Oh, the throes

So. What have I been up to? The obvious answer is not posting anything on my blog for a while. Too long, actually. I posted that poem earlier this week, but thats it really. I have been up to things, I promise! Its just been rather... turbulent, emotionally, I guess. But I'm hoping to put all of that aside this week and get out lots of stuff. I don't have any poetry for you tonight, but expect something later in the week. Also, on the subject of poetry, I'm going to be looking into submitting to some journals soon, see if anyone wants to publish my any of my work! This also involves going through all of my old stuff again, but I've got so many shiny new poems from the past year or so, I have a lot to work with!

So, art. My coursemate Lara is basing some of her project work around her trip to Korea, and the way that flats and houses are built there. As such, she has been handing out matchboxes and asking people to modify them. Here is mine:


I am very happy with it. I got some thread, bunched it up in paint, and it looked awesome. I cut holes in the box and then burned the edges around each hole. It was really fun.

As for my project, I've been doing some work with slabs and plaster. Rolling out slabs of clay, impressing gears and other techno-junk into them, and then casting them in plaster. I'm going to be doing much more of it over the next few days. Tomorrow I'm going to make slabs, Tuesday I'll cast the slabs from Monday, and make more. Not all techno-themed either. I might go for some more natural-themed slabs, and other stuff. Any ideas are more than welcome! Here are some photos!