day doing some shopping: I am a shopaholic and must be stopped! Aka. new Nike Air Max trainers! And then we took part in what is my first ever march for the #GlobalMarch4Lions with Lion Aid to raise awareness about canned hunting.
Did you know there are more captive lions in South Africa than there are free lions?
And did you know that many of the lions cubs advertised for tourists to pat and volunteers to help look after, are in fact bought up to be drugged and shot for a price and the pleasure of disgusting human beings?
Well this is what this march was about, raising awareness to stop the cruelty and murder of these magnificent animals, which have now sadly been listed as Near Threatened. Once the second most widely spread animals after humans, we have managed to completely sabotage the population of lions to a few countries in Africa and a tiny population in India. There were many cities around the world that took part and it feels amazing to be part of something on a global scale about an animal that I feel so passionately about. (I'm a sign of the LEO didn't ya know!) Here's a link to a book I made as part of my Narrative project in my Level 5 Illustration studies at the Arts University Bournemouth:
Moving on a few days, I am now staying in London, Twickenham to be precise, to do an internship! How bloody exciting is that!! Thanks to the lovely Erica Donovan for the contact, I managed to get in touch with the Jealous Print Studio and organise a 2 week internship with them. Now, not only is this a screen print studio, it is also based in Shoreditch in East London, which is the up and coming, hip, young and cool place for the creatives to be right now! How god damn awesome is that?! Must have an explore at some point!
I have just finished day 2, and so far so good! Yesterday I helped out with cleaning screens, which are so much bigger than the ones in uni, and just got myself familiar with the studio layout, doing odd jobs here and there. Today, along with a weekly intern, we helped to add gold leaf to a print. I would love to use this on a print some day, it looks amazing!
We then had a jolly lovely pizza at Pizza East and went to Saatchi gallery where Jealous were having an opening night to the Exhibtion for the Jealous Prize, which grants 8 graduates from across the London Art Colleges an all expenses paid residency with the Jealous Gallery print studios to create a new limited edition print. Not bad ey! Shame I'm not doing fine art in London!
Any who, I have babbled on enough for today and must get some sleep. I seem to be turning 90 instead of 21 in the summer as I now look forward to my bed at the end of each day... some student I am. However for the time being, I am a working lady now for 2 weeks so I think this is acceptable.
Catch ya on the flip side!
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