Well, we are officially in Spring… time to get back to the Cabin and start making as I have a few fabulous Exhibitions lined up already this year.
The view as normal is FABULOUS from my workbench. Still a little chilly in the Cabin but looking at the water and listening to the birds call I have nothing at all to complain about #blessed
Just a quick catch-up of where I am at the moment and the year ahead…
The amazing Creative Management Skills Bootcamp that I recently attended at the University of Portsmouth has underlined for me that this year I feel I need to make sculptures to WOW rather than just sell.
If the pieces I create make me really laugh or really move me… if they bring me joy… then I will be happy. I realised that it is the pieces that I keep giggling about as I make and name… the pieces are made up of things I have collected and love that make me the happiest… also sell.
I want to concentrate on some larger garden pieces and smaller quirky character pieces in the next few months to replace those I have sold. I can never replicate a sculpture as each piece I create is truly a unique item but I can, hopefully, replicate how I feel as I make my favourite pieces.
After nearly a year off from my normal life due to COVID affecting half of my heart and a fair capacity of my lungs, I have had to re-evaluate many things including my business. I am still here, still standing, still willing and getting more able so I need to make joy from junk and find out where the business is going to take me next.
The course had us make a list of what we want to achieve including big dreams and I realise that I want my pieces to feature in magazines, advertising campaigns and public Exhibitions. My big dream is to exhibit in Tate St Ives. By putting my wish list for future ventures out into the Universe I know that the random connections that have led to me renting the Cabin, starting my business, exhibiting at the Yellow Edge and putting on regular Exhibitions, Craft Fairs and a Street Festival will continue to be made and further loveliness and happiness will ensue.
Read Out and About… where to find us!!! to find out where I will be exhibiting.