Progress

I keep thinking that this frenetic pace of life must surely slow down at some point; get such-and-such thing out of the way and it should go quiet for a bit. Who am I trying to kid. Something unexpected always crops up to throw my schedule off. This month it's been an overflowing water tank... from the loft through two sets of ceilings and three carpets. Damaged ceilings, damaged walls, sodden carpets... fun. I haven't had a chance to do anything about it yet though, apart from drying everything out of course, because the Aged Parent injured her leg severely shortly after that so after an entire weekend at Accident and Emergency (by way of a flat tyre and a new hearing aid chewed up by the cat), we've been shuttling back and forth to the surgery every few days to have the wound dressed. Now it has become infected so we have antibiotics, more frequent trips to the surgery, INR blood tests and me doing my best waitressing as the Aged P has to keep her leg up as much as possible. 

Despite that, I have mostly managed to get to work, sell Cowprint calendars and fit in a little bit of artwork. The chicken murderer has moved on a little. I made the solar plate but it didn't go terribly well so I've had to cut bits out of it to get it to print better. Also, my etching solution is very much spent so the last bite didn't work out too well. Tasks for this weekend, other factors allowing, are to print the solar plate to see how it's doing and whether it needs more work, mix a new batch of copper sulphate solution and do some more work on the fox himself. He doesn't have enough tonal contrast at the moment so some burnishing back and further etching are needed. Here's hoping nothing else crops up...

Cowprint calendars are here!

 

Seems like only yesterday the idea of making a Cowprint calendar was first mooted, but here they are, all printed and ready to sell; brought in on time and under budget. Get us! It took a lot more organising than I anticipated and I’ve had a steep learning curve when it comes to trying to sell them through other businesses but it’s all good experience and we’ll be able to factor these things in next time.

 

The calendars are on sale at Red Hot Press and The Art House for £7 each.

Cowprint calendar is coming together!

What a great Cowprint meeting we had on Tuesday evening! It was handing-in day for the calendar images; everyone made the deadline and brought along beautiful images, all very different but all complimenting each other very well indeed. It was a real joy to lay them all out in order, and quite extraordinary how, despite us all going away and doing our own thing, they all flowed from month to month so well. There's a surprising continuity between them which is very pleasing.

Now all that remains to be done is the final scanning and formatting (all thanks to Irene) and it's off to the printer. We're printing just 200 and I'm hoping they will fly off the shelves. If you want one, place your order soon!

 

Front cover: Tim Watson
June: Ruth Barrett-Danes
December: Jo Price