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spillustrate
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Music / Art
I am experiencing some similarities between my music and my art. When I first started going to adult education lessons I would find...
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spillustrate
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Slow, slow, slow
This week I have been rejigging my studio around to start printing in it (I used to print in our basement before but the cats made it...
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spillustrate
- May 14
- 2 min
Printing! I'm meant to be printing!
As always, life takes over what we think we should be doing. I meant to really embark on hand printing but instead got led down other...
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spillustrate
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Working on Zine 5
I’m back at work at Zine 5 now. It is slow progress, slowly whittling away at the pages, putting things together and then fiddling around...
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spillustrate
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Box Fit
The big clear out makes me think about getting rid of stuff in general. I like Marie Kondo’s ideas and in the past read a book on Swedish...
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spillustrate
- Jan 12
- 2 min
Finally done
Today I’ve at last completed my studio turn out. 2 black bags of rubbish, a small collection of stuff which I am hoping will go to a...
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spillustrate
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Clearing out the studio
Should have posted this in the old year but got distracted..... Not much to say other than the studio is in chaos. I needed to rearrange...
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spillustrate
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Big Surprise!
Just got my degree result and I got a FIRST! Was not expecting that. Reading through the feedback I think it was my pecha kucha...
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spillustrate
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
Over and Out to the OCA
still of Action Man disrupting the presentation I can’t quite believe my time has ended as a student at the Open College of the Arts!...
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spillustrate
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
Endings and shiftings
I’ve not particularly wanted to write about the Queen’s death but it’s become almost the elephant in the room now, it seems crazy to...
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spillustrate
- Jul 31, 2022
- 3 min
Trip to London
I got back last night from my course and today am catching up with myself and all my jobs, one of which is writing here. So did I learn...
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spillustrate
- Jul 24, 2022
- 2 min
Hot! Hot! Hot!
Thank goodness the temperature has cooled again! What a couple of days! It was very hot here in Yorkshire, one of the hottest areas of...
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spillustrate
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Events of last week (part2)
Third event: Attending the comic book fair in Macclesfield, MACC-POW. I had to do this as part of my course, putting my work out there,...
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spillustrate
- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min
Working in Zine 4
I’ve managed to get back to work again, (it’s just showing up in the studio, you end up working by default) and I’ve been grappling with...
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spillustrate
- Jun 11, 2022
- 2 min
Head exploding time
After virtually a week off, I’m back in my studio after a busy social time, family visiting here and me visiting family. Now I’m trying...
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spillustrate
- Jun 3, 2022
- 2 min
End of an era
Funny old week. I handed in my final Assignment for my degree in Visual Communications this week. It should have been a great moment of...
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spillustrate
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
A good book on Emotional Neglect
I’m going to add a book list to my blog as I’ve been reading a new book that has been really helpful. I’ve struggled to find books that...
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spillustrate
- Feb 19, 2022
- 2 min
Being an artist and complex-PTSD
I had a blog post half prepared and then I met up with an artist friend and I thought I would write about that. We always cover a wide...
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spillustrate
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
Spillustrate Team
Since I set up my website a while ago, my work has been evolving as I continue with my coursework and I’ve been having a major rethink...
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spillustrate
- Jan 29, 2022
- 2 min
I'm back, plus Fear
That was a tough week. I’m so self conscious, making an audio tape presentation to hand in for my coursework was a killer. Not to mention...
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