screaming lulu

More absence....  I am reading, writing and watching old films (in preparation for a 5000 word term paper about Katherine Hepburn and her reel life vs her real life); my sewing machines are quiet and lonely and gathering dust...  I must return to them pronto, maybe this weekend, yes, I will, I will sew something this weekend.  I'm tired, I'm sleeping badly, my new pc has gone away for its 2nd repair and I am preparing for 2 christmas shows - one here and one here    oh and I have had a new haircut :)

So yes, I am busy and hot and tired but mostly happy.

More soon....

absence

Oh dear, I have no idea when I was last here, but I fear it was a long time ago for which - if anyone has missed me - I apologise.

I have begun my wonderful MA in Gender & Media at Sussex University.  It is quite brilliant, the course, the campus, the people, the coffee, the environment and, especially, the books that I am (attempting to) read.  I am delighted to report that the reading of these academic books is getting easier; I dont have to look up every other word anymore.  Just every 5th word perhaps. 

Currently I am wading through an article called "Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality" and "Bisexual Women, Non-Monogamy and Differentialist Anti Promiscuity Discourses" and of course not forgetting "Who's Afraid of Feminism", "The Will to Knowledge" and "Feminism & Sexuality" (stunning!)

So, needless to say my poor little sewing machine is currently getting a tad dusty as I havent had time to sew anything.  I did have a successful exhibition at the Brighton Art Fair - though I probably only covered my costs, I did have a huge amount of appreciation for my work, with the exception of the woman who took offence to this, in fact she was so offended by it she had to take a photo of it, which amused me no end.

It was wonderful to see people come along and simply smile or laugh at my work (in the nicest possible way of course!) so I dont mind that I didnt have a sell out.  I dont know that many people did.

I did get some interest from a local shop and I will be featured in their window next week for 2 weeks plus an invite to share a Brighton Xmas Open House with the lovely Lisa Gellender.

So I am still somewhat hovering in between academic and creative mode, mostly in academic mode but as soon as things calm down a little and I get into some sort of normal routine, my sewing will be inspired by all that I am absorbing via books and you will see the results here..  at least they will be posted here anyhow; whether I have any kind of audience is another matter!

animation

Hey, in my absence, amongst many other things, Ive been working on the start of a new film...  check it out on the ever so wonderful blip.tv (much better than youtube!)

http://screaminglulu.blip.tv/#677940

oh my goodness, it's been a long time

Ive just been busy!  Lots going on but nothing much to report here at the moment.  I will be back little typepad friend (and anyone out there who might be interested!)  but in the meantime, here is a little stitchure I made recently.

back soon x

tutorials get confusing at times

Oh ok, so my idea of the woman in front of the mirror, reading my sewn version of (not) ok and watching my sewn tv showing 10 Years Younger is possibly not such a good idea.  In the last tutorial, last week, Margaret thought I was trying to stitch Gone with the Wind, instead of iddy biddy little personal pieces.  I dont know why I keep forgetting that, particularly knowing that the personal stuff is always the best.  I think Im stuck somewhere with not knowing how to illustrate/sew the personal stuff.    Another tutorial tomorrow - I do hope I dont go off in another entirely different direction.

I do wish I wrote here more regularly.  Its really only when I read some inspiring blogs (this was today's delight martha rich )  that I think oh yes, I have a blog too, I should use it more.  Alas, not as wonderful as many of the blogs Ive been looking at recently and neither is my work as fab as THIS! or this amazing and fab woman bonnie peterson who I shall be stalking   reading and enjoying and probably crying over too in sheer frustration at her cleverness.

However, I have recently made one or two pieces that I quite like such as this one 

 

and also                                                                                       

plus another birthday card for an old mate which unfortunately never arrived and has been lost in amongst the royal mail jungle, somewhere out there.                                       

meanwhile, Im busy trying to figure out what Im gonna do with my project - samplers/chairs/quilts/???  who knows anymore.  No doubt, it will all have a happy ending soon enough.

back soon. x