Its so strange... after having a six week break away from uni, without doing hardly anything except trying to become fit and making resin stuff- i feel as if my soul has finally found its way back to me again. Man, i missed University life so much! Although i think naturally i am a recluse, and i will admit i like my quiet time- i enjoy the long hours of spending time with me, the computer, a good book and a cup of hot tea, but man, coming back to uni and having that buzz of living, learning and socialising is an experience i will never grow tired of! This semester i have three awesome classes.Medieval studies seems to be in the lead for favourite subject of the year as we get to do a craft project of our choosing from the medieval period ( i want to make a mini loom- or maybe a full size one!) or i can do my project on the first card of the tarot- the fool. We may be going on an excursion to the art gallery to see the medieval masters and tapestries! A close second is Landscape and Lifeworld where we study the history of our beautiful city Bendigo as well as go on field trips to waterfalls and significant Aboriginal sites- and we get to keep a visual art/nature diary! Then Classical literature comes third, where our focus of the semester is dark and anti- novels. We are doing Kafka for example and reading "All quiet on the western front". This is already shaping up to be a fantastic year as far as i am concerned, and i have only been back at uni a week! not to mention it is all crammed into a two days, giving me five days of weekend!
onto some crafty- crafty -ness, i bought some polymer clay the other day with which i will be sculpting an ABJD (Asian Ball Jointed doll)and so far i have done the head... however... i forgot ears, and to put the little screw and a lump of clay in the head to hold it! hopefully i will try that again soon!
(edited text to add picture of the head after firing)
Murray came round today and dropped off an overlocker machine that used to belong to my grandma as well as a huge frame he got from work (some store was going to throw it out just because it had the glass broken) and all you crafters out there know never let a good quality something go to waste just because its
broken!but its huuuuge and i will think of something to put in it!
i will update this when the computer thing starts to work, but until then i have a lot of reading to do for uni- YAY!
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Medieval studies sounds awesome! I just found a really easy tutorial on how to make felt (check out my fave blogs list on The 'A' Word) through this chicks blog/website...she also sells felt things through etsy (I lurve etsy!). Check it out...you will have such an urge to make felt as soon as you see how easy peezy this lady makes it look! Cant wait to see you tomorrow! xx
PS - I cant wait to see the doll you are making! Wow!
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